This month, we formally launched the pilot for our Postsecondary Schoolwide Advising Program (PSAP) at Manor New Tech High School. The program is designed to build the capacity of one of our partner school districts to support all students toward success after high school while offering direct advising services to all juniors and seniors up to six years of support to complete their postsecondary goals.
Under the leadership of newly hired Chief Schools Officer Kendra Strange, the program launched on Feb 1 to serve 142 juniors at Manor New Tech who will receive high-quality, personalized advising on their postsecondary options, with hundreds more expected to follow in their footsteps. Kendra brings more than 13 years of college admission and access experience, and most recently served as Deputy Director of the Texas College Access Network (TxCAN), an organization that works to combat Texas’ most pressing problems in higher education access.