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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…

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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…

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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. …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Good morning Doss parents and community. I apologize for the lack of clarity regarding the authority of the local Health Authority.  The following provides a good explanation. Abbott issues school reopening clarity Gov. Greg Abbott moved Friday to try and clear up confusion over Texas’ school reopening policy, asserting that local health authorities can shut down schools if there’s evidence of an outbreak after students return to campus, but not “weeks”…

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Good afternoon Doss parents and community.  I hope you’re having a wonderful day. We have less than three weeks before the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year!  While we would love to have the entire Doss community back on campus, know we will continue offering everything you love about Doss in the virtual setting.  Despite the statement by Ken Paxton, we are still planning on August 18th as the first day…

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