The district has designated five “Staff Development Days” for the 2019-2020 school year to be utilized for professional development at the school level. As a result, schools will release students early on those days throughout the school year. 

On the following dates outlined below, elementary schools will be dismissed at noon, and middle and high schools will be dismissed at 1:10 p.m.  

HISD Transportation Services will be adjusting bus schedules to ensure students are picked up at the early dismissal times, which will result in earlier delivery times to bus stops. 

2019-2020 Staff Development Days 

• Friday, September 27, 2019 
• Friday, October 18, 2019 
• Friday, November 8, 2019 
• Friday, January 17, 2020 
• Friday, February 14, 2020 

For complete information on significant dates for the 2019-2020 school year, click here.