PLEASE SEE INFORMATION BELOW FROM PISD ON CHANGING YOUR STUDENT'S LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE 4TH NINE WEEKS.

4th 9-Week Changes to Instructional Environment

The instructional environment selection window for the final nine weeks of school is February 15-19 for all levels (elementary and secondary students). Students will be scheduled in the selected instructional environment, face-to-face or PISD School@Home, which will go into effect on March 15, 2021, the first day of the fourth 9-week grading period. If no changes are made in Parent Portal, then the current instructional environment will remain in effect until the last day of school.

To view a breakdown of the environment selection at your campus for the current nine weeks visit School@Home Selection.

Parents Who DO NOT Want to Make a Change of Environment – NO ACTION REQUIRED

Process for Changing Instructional Environment Selection

All primary guardians will receive a notification prior to the change selection period.
Changes may be made in the Parent Portal.
Instructions on how to complete the process are located in the Parent Portal.
Elementary students changing their environment may be assigned to a new teacher. Change in environment will almost always result in a teacher change.
Secondary students making changes to their learning environment selection are not guaranteed to be assigned to their same teacher or class schedule based upon availability. Some staff may need to shift to align with new learning environment choices. Therefore, even students who do not change learning environments could experience a change to their teacher(s), course availability or class schedule.

High/Senior High Parents Requesting 4 Days/Week In-Person
As a continued practice, parents of high school and senior high school students enrolled in face-to-face learning may work with their student’s campus to request attending school in person 4 days per week.

Parents who would like to request for their student to attend 4 days per week should initiate this process by emailing the campus principal.
Each campus will evaluate change requests from parents and prioritize the request based on:
student need;
campus and classroom capacity for social distancing; and
teacher class size and load.

Please Note: The Texas Education Agency has issued guidance that allows school districts to stop offering virtual instruction to individual students with poor grades or attendance. Campuses will notify parents if a student’s attendance and/or academic performance in one or more classes puts them at significant risk of severe learning loss in the PISD School@Home or the hybrid schedule remote days.

A student’s lack of engagement and poor academic performance could result in revoked access to the remote learning environment or PISD School@Home. In which case, the student may be required to return to the face-to-face learning environment (or hybrid 4 days a week). Campuses will notify and collaborate with parents regarding learning environment changes if their student is not demonstrating academic success. ... See more