HOUSTON – Parents at Durham Elementary School are voicing frustration and confusion after several teachers were abruptly reassigned to “home duty” with no clear explanation from Houston ISD.

At least one teacher received a letter, obtained by KPRC 2, instructing them not to return to campus and to instead work from home during school hours checking in with the district by phone twice daily.

“Effective today, August 27, 2025, you are directed to report to home duty, with pay,” the letter reads. “You must contact [the district] each morning by 8:00 a.m. to report in and at 4:00 p.m. each afternoon to report out...You must be available to receive assignments by phone within the hour.”

HISD 5th grader misses two weeks of school waiting for bus routes

The letter offered no reason for the

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