Whether pre-schoolers, high schoolers or students inbetween; walkers, bus riders or teenage drivers; Fort Bend ISD welcomed more than 74,000 students to the 2019-20 school year. And if the first day of school is any indication, this is going to be an exciting year in Fort Bend ISD!
Watch these news broadcasts highlighting the first day of school:
Also, visit #FBISD1stDay to view photos of our first day of school.
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES
Area organizations support Fort Bend ISD with back-to-school needs
Fort Bend ISD students will benefit from a generous donation from OptumRX and UnitedHealthcare. Representatives of the organizations presented FBISD with donations of school supplies to benefit the District’s Shared Dreams Program, which distributes clothing, toiletries and supplies to students in need of assistance. READ MORE
To help students with their back-to-school needs, CHI St. Luke’s Health – Sugar Land Hospital held its annual school supply drive this summer. The hospital employees donated boxes full of items – including backpacks, folders, notebooks, pencils, pens, rulers, and tissue – to benefit students at Blue Ridge Elementary. READ MORE
FORT BEND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Take part in upcoming events and read how the Education Foundation is supporting FBISD schools
Read how a $45,000 donation from Johnson Development Communities of Riverstone Imperial and Harvest Green is supporting Fort Bend ISD schools in those communities.
FBISD responds to false claims made in Houston Chronicle article published Tuesday
Fort Bend ISD is responding to an online article published in the Houston Chronicle in which activists falsely claim that Fort Bend ISD has built over an area designated as a historic cemetery and where the remains of 95 individuals were discovered in early 2018. Fort Bend ISD has not built over any portion of the historic cemetery – and has no intention of doing so. The District eliminated a planned wing of the James Reese Career and Technical Center that would have encroached upon the cemetery area to preserve the historic cemetery.
FBISD Board meetings - Gold Card Club membership - School Boundary Oversight Committee
Fort Bend ISD residents 62 years of age or older, as well as military veterans and/or military personnel residing in the District, are eligible to become members of FBISD’s Gold Card Club. READ MORE
There's still time to sign up to serve on Fort Bend ISD's School Boundary Oversight Committee(SBOC). Submit online applications by August 25, 2019 to be considered.
