Brent said the district wanted to understand how families are working through challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic and what learning could look like in the next school year.
The survey will be available later this week, he said.
“The survey will help us with some of that guidance,” Brent said. “And we'll be offering continued updates throughout the summer.”
The Texas Education Agency is expected to provide guidelines and parameters on how districts should approach the coming school year on June 16. GISD officials said options being considered include in-person instruction at full building capacity, a percentage of building capacity with in-person instruction blended with online instruction and full online instruction.
But Brent and members of the board cautioned parents and guardians to be patient as the district works through multiple options to accommodate different scenarios and family needs.
GISD is also taking into account how to address different learning gaps, assess student learning and provide any technology needs, among other logistics. Nonetheless, GISD does not intend to change its approved calendar, which has school beginning Aug. 20, Brent said.
“As soon as we have information that we can share and communicate to you, we're going to do that,” Brent said. “We're going to try to make sure we make as many decisions that we need to make as efficiently as possible so that parents can make plans and our district staff start preparing.”
