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Texas parents can now choose to hold their children back a grade because of pandemic disruptions
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TEA reminds parents of option for students to repeat grade or courses amid COVID slide
SB 1697 allows parents to have a child repeat a school grade, or, if in high school, repeat a course. Experts remind parents to make a decision unique to the child. Author: Jobin Panicker Updated: 11:23 PM CDT August 2, 2021
DALLAS A new addition to the Texas Education Code could help parents navigate through disruptions in learning for their children. Senate Bill 1697 allows parents to decide whether their child can repeat a school grade, or, if in high school, repeat a course.
The so-called summer slide is the term used for the regression in learning skills. It is very common to see the summer slide as it happens every year. The Texas Education Agency says summer slide results in 2.5 months in education loss. But, the TEA is more concerned about the COVID-19 slide, which could result in 5.7 months in educational loss.
Despite the fact the Stafford MSD Board of Trustees voted in May to shrink the districtâs staff amid talk of budget concerns, Superintendent Robert Bostic says the district is in a better fiscal position now and hasnât actually reduced the number of full-time staff.
The district did, however, eliminate some administrative positions, Bostic said.
District leaders in May had been concerned because they received projections that the student enrollment might decline by more than 300 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and moved to reduce staff in order to fix a possible future budget crunch, Bostic explained last week.
Even at the time, the district had a healthy fund balance of about $14 million, but wanted to make a long-term fix, Bostic said.
On a Thursday night in mid-March 2020, the Vazquez family were eating dinner at Spanky’s Pizza on Telephone Road, at a fundraiser for Ortiz Middle School’s theater department. They were celebrating 13-year-old Isabella’s performance at the school talent show that night where she had sung When Will My Life Begin? from Disney’s
Tangled.
All of a sudden, 15-year-old Daniel announced that he’d just seen on social media that Houston Independent School District had cancelled classes for the next day, Friday, March 13, and that the district had extended its spring break scheduled for March 16-20 an additional week due to the recently-arrived coronavirus.
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