Spring ISD granted $41.8 million to combat pandemic-induced student learning loss

“At the state level with this grant, they're focusing again on strategic planning and performance management, on making sure that school districts had high-quality instructional materials, that school districts were investing money and ... supporting teachers,” Hinojosa said.

SISD opted to accept eight of the TCLAS sections, according to Hinojosa, which will fund training and education for teachers and paraprofessionals, as well as access to additional curriculum materials for students.

Other sections of the TCLAS grants SISD accepted include tutoring support and designing the school year calendar. Two options for SISD’s 2022-23 school calendar will be available for the public to review in January, Superintendent Rodney Watson said Dec. 14.

SISD opted not to accept two parts of the TCLAS offerings that pertained to lengthening the district’s summer school program and redesigning a school or creating a new one. These two sections did not align with the district’s vision, Hinojosa said.