Good afternoon Doss families and community. Yesterday, AISD released their general reopening plans that you can view below. I know many of you have had specific questions about reopening plans so I urge you to read this document if you do. I will read through it this week to ensure my messages are aligned with this document. Additionally, we are currently making our own version that we hope to publish before…
Austin ISD is happy to announce the launch of our mobile app—a new way to stay connected. The app will allow all AISD students, staff and families to receive notifications from the district and campuses for which they wish to subscribe. Other helpful tools include a COVID-19 self-screening for users to complete before coming into contact with others or before leaving home for work or school. The app allows for quick…
Good afternoon Doss families and community. Below is our revised draft virtual learning schedule. We found our original schedule was extremely difficult for our many working families to support virtual learning. While no schedule created will be able to represent wants/needs from our entire community, we feel this change will support the continuation of virtual learning into the fall semester. We will discuss at today’s parent/principal coffee at 12:00. Please note…
Good afternoon Doss parents and community. We will have our next parent/principal coffee tomorrow (8/11) from 12:00-1:00 P.M. I will be in and out of the office the remainder of the week, so I apologize for meeting so quickly. Tentative Agenda Review any new TEA information Revised Schedule We may or may not have this to share during this time. Class lists Board meeting direction and questions. Tentative calendar of events…
Good afternoon everyone. The board meeting began promptly at 9:00 P.M. last evening and lasted until, roughly, 4:00 A.M. this morning. I was not brave enough to stay up that late to hear all of the discussion. There were, however, over 260 phone-in comments that took over three hours to go through. The vast majority advocated for the delay to school and continuing to pay our hourly employees through this change. …
Good afternoon Doss families and community. I hope you are all well today. As you know, the board will meet for a special voting session this evening at 9:00 P.M. via Facebook Live or AISD TV to vote on delaying the first day of virtual instruction from August 18 to September 8. I should have some brief information for you either tomorrow or Monday and then will host another parent/principal coffee either…
Good afternoon everyone. Thank you to all the new Doss parents that joined us this morning! If you missed it or are curious about what we talked about, check out the link below. New Parent/Student Orientation Meeting
Good afternoon everyone. We will have our next parent/principal virtual coffee on Thursday, August 6th from 10:30-11:30 A.M. Below you will find the tentative agenda and zoom information. Agenda Review TEA updates (if any) Board Voting Meeting 8/6 @ 9:00. What will be discussed? Doss draft virtual schedule. Question/Answer session with administrative team. Calendar of events for the next few weeks: TBD based on outcome of board meeting Spirit Wear: TBD based on…
Good afternoon Doss families and community. Below is a link to our draft student schedule for virtual learning. It is being shared in order for you to begin planning for virtual learning and to make the best possible family decision when students are able to return to school. The schedule has been vetted by Doss staff and aligns with TEA/AISD policy to this point. If there are changes made, we will let you…
