This year’s back to school preparations will not resemble anything Texans have seen before. As the school year creeps closer and infection rates soar, Hays CISD is requesting parental input for a clearer attendance census on school year 2020-2021.

The district dispatched a survey on whether parents need to send their children to campus, cannot send them back to school, or prefer a sort of hybrid model. Thousands of parents responded, a shock to the district’s Chief Communication Offic...