Round Rock ISD approves academic calendar for 2026-27 school year
The Round Rock ISD board of trustees approved an academic calendar for the 2026-27 school year and shared an update on development of the 2027-28 academic calendar in March.
What you need to know
Trustees approved academic calendar Option B on March 27.
District administrators presented a final recommendation for draft Option B, which would see the school year begin Aug. 18, 2026.
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1st cohort of Round Rock ISD Teacher Incentive Allotment educators to get funds this summer
Teachers included in Round Rock ISD's first cohort of educators who received designations from the Texas Education Agency will receive an incentive this summer.
Eddie Curran, the district's chief of human resources, said this is because these educators' student performance data earned them a designation tied to incentive funding from the state, under the Teacher Incentive Allotment.
About the program
The Teacher Incentive Allotment is a program that was created by the state in 2019 to keep teachers in the classroom by increasing teacher pay as a performance-based mechanism. Per the Texas Education Agency, qualifying teachers were awarded a total of $145.2 million in incentives in 2023.
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8-period school day gains ground in Round Rock ISD to better serve dyslexic students
Some Round Rock ISD middle school campuses will move to an eight period school day in the 2025-26 school year, administrators shared in March.
This comes as a pilot program at C.D. Fulkes and PFC Robert P. Hernandez Middle Schools in the 2024-25 school year showed the shift allowed the campuses to better address the needs of dyslexic students.
What you need to know
Campus administrators presented information about the program's results at the two middle schools at a March 27 board of trustees meeting.
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