The Waco Housing Authority has scraped together funding to begin work as early as summer on the first phase of redeveloping its largest public housing complex.
Slightly more than half the Waco Independent School District students learning remotely this fall had at least one failing grade for the most recent grading period, and school officials will start requiring some struggling students to return to in-person classes Jan. 17.
The district plans to take advantage of a recent Texas Education Agency ruling that allows districts to require online students go back to in-person classes if they are failing multiple classes or missing too many classes, Superintendent Susan Kincannon said.
Waco students who are online and have a failing average in their classes or have had five or more unexcused absences will be required to resume in-person classes. Students with medical conditions can ask for an exemption, and families disagreeing with the call to return can meet with school administrators to discuss their studentâs situation, Kincannon said.