WFISD officials weigh pros and cons of creating virtual academy WFISD officials weigh pros and cons of creating virtual academy By Emily Bjorklund | March 9, 2021 at 6:34 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 8:24 PM WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - The Texas Education Agency has yet to decide if virtual learning will be an option for students next school year, but the Wichita Falls ISD is looking to change the way its students learn online, possibly through a virtual academy. “In the spring last year, we just slapped a band-aid on it and got through,” Dr. Peter Griffiths, WFISD associate superintendent, said, “and then this year it got more robust with the technology and the synchronous and asynchronous learning, but we quickly learned that trying to be both things, face-to-face and online, that was too difficult.”