Clear Creek ISD administrators and community members had homemade signs, balloons and personal protective equipment in tow as they gathered to celebrate three elementary and three secondary teachers at various district campuses May 12 and 13.

The district typically gathers about 300 people inside a ballroom at South Shore Habour Resort and Conference Center to recognize CCISD teachers around this time each year, but the event will not happen this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, said Elaina Polsen, the district's chief communications officer, in an email.

Instead, community members and local first responders gathered for parades outside of six different campuses over the course of two days, honoring the district's Elementary Teacher of the Year and Secondary Teacher of the Year on the morning of May 13.