The first day of school for HISD students will be Monday, Sept. 11, the school district announced Thursday.
The district says this is still dependent on weather and facility conditions.
First day of school for #HISD students will be 9/11/17, weather & facility conditions permitting #Harvey
— Houston ISD (@HoustonISD) August 31, 2017
HISD has 300 facilities. To this point, officials assessed 45 school sites. Of the 45 schools, some have had power issues, some have had roof damage, some have had water intrusion.
When school resumes, HISD said it will relax the school uniform policy.
Also, #HISD will be relaxing school uniform policy until January 2018 #Harvey
— Houston ISD (@HoustonISD) August 31, 2017
HISD said it will go to shelters 72 hours before the start of school to locate and organize transportation for students.
The three things that HISD Superintendent Richard Carranza said will determine when school starts:
1. The greater Houston infrastructure
2. HISD facilities – are they safe?
3. Do we have our staff ready to come back?
