Register your child for the 2020-2021 school year.

Visit this page for more information.

As we return to school virtually on August 17 and eventually in-person, GPISD will continue to provide healthful meals to our students. Even though our district is beginning the year fully virtual, we still have opportunities for your child(ren) to receive healthful meals. To see if your child is eligible for free meals or reduced meal prices, please visit this page: https://www.gpisd.org/MealApplication 

On August 27, the GPISD Board of Trustees voted to set the tax rate for 2020-2021 at $1.5097 per $100 of valuation. This is a decrease of nearly $0.03 from last year ($0.02865). 

The overall tax rate is made up of two parts:

• $1.0547 for the purpose of maintenance and operations
• $0.4550 for the purpose of payment of principal and interest on debt

Including this year’s tax rate decrease, the GPISD Board of Trustees has lowered the tax rate by just over eight and a half cents over a two-year period.

THE GRAND PRAIRIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE.

Grand Prairie ISD Plans Two-Step Return to In-Person Instruction

At a called meeting Thursday night, the GPISD Board of Trustees voted to request a waiver from the Texas Education Agency in regard to virtual learning. As a result, the Grand Prairie ISD announced a plan for a two-step return to face-to-face instruction.  

The decision to return in stages was based on recommendations and input from several sources: 

1. Recommendations of the Dallas County Health Department, the City of Grand Prairie Health Services Department, and district legal counsel
2. Careful consideration of critical student needs and the social/emotional needs of all students
3. A review of the best ways to keep students and staff safe, supported by a plan to mitigate risk through established protocols, and a review of the latest information on the transmission and prevention of COVID-19
4. Input from GPISD parents, with the goal of supporting the choices they have made for their children. In GPISD, 60% of our families have chosen virtual learning for their students, while 40% have chosen in-person instruction

After taking all of this into consideration, the Administration recommended the following plan for returning to in-person instruction:

• Students in grades PK-2 and identified self-contained special education programming whose parents have chosen in-person instruction will return to their schools on September 14, 2020.
• Students in grades 3-12 whose parents have chosen in-person instruction will return to their schools on September 21, 2020.

At the June 22, 2020 called meeting of the GPISD Board of Trustees, the Board made a bold statement to address issues of racial equity in our community. Visit the page to read the resolution.