Back to School 2019-2020

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We are thrilled to launch the 2019-2020 school year on Monday, Aug. 26! As you may know, the first week of school can present challenges as we work to efficiently transport more than 80,000 students to and from school while welcoming thousands of parents on campus for drop-offs and pick-ups. As we fine-tune these processes, I ask for your patience while we work together for our 117,000 students.

Several departments have collaborated throughout the summer to improve your child’s learning environment this year. Dozens of renovation projects, like The Leonard Brautigam Center (formerly Windfern School of Choice), were completed and some will continue through the fall. Meanwhile, new facilities like Harold R. Rowe Middle School (#19) are under construction for future opening dates. I am so appreciative that this community continues to invest in our facilities through school bonds like the one that passed in May.

The Leonard Brautigam Center, formerly Windfern School of Choice, opens Aug. 26 at 13102 Jones Road

Harold R. Rowe Middle School (No. 19) will open in August 2020 on the Cypress Park multi-campus site.

In 2019-2020, you will continue to see improvements to our facilities that enhance student safety, including secured vestibules at each campus and additional fencing in strategic areas. Policies such as ID badges for every student and our Z Pass tracking system on each school bus help ensure that your child is as safe as possible on the way to, during and home from school each day. Our CFISD police department even added a fourth K-9, Scout, to assist in threat deterrence.

Meet Scout, our newest CFPD K-9 who is a Shepherd/Malinois mix.

Thank you for your continued support of Cypress-Fairbanks ISD. Our goal in 2019-2020 is to provide quality service to this community, plus give a little lagniappe, which means “a little extra, on purpose.”

Our teachers and staff are ready to partner with parents and guardians in order to provide Opportunity for All through a quality education to your children. I wish you an enjoyable last few days of summer as we transition into the routines of the school year.  

~ Mark Henry, Ed.D.