{"id":406410,"date":"2026-08-14T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406410\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:04:09","slug":"allen-isd-welcomes-students-back-for-2026-27-school-year-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406410\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen ISD welcomes students back for 2026-27 school year | Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>School is back in session at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allenisd.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen ISD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s happening?<\/p>\n<p>Students returned to schools Aug. 13 for Allen ISD\u2019s 2026-27 school year. The district serves more than 20,000 students across 16 elementary schools, three middle schools, one freshman center and one high school, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allenisd.org\/page\/about-us\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allenisd.org\/o\/nes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Norton Elementary School<\/a> teachers welcomed families and students before the morning bell rang at 7:45 a.m. The school teaches kindergarten through sixth grade. Norton Elementary Principal Renee Nelson said the first day of school is \u201calways exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody is happy and smiling,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cWe love having students back on campus. It\u2019s why we\u2019re here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Middle schools and Allen High School started later in the morning. Class times in Allen ISD include:<\/p>\n<p>Elementary schools: 7:45 a.m.-2:55 p.m.Middle schools: 8:20 a.m.-3:30 p.m.Lowery Freshman Center: 8:45 a.m.-4:05 p.m.Allen High School: 8:50 a.m.-4:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Dates to know<\/p>\n<p>Allen ISD\u2019s board of trustees <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/allen\/education\/allen-isds-2026-27-school-year-to-start-aug-13\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">approved the district\u2019s 2026-27 academic calendar<\/a> late last year. The calendar, which can be accessed on Allen ISD\u2019s website, includes a list of professional development days and upcoming holidays. Highlights include:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"School is back in session at Allen ISD. What\u2019s happening? Students returned to schools Aug. 13 for Allen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[55674,61603,142314,55671,55675,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-406410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-education-news","tag-allen-isd-2026-27-school-year","tag-allen-isd-first-day-of-school","tag-allen-isd-news","tag-education-news-in-allen","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}