Raintree Village March 2018
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KATY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT<br />
WWW.KATYISD.ORG<br />
IMPORTANT DATES<br />
<strong>March</strong> 7 th - Family Night (No Homework Assigned)<br />
<strong>March</strong> 30 th - Holiday/Students and Staff<br />
MARCH 12 TH -16 TH<br />
KATY ISD RANKS AS THE TOP SCHOOL DISTRICT<br />
IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA<br />
The <strong>2018</strong> Best School Districts rankings have been announced and<br />
looks like “The Best is in the West” for the Greater Houston area,<br />
with Katy Independent School District taking the top spot.<br />
Niche, a ranking and review organization for K-12 schools, assesses<br />
school districts across America every year. Katy ISD received an<br />
overall grade of “A+” for its outstanding educational accomplishments.<br />
The rankings are based on rigorous analysis of key statistics,<br />
reviews from students and parents, as well as data from the U.S.<br />
Department of Education. Ranking factors include state test scores,<br />
college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality,<br />
public school district ratings and more.<br />
Katy ISD is known as one of the fastest growing school districts in the<br />
country and currently has an enrollment of over 77,000+ students.<br />
BAD WEATHER MAKE-UP DAYS<br />
Texas weather has not been kind and continues to bring many<br />
challenges to our community. Due to the wintery conditions that<br />
caused the District’s closure in mid-January, we need to alert you<br />
to a change to our 2017-18 Instructional Calendar.<br />
As you may know, Katy ISD, along with all Texas school districts, is<br />
required by state law to have 75,600 minutes of instructional time<br />
built into its calendar each year. While the Texas Education Agency<br />
(TEA) granted our district a waiver for missed instructional time<br />
this past fall as a result of Hurricane Harvey related closures, the<br />
District has been informed that waivers will not be provided for<br />
January’s bad weather days.<br />
Unfortunately, our students lost significant instructional time this<br />
year. Monday, February 19 th was currently designated as a bad<br />
weather day and was used to make up instructional time for all<br />
students. Additionally, in order to be in compliance with state law,<br />
the secondary school day will be extended by ten minutes during<br />
the week of May 14 th -18 th , with dismissal being at 2:45 PM each day.<br />
KatyISD recognizes that this may be an inconvenience for some<br />
families and we apologize ahead of time for that. Just as we must<br />
meet the requirements of the law, it is also just as important that<br />
we are in a position to ensure that we can effectively achieve our<br />
mission to provide educational excellence and opportunities that<br />
prepare our students for success in college, career and life. With<br />
that said, having our students in school to grow and learn is of the<br />
utmost importance. As always, your understanding and support is<br />
greatly appreciated.<br />
14 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2018</strong> | Community Newsletter