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Kennedale ISD weighs Open Ed virtual partnership, trustees raise testing and special‑education questions
Summary
Board members discussed a proposed Open Ed partnership to offer K–8 virtual instruction to families seeking flexibility; staff said the vendor covers TEKS and uses regional testing centers, but trustees pressed concerns about STAAR testing, special‑education fits, and contract exit terms. Estimated initial enrollment: 100–200 K–8 students.
Kennedale ISD trustees spent an extended portion of their meeting reviewing a potential partnership with Open Ed, a virtual‑learning vendor that markets flexible homeschool‑style packages to families seeking asynchronous or customizable instruction.
District staff said they have met multiple times with Open Ed staff, including legal and instructional teams, and plan further legal review. The vendor’s model was described as different from KISD’s current OnRamps or concurrent‑enrollment offerings: rather than a course‑by‑course one‑to‑one swap, families choose a core instructional package and pick supplementary digital resources…
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