Page 2 - Edna Rowe News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Dallas ISD asking for five more weeks of classes for some students to battle learning losses brought on by COVID-19 Two calendars presented to trustees on Thursday would extend the school year well beyond 175 days. Exterior view of the Dallas ISD Administration Building on Monday, April 6, 2020, in Dallas.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) Prompted by the learning loss brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dallas ISD administrators want trustees to authorize three types of school calendars, two of which would extend the school year well beyond the district’s 175-day calendar. One calendar...

The district wants to implement shorter summers and breaks, with more physical days in school. It will only happen at some schools, and they're still deciding whether all students at those schools will have to participate. Classes would start a week earlier, on Aug. 9, and finish four weeks later, on June 23. High schools would not be included. In fact, only a very small number of campuses are included. They are Quincy Adams, Dunbar, Gooch, Holland, Maple Lawn, McShan, Edna Rowe and Webster elementary schools as well as Rusk and Boude Storey middle schools. Little said schools are working th...