AISD swaps Friday early release plan for 2 days off, provide 'stress relief' for teachers

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a flood of feedback from parents, students, teachers and staff, a proposal for early Friday releases evolved into two days off in the Austin Independent School District.AISD administration will now ask the Board of Trustees on Thursday to give teachers two Fridays, Feb. 11 and March 4, off with pay "to offer some measure of stress relief during the pandemic." Early release Fridays? Austin ISD considers proposed schedule changeOriginally, the plan started as either 2-h