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Those districts include several border school districts including La Joya, Brownsville and Hidalgo ISDs — as well as districts in the state’s larger metropolitan areas that later joined the lawsuit, including Houston, Austin and Dallas.
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The district’s refugee family support office will provide interpreters, test student’s English proficiency and help train teachers on how to recognize signs of trauma.
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The remote-learning program, which launched Tuesday, was hastily put together in the last few weeks after the spread of the delta variant upset the district's plans for fully in-person classes this year.
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The Austin and Round Rock school districts have said they will provide virtual learning after all. The option is back on the table amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Parents across the country are weighing whether to send their children to in-person school this fall. Some districts are getting creative in an effort to win them back.
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En la primavera de 2021, 60% de los estudiantes del tercer al octavo grado pasó el examen de lectura, y 48% pasó el examen de matemáticas. En primavera de 2019, la última vez que los estudiantes tomaron el examen, 73% pasó el examen de lectura y 74% el examen de matemáticas.
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In spring 2021, 60% of students in third through eighth grades passed the reading test, and 48% passed the math test. In spring 2019, the last time students took the test, 73% passed the reading test and 74% passed the math test.
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El distrito dijo que todas las clases serán presenciales el siguiente año escolar después del fracaso de un proyecto de ley que hubiera financiado las opciones de aprendizaje virtual.
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The district said all classes will be in-person next school year after the Texas Legislature failed to pass a bill that would have ensured schools get state funding for virtual learning.
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Bertha Sadler Means was known as a community leader, political activist, businesswoman and educator.