Updates for School Year 2026-27

After reviewing instructional needs and considering the developmental levels of our students, the district has decided that starting in the 2026-27 school year Chromebooks assigned to students in Kindergarten through fourth grade will remain on campus each day. Students in these grades will not take their devices home over the summer break.

Keeping devices on campus for our younger elementary students (K-4) will allow teachers to better manage and supervise devices. It ensures the devices remain available and charged for daily classroom instruction so that every scholar is ready to learn each day. No more stress from our parents or scholars when they forget their device in the morning or worrying about the cost for damage to the device or lost chargers. This also ensures that all devices are on campus, charged, and ready to go on important assessment days.

Teachers will adapt any lesson plans that require homework so that devices are not necessary outside of school hours.

The change will be in effect for the 2026-27 school year. Students will continue to take their devices home as normal through the end of this school year, but CHISD will take up the K-3 devices prior to the summer break.

Fifth-grade scholars will continue to take their devices home each day and will keep them over the summer break. At this stage, students have increasing homework and responsibility expectations. This practice also helps prepare them for the technology required as they transition into middle school and allows for learning to begin on the first day of school. This means that 2026-27 incoming fifth-grade students will also keep their devices over the summer.

Students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade (K–3) will turn in their Chromebooks before summer break. Since our current 4th grade scholars will be incoming 5th graders, those scholars will keep their devices for next school year.