Parents have been mixed up over the calendars Richardson Independent School District has released in the past week.
So far, an A, B and C option have been presented to the board, but the district is asking for parents’ feedback on just two options in a survey.
In the Jan. 24 board meeting, the RISD Calendar Committee proposed going by mandatory minutes of instruction under House Bill 2610 rather than mandatory days instruction. The calendar minutes must be a minimum of 75,600 minutes, which would be equivalent to 174 school days.
Option A has a back to school date of Aug. 10 and end date of May 25, option B is the same as A except for a 5-day snow weekend. Option C has a back to school date of Aug. 16 and end date of May 26.
The calendar choices parents are asked to vote on are option A and option C. One of the main differences between the calendars is the amount of staff development days, but both are proposed to end the 2022-23 school year before Memorial Day.
RISD Calendar Committee will present a final calendar to board trustees on Feb. 15 at the next board meeting.
Parents can provide feedback on RISD’s Let’s Talk.
Watch the video below for more details on calendar options.
