News and Announcements

With temperatures expected to be below freezing in the morning and precipitation continuing through this evening, all WISD campuses will delay the opening of school by 2 hours on Monday, January 11, 2021.

Buses will run 2 hours later than normal. This delay allows our bus drivers to have maximum visibility to avoid problem areas on the road. It also keeps students out of the pre-dawn cold.

Your safety remains our highest priority. Our Maintenance Department will ensure entries to our buildings are safe. While most roadways are clear and safe for travel, parents should use discretion if it is unsafe to travel from their home. Parents of teenage drivers should also use discretion and advise their children to use extreme caution if driving to school.

Weatherford ISD Families, Staff, and Community Members,

During the fall semester, members of the District Education Improvement Committee (DEIC) made up of teachers, parents, community members, and District administrators, spent time discussing proposed calendars for the 2021-2022 school year. Based on their feedback, two draft calendars were developed.

Public school calendars must show 187 days for teachers and a minimum of 75,600 instructional minutes for students. Both of the draft calendars meets those requirements.

*To view the draft calendars, please click on the headline.

Please look at the attached draft calendars carefully and vote for the one that you feel best meets the needs of our students, families, and staff. Once we receive the survey data, Weatherford ISD administration will make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees.

2021-2022 Calendar Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/86WN6KF
This survey link will be close on Thursday, January 7th at 10:00 pm.

Thank you for giving feedback on the 2021-2022 school calendar!

Reminder: Friday, December 18 is a student holiday. The last day of school for 2020 is Thursday, December 17. Students return to class on Tuesday, January 5, 2020.

2020-2021 School Calendar Revision

If there is one thing we know, it’s that our teachers and staff have been amazing this year. They have persevered through the challenges of a pandemic and implemented a wide range of processes to make sure we are providing, to the best of our ability, a safe and healthy environment at our campuses. They have prepared for students learning at school or online through the Virtual Learning Academy, and have facilitated learning for students who have needed to quarantine. We are so proud of our teachers and staff!

In order to support our campus staff by giving them time for this additional workload, administration recommended changes to the 2020-2021 school calendar. The Weatherford ISD Board of Trustees approved these changes at their November 9, 2020 Regular Meeting.

The updated school calendar now includes five early release days to provide additional work time for teachers and staff on the following dates:

December 4
January 15
February 19
March 12
April 16

Early Release Days and School Times:

Elementary: 7:50 am - 12:20 pm
Middle: 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
NGC/High School: 8:15 am - 12:55 pm

Bus transportation will be provided on these early release dates at the dismissal times stated above. Daycare vans will also pick up at the early dismissal time.

The following is a joint statement from Weatherford ISD and the Weatherford Police Department regarding today’s situation at Weatherford High School.

We appreciate your patience as the Weatherford ISD, the Weatherford Police Department, and other law enforcement agencies from Parker County worked through a situation that occurred outside of the high school campus this afternoon.

On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 around 2pm, information was given to school resource officers that there was a white male juvenile believed to be a runaway from Parker County at Weatherford High School. Officers were told the juvenile suspect was seen with what appeared to be a handgun in his waistband hidden under his t-shirt. Officers were given further information as they arrived on scene that the suspect was near one of the Weatherford High School outbuildings, not the main building itself. Campus administrators were notified, and the high school campus went into an immediate lockdown for the protection and safety of students, staff, and teachers.

After arriving on scene, officers went to the area of the high school campus where the suspect was last known to be and visually observed the suspect who then fled on foot into a wooded area at the perimeter of the high school. The suspect was seen by officers to be armed with a handgun and to be making threats to himself.

As the suspect was approached by officers, he sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his abdomen. The suspect was quickly apprehended and taken to an awaiting ambulance where he was then taken to a trauma hospital outside of Parker County. The juvenile will remain under police observation until it is determined what criminal charges may or may not be filed against him.

During the situation, students and staff were safe within all WISD buildings on the high school campus. At approximately 3:15pm, the lockdown was lifted, and students were dismissed for the day.

There is no indication at this time that any of the high school students or staff were threatened by the suspect or were in any danger as a result of the suspect being on the campus grounds prior to law enforcement’s arrival.

From WISD: We understand this situation may have been stressful for your child. As an added measure of care, we are providing families with access to counselors this evening. In addition, counselors will be available to assist students and staff members on campus tomorrow. To reach a counselor this evening, please call 817-598-2850 or text to [email protected]

UPDATE:
The lockdown at Weatherford High School has been lifted.
We want to reassure parents that the situation was contained and that our students and staff were safe within our buildings.

Students are currently being released and buses will run on a normal schedule.

Thank you,

WISD Administration
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The following message has been sent by call, email, and text to our high school families regarding an active situation on school grounds. Please know our students and staff are on lockdown and are safe within our high school buildings.

Dear WHS Family,
We are notifying you that Weatherford High School is currently on a lockdown because of an active situation on school grounds. Police have been notified and are on campus.

All students and staff are safe.

Again, we want to reassure parents that the situation is contained and that our students and staff are safe within our buildings. The campus will remain on lockdown until this situation can be resolved. However, no one is being allowed on campus at this time.

We will continue to notify parents as we learn more information.

WISD Administration

Dear Hall Middle School Families -

I am writing to notify families that an individual at Hall Middle School has tested positive for COVID-19. Our records show this individual had close contact with a significant number of students and staff at our campus yesterday.

Out of an abundance of caution and for the health and safety of our students and staff, Hall Middle School will temporarily close effective today so that we can deep clean the campus.

Please know this decision was not made lightly. We understand this decision may pose a hardship for families. The campus will remain open during normal school hours today and lunch will be served. Any families who wish to pick up their child may do so after 11:00 am today.

Face-to-face learning will resume on Monday, November 30, 2020. Students will begin learning from home beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

Students will receive a packet of work in the four core subject areas (English, Math, Science, and Social Studies) today. These assignments will not require the use of any technology. Assignments will be due on Monday, November 30th.

During our temporary closing, the Hall Middle School Kanga Care Clinic will be available to students and staff. Please monitor your child’s health and contact your primary care physician if they develop symptoms, or contact Hall Middle School at 817-598-2822 to schedule an appointment at our Kanga Care Clinic.

Child Nutrition will also be distributing meals for three days to families of Hall Middle School students on Wednesday, November 18th. Families may pick up meals at the front entrance of Curtis Elementary between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Curtis Elementary is located at 501 W. Russell Street.

Please know the decision to temporarily close our campus was not made lightly, but was made in consideration of the health and safety of our students and staff.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Stephanie Wynne
Principal