Reopening Schools

[BmorePat87]

(07-13-2020, 07:53 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Our school district is offering both options: traditional classes in the classroom or distance learner. The parents and student decide which option. The student is locked into their choice for the 9 week quarter. They have the same option at the start of every quarter as it stands now, but subject to change (METT-T).

Our superintendent proposed some ideas to the BOE for them to give feedback on last week.

The first option was to let parents pick between whatever the county does or locking into a 100% digital academy for the 2020-2021 school year.

By the end of the meeting, he had withdrawn the online academy option.

So the next debate was between phasing in or starting in person now with students being split into A group and B group. A group goes in person M and W and does assignments online T and Th. B group does the opposite. All groups do online work Friday. The problem is they had no plan for how to make it safe for students and safe. 

Ultimately they decided to implement a semester based schedule for phasing in. Instead of taking 7 classes for a full year, they will take 4 classes for the first semester and 4 for the second semester. We are going to start online with students getting an hour of each class a day. There will also be work for them to complete independently during the other 3 hours a day.  

We will keep reassessing the situation so that we can eventually begin transitioning back to the building. 

The federal government, many state governments, and many individuals have done a poor job responding, so we are just not in a place where we can safely go back. If Trump wanted this, he should have lead the country when we needed it.