Allen ISD families and students who want to change their preferred learning setting for the last grading period of the 2020-21 school year can do so beginning Monday.
Parents must submit the change online in the student’s portal by 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 21. Changes will go into effect March 15 and continue through the last day of school, May 21, according to the district website.
Families were required to select the preferred learning setting for the current grading period in late July but have been able to switch after every grading period.
Nearly 50% selected online, while around 46% selected in-person at the beginning of the school year. Four percent did not select an option, and those families were automatically placed in in-person learning. Less than 1% of students selected an option outside of the district or moved.
During the second grading period, 245 students enrolled in at-home learning, while 971 enrolled in in-person learning. According to school district data, 11,585 students, or more than 54% of the student body, had enrolled in in-person learning, while 10,020 students learned at home.
The trend continued into the third grading period — the current — with 12,595 students, 57% of the student population, attending in person. About 9,140 are enrolled at home.
