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TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS WORK TO
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to thwart even the bestlaid plans. All across Texas, school district superintendents have shuffled and reshuffled, planning ways to kick off the 2020-21 school year in the safest way possible that meets the needs of their individual communities. Many have had to scrap their work and start over as requirements from local and state agencies have changed only to have them change again. And again.
In this issue of INSIGHT, we have detailed the opening solutions used by a handful of districts from across the state. Because there is no one-size-fits all solution, we hope this list of diverse plans offers a look into the beyond-the-box thinking administrators have used in the creation of each adapted schedule, each remote instruction plan, each socially distanced campus.
Because things can, and will, change on a dime, all of these details were accurate as of press time; however, the particulars may have changed. We apologize for any inaccuracies and encourage you to check individual school district websites for the most up-to-date information. Angleton ISD
In Brazoria County, Superintendent Phil Edwards serves more than 6,000 students in Angleton ISD. With a planned school year start date of Aug. 17, the district will kick things off with one week of remote instruction for all students and then gradually welcome students back to their campuses, if they choose to return to in-person learning. Using a five-level COVID-19 spread system, administrators will determine what type of instruction is safest for staff and students, though the district website notes that TEA requirements might render their level-four and level-five responses (all students working from home) impossible over the long-term.
