Here’s what year-round school could look like at HISD due to Covid-19

The Houston Independent School District continues to consider an 11-month academic year as one option for operating amid the pandemic and has released details of what that would look like.

Should the school district go forward with a nearly year-round calendar, it would include: 

182 instructional days for students, an increase of 10 more days.
17 possible intersession dates for instruction. 
Five extra minutes per school day, totaling 5,390 above state requirements. This would allow the district…