Last month, TEA (Texas Education Agency) released its scores of Texas’s public schools, and lo and behold, Vanguard Academy Public Charter Schools was rated number one in the south Texas region (Region 1) with an A+ rating of 97 (100 is max).
Why is that a big deal for Vanguard? Consider, Region One (Education Service Center) is part of a statewide system, one of 20, which encompasses Cameron, Hidalgo, Webb and Willacy counties. All told, Region One includes 37 school districts and 10 charter school systems from Brownsville to Laredo.
To say that Vanguard’s superintendent, Narciso Garcia, is excited over the news ...