Winter storm makeup time
2018 January 23
HISD won’t have to add makeup days to the calendar
Dear Team HISD,
HISD will add extra minutes to the end of each school day for the remainder of the 2017-18 year to make up for instruction time lost to this month’s winter ice storm, which closed schools for two days.
- All elementary schools will add 10 minutes to the end of their instructional day starting Jan. 29, 2018.
- All middle schools will add 10 minutes to the end of their instructional day starting Jan. 29, 2018.
- High schools will add between zero and 20 minutes to the end of their instructional day, depending on their current schedule, starting on Jan. 29, 2018. The majority of high schools will need to add 10 or fewer minutes to their schedules, and the changes at individual high schools will be communicated by the schools.
HISD won’t have to add makeup days to the calendar, and no changes will be made to holidays, grading cycles, or the last day of school, which will remain June 1, 2018 for students and June 4, 2018 for teachers.
We are also working with the Board of Education to ensure that all hourly employees, such as bus drivers and Nutrition Services workers, are compensated for the pay lost due to the closure.
Sincerely,
Richard A. Carranza
HISD Superintendent
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