Our Story
Why This School?
Our commitment is both civic and deeply personal. Our philosophy begins with a fundamental act of belief: every child has strengths and talents that should be seen and celebrated.
For our founder, Mindalyn Galli, this work began with a single experience. Growing up in a low-income community here in Texas, she felt invisible in a one-size-fits-all system that failed to see her potential. That experience was the beginning of her mission: to build a school that actively dismantles the cycles of invisibility and builds on students’ strengths.
Our Commitment
Our priority is to cultivate the essential, durable skills of collaborative communication, creative problem-solving, and confident self-advocacy in every student, preparing them for future career, education and a lifetime of purposeful contribution.
Our campus without walls will bring the community into the classroom and the children into the community. By treating our neighborhoods as labs for innovation, we provide a sense of belonging and purpose that allows students to master rigorous academic standards through meaningful inquiry.
Because of our structure, each school will shape and be shaped by the communities they serve ensuring that our tuition-free schools are as unique as Houston is diverse.
Learning Blueprint will launch our new model for public education with Houston’s East End campus opening in 2028. We believe a school should grow in tandem with its neighborhood, which is why we are currently Co-Designing our foundation through a community Listening Tour. By building a symbiotic system of local partners and a visionary Board of Co-Designers who reflect the Houston mosaic, we ensure East End Academy is not just in the neighborhood, but of it.
This foundation of community-led stewardship creates a stable, supportive Village necessary for our students to truly flourish. Our graduates will be self-motivated leaders who possess the academic mastery, creative problem-solving skills, and personal resilience to drive Houston’s future.
As our schools grow, our city thrives.
Our Future
The Learning Blueprint Model
One Organization, One Flagship Campus
At Learning Blueprint Community Schools (LBCS), we believe that high-quality education requires a robust organizational foundation. LBCS is our non-profit Charter Management Organization—the strategic engine that provides the governance, financial oversight, and innovative research required to reimagine what a school can be.
East End Academy is the first realization of our vision. It is our flagship campus, specifically designed to serve the families and learners of the Houston East End community.
A Scalable Blueprint for Success
Learning Blueprint Community Schools (LBCS) operates on a District-Campus model designed for maximum impact and long-term sustainability.
Why this model? By establishing LBCS as our governing non-profit entity, we allow our campus leadership at East End Academy to remain 100% focused on instructional excellence and community partnership. LBCS handles the heavy lifting of state compliance, federal grant management, and long-term strategic growth, while East End Academy focuses on the daily Village experience for our families.
This structure ensures that as we grow, every school we open is supported by a robust, professional foundation that never loses sight of our founding mission.
Education is evolving alongside our rapidly changing world, and Houston has a unique opportunity to lead that transformation. We believe every community deserves a learning environment designed for the possibilities of the 21st century—a space that reflects the innovation of the city itself.
To meet this moment, our model is built upon three essential, forward-thinking shifts:
Our Foundation: A Model for ALL Communities
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We empower our staff and students by giving them ownership:
The Teacher: Inspired by the Teacher-Powered Schools model, we are an Adaptive Learning Ecosystem where expert educators have authentic autonomy over curriculum and scheduling.
The Student: We foster learner agency by having students co-design their education and track their own progress, shifting them from passive passengers to the drivers of their own learning.
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We empower students to be co-designers in their own learning:
Personalized Mastery-Based Learning: Students move to the next level when they master a skill, not just when the bell rings. This ensures no student is rushed forward before they are ready, and no one is held back by rigid pacing calendars.
Authentic Assessment: We replace high-stakes, stressful computer testing with project-based performance assessments (like building a prototype or defending a portfolio) that prove students can use what they have learned.
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We empower students to take their learning beyond the classroom walls:
The City as the Classroom: We focus on authentic learning—students engage in real-world ecology, build prototypes in makerspaces, and partner with local organizations (like Urban Harvest and The ION) to solve authentic community problems.
The Stabilizing Hub: We build a bridge between school and neighborhood, creating a Village that provides the wraparound support necessary for every student to thrive.
Be Part of the Solution
We are not just building a school; we are building a model for what is possible in public education. Whether you are a parent looking for a home for your child, or a partner looking to invest in the future of Houston, there is a place for you here.
Joyful Discovery.
Academic Rigor. One School.
From the garden to the makerspace, we are redesigning school to be a place of active discovery. Your child becomes the driver of their own education.
