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Home of the Panthers 5/23/2025
- 8/12 First Day of School!!!
- 8/15 Blue-Gold Freshmen Scrimmage @ 8am
- 8/18 Senior Class Meeting PHS Cafeteria (ACE) **Rescheduled for 08/24
- 8/19 Junior Class Meeting PHS Cafeteria (ACE) **Rescheduled for 08/25
- 8/19 ECHS Parent Night PHS Cafeteria @ 6pm
- 8/20 Sophomore Meeting PHS Cafeteria (ACE) ** Rescheduled for 08/26
- 8/20 PfISD College Night (Lecture Hall) 5pm-7pm
- 8/21 Freshmen Meeting PHS Cafeteria (ACE) ** Rescheduled for 08/27
- 8/26 Department Leadership Meeting @ 4:30pm
- 8/28 Pep Rally 9am Large Gym
Bus Service
Pflugerville ISD provides free bus service for students who live more than two miles from their assigned school and for students who live within two miles but along a route defined as “hazardous” to walkers or bike riders. Use the School & Bus Route Locator to find bus routes. Simply type in your home address to see the closest stops, pick-up and delivery times, and bus numbers.
Stopfinder – Parent App
Know in real-time where your child’s bus is and have the most accurate information about your child’s bus schedule in the palm of your hand. In order to use the software, you, as a parent or guardian, will need to have submitted a valid e-mail to your child’s campus.
In order to use the Stopfinder App, you will receive an invitation from the PfISD Transportation department. Invitations are sent out periodically to parents or guardians of students, whose Stopfinder accounts have not yet been activated. Before contactinag the transportation department, check your email box for an invitation email with the follow details:
From: No-reply@stopfinder.com
Subject: PfISD – Welcome to Stopfinder
With Stopfinder, you will:
- Know the schedule of your child’s bus
- Receive push notifications related to your child’s bus schedule and any changes
- Get real-time information on the location of your child’s bus by creating your own alert zones with the upgrade to GeoAlerts
- Notice bus substitutions because they are clearly indicated – reducing misinformation and confusion
- Track multiple buses, a great feature if your children don’t ride the same bus
- Know exactly when your children arrive at school or at home
- Provide parents and caregivers with multilingual options in the app
If you have not received an invitation to Stopfinder, please email the Transportation Department at transportation@pfisd.net
Student Personal Device Guidelines
During the state’s 2025 legislative session, lawmakers passed and Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that prohibits students from using personal devices during school hours.
House Bill 1481 took effect the 2025-2026 school year and requires all Texas school districts to prohibit students from using "personal wireless communication devices," which the law defines as “any wireless electronic communication device, other than a device provided to students by a school for instructional purposes, capable of transmitting and/or receiving data.
Please visit the link below for additional details and FAQ:
The free meals program provided by the USDA and Texas Department of Agriculture for all PfISD students during the pandemic has ended. Students must complete the necessary form to receive free or reduced meals during the 2026-2027 school year.
*** Benefits Included - more than just meals!
- Breakfast entrées with up to two fruit sides and milk
- Lunch entrées, with up to two fruit sides, two vegetable sides and milk
- Two waivers for SAT fees
- Four additional SAT score reports
- SAT online course, discount $40.00
- Two waivers for ACT fees
- Four college application waivers
Please note that the link is not currently active to submit your application Click here for instructions on applying for free and reduced meals (English).
PfISD encourages families who feel they may qualify for the free/reduced meal program to complete the forms this year as it will give their students coverage for the first 30 days of next school year. Then, they must complete an application at the beginning of next school year to receive benefits all year long.
Please take note: the free meals that have been available to all students, regardless of their application status, are ending. Students who have previously been part of the free/reduced meal plan or newer students who enrolled in PfISD may be eligible for the traditional program and need to apply to continue receiving free or reduced meals at school next school year.
ECHS Cohort 1 & 2 BOY Welcome Ceremony
August 19th | 6:00 – 8:00 PM | PHS Cafeteria
Join us for a special evening as we officially welcome Cohort 2 into the ECHS family! This event will include student recognitions, community guests, and a celebration of our program’s launch. (More details to come soon!)
