Plainview ISD parents respond as district moves toward eliminating online learning option

The last time Tracie Ybarra-Walzier’s child attended in-person instruction at Plainview ISD was the week before spring break in April 2020.
Local COVID-19 activity was just beginning to be tracked and Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order closing every school campus across the state in an effort to stop or at least slow the spread of the virus.
And when the district gave families the option to have their kids attend classes in-person or online at the beginning of the 2020-21 schoo