{"id":11925,"date":"2020-07-30T16:36:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T16:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11925"},"modified":"2020-07-30T16:36:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T16:36:13","slug":"lfcisd-board-of-trustees-officially-approves-new-academic-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11925","title":{"rendered":"LFCISD board of trustees officially approves new academic calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LFCISD-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LFCISD-photo.jpg 980w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LFCISD-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LFCISD-photo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Tony Vindell \/ LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By TONY VINDELL<br><\/strong>LFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LOS FRESNOS &#8211; The new academic calendar for the 2020-21 school year has been set for Los Fresnos school district and the first day of classes is scheduled to start on Tuesday, Sept. 8 via remote online instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The district board of trustees approved the measure during a July 13 meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gonzalo Salazar, the district superintendent, said the commitment is to start safe and to finish strong this year in light of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are currently reaching out to parents to collect information on which instructional model meets the needs of their household,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will begin the fall semester with remote-online instruction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salazar said the data they are collecting will enable them with the transition of a hybrid model that will allow for the recommended social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said school staff is currently working with lesson plans and curriculums, taking into consideration how difficult this is when it is being done remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The district is also following an order by Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. that called for delaying face-to-face and private school instruction until after Sept. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salazar said the district has been working with state and county agencies to ensure everything goes as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Los Fresnos school district has an A accountability rate, an average SAT score of 993 and its average ACT rate is 99. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The district has a population of more than 10,700 students and it employs more than 1,600 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By TONY VINDELLLFN LOS FRESNOS &#8211; The new academic calendar for the 2020-21 school year has been set for Los Fresnos school district and the first day of classes is scheduled to start on Tuesday, Sept. 8 via remote online instruction. The district board of trustees approved the measure during a July 13 meeting. Gonzalo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-11925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lfcisd","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11926,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11925\/revisions\/11926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}