Carroll ISD will be back to normal this fall. During the superintendent’s report at the school board meeting on Monday, June 7, Dr. Lane Ledbetter announced that the district will be eliminating most of its COVID-19 protocols in August.
“The only requirement we have received so far from [the Texas Education Agency] is that if we have a case of COVID-19, we have to notify our local health department. At this time, there does not seem to be any requirement for contact tracing or quarantining in the fall,” Dr. Ledbetter says. “Basically we are back to normal operations on our campuses.”
With the mask policy updated earlier this month, Dr. Ledbetter stated that masks will continue to be optional in the fall. Additionally, the district will shift away from the Dragon Virtual Academy and will rely mainly on face-to-face instruction.
“We will not be offering virtual remote learning,” Dr. Ledbetter stated. “There may be some instances of individual needs by students and those will be taken care of on the campuses, but as far as an overall virtual program, we will not be offering that in the fall.”
With active cases for the district currently less than 0.1%, the district has dealt with 827 total cases of COVID-19 since August of last year, with overall cases never exceeding 25%, according to the district's COVID-19 dashboard. The 2021-2022 school year is currently scheduled to begin on August 16.