Houston ISD students returning to school despite 12 campuses still under repair from deadly windstorm

This week’s Insider Deals are so good you’ll want all of themplans to have all students return to class today after several schools had to cancel classes throughout the week due to severe windstorm damage.

According to an email sent out by the district, about 12 campuses are still undergoing repairs so, for the time being, students at those locations will instead go to school at a different campus. However, students will still be taught by teachers and staff from their home campus.The district also says principals of closed campuses will notify families directly about plans for when children will return to class.

Students will still be dropped off and picked up at their home campus. HISD will manage all transportation for those students to be served at an alternate campus this week.Principals will communicate directly with families at the impacted campuses. HISD Central Office will not send out any additional lists of closed campuses.

On Wednesday, our Rilwan Balogun spoke with parents after children returned to class at Reynolds Elementary School, which was originally forced to close becauseafter the school’s principal, 11 teachers, and a staff member received a termination letter without any warning or communication. Houston ISD’s Mike Miles says his team saved the district from falling off a fiscal cliff with tough cutsHistorian, educator, writer, expert on "The Simpsons," amateur photographer, essayist, film & tv reviewer and race/religious identity scholar. Joined KPRC 2 in Spring 2024 but has been featured in various online newspapers and in the Journal of South Texas' Fall 2019 issue.

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