Teachers across the valley continue to connect with many of their students through “distance learning”.
While some parents say it’s been a smooth experience, others say it’s been frustrating with every school approaching education a little differently.
Jeremy Chen reports.
LEARNING." WHILE SOME PARENTSSAY IT'S BEEN A SMOOTHEXPERIENCE..OTHERS ARE FRUSTRATED.AND EVERY SCHOOL IS APPROACHINGEDUCATION A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER JEREMYCHEN TALKED TO THE STATE"P-T-A" ABOUT THIS AND IS LIVEWITH THE DETAILS.TODD...TEACHERS SAY THE TRANSITIONTOWARDS ONLINE LEARNING IS AWORK IN PROGRESS.WITH MANY OF THEM DOING THEIRBEST TO REACH OUT TO THEIRKIDS.AS FAR HOW IT'S BEINGIMPLEMENTED DIFFERS FROM SCHOOLTO SCHOOL...THE P- T-A PRESIDENT SAYS ASTATE LAW ON THE BOOKS IS AMAJOR REASON WHY.ONLINE LEARNING ENTERS ANOTHERWEEK--- AS SCHOOLS REMAIN SHUTDOWN DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUSOUTBREAK.EXPERIENCES HAVE VARIED FORSTUDENTS.ONE PARENT SAYS IT'S BEENSEAMLESS FOR HER OLDERCHILDREN BUT TOUGHER FOR HERTHIRD GRADE DAUGHTER."IT'S KIND OF A NEW WORLD FORHER.SHE'S DONE SOME, BUT SHE MUCHPREFERS BEING IN A CLASSROOMWITH A TEACHER." REBECCA GARCIAIS A C-C-S-D PARENT ANDPRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE NEVADAP-T-A.SHE SAYS THE VARIED EXPERIENCESFOR HER KIDS WASN'T UNEXPECTED-AS THEY ATTEND DIFFERENTSCHOOLS-THAT HAVE MADEDIFFERENT DECISIONS."THAT MEANT ONE SCHOOL COULDCHOOSE MOVE TO ONE TO ONECHROMEBOOK FOR ALL STUDENTS ANDHAVE TECHNOLOGY SET UP ANDANOTHER BUILDING COULD CHOOSETHAT MONEY TO INVEST INSOMETHING ELSE." SHE SAYS THISIS THE EFFECT OF A-B 469- WHICHPASSED IN 2017.IT GAVE PRINCIPALS AT THEIRINDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS MORE POWERIN DECISION-MAKING WITH BUDGETSAND OPERATIONS.GARCIA BELIEVES THIS HAS LED TOUNEVEN RESULTS WITH DISTANCELEARNING DISTRICT-WIDE-WITHFRUSTRATIONS FOR PARENTS WHENSCHOOL A IS DOING THIS, ANDSCHOOL B IS DOING THIS." SHETIME."THERE WASN'T NECESSARILY RIGHTOR WRONG, IT'S WHAT THAT SCHOOLDECIDED TO DO." GARCIA SAYSC-C-S-D CAN IMPROVE ONPROVIDING CLEAR MESSAGING-TOSCHOOLS AND PARENTS TO PROVIDEA COHESIVE RESPONSE."THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENTPOLICIES, PROCEDURES ANDMESSAGING SO THAT ALL FAMILIESKNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING."C-C-S-D SCHOOLS REMAIN CLOSEDUNTIL ..COMING UP AT SIX..WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOMESOLUTIONS TO ISSUES SURROUNDINGDISTANCE LEARNING IN C-C-S-D.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWSPUBLIC LANDS LIKE RED ROCKCANYON MAY BE CLOSED RIGHT NOW,BUT THAT HASN'T
Teachers across the valley continue to connect with many of their students through “distance learning”. While some parents say..