The Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education approved a back-to-school plan Monday that includes both remote and in-person instruction for the 2020-21 academic year.
REVEAL HOW THEY WILL GETSTUDENTS BACK INTO THECLASSROOM THIS FALL..."We decided to make a shift topivot to the future.
Movingforward."EMPLOYING THE"BLENDED LEARNING" OPTION --CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLSTUDENTS WILL BE AT HOMEEITHER TWO OR THREE DAYS EACHWEEK -- AND IN SCHOOL ON THEOTHER DAYS.THE PLAN WILL USE ALTERNATINGWEEKS.FOR EXAMPLE -- ONE GROUPWILL BE IN-CLASS MONDAYS ANDTUESDAYS -- AND THEN DO REMOTELEARNING THE REST OF THE WEEK.THE NEXT WEEK -- THAT PLANFLIPS -- AND THOSE STUDENTSWILL BE IN-CLASS MONDAYTHROUGH WEDNESDAY -- ANDCOMPLETE REMOTE LEARNING ONTHURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS."PARENTS ALSO HAVE THE OPTIONTO OPT-OUT OF THE PLAN -- ANDHAVE THEIR CHILDREN DO ALL OFTHEIR LEARNING FROMHOME."WCPO 9 NEWS REPORTERJAKE RYLE IS LOOKING INTO WHATTHIS BLENDED LEARNING APPROACHMEANS FOR STUDENTS -- AND THECHALLENGES IT COULD PRESENT.There's no doubt school willlook and feel a bit differentthis upcoming year.
Now - I'masking school officials someconcerns parents might havemoving forward."THE WORD OFTHE DAY..CHOICE., "We have lots of options andopportunities for allfamilies."SUPERINTENDENT OFCPS..
LAURA MITCHELL..
SAYSSTUDENTS CAN DO THE BLENDEDLEARNING..
OR OPT ONLINE..THROUGH THE CINCINNATI DIGITALACADEMY.AND SHE KNOWS..
ONLINELEARNING COMES WITHCHALLENGES., 'I was in that same exactsituation.
I was at home witha 9-year-old who was trying todo her work.
Get on GoogleMeet as I was trying to do myconference calls."ANOTHERCHALLENGE -- BY SEPTEMBERFOURTH..
EVERY STUDENT GRADES2 THROUGH 12 WILL HAVE ACCESSTO A DEVICE..
BUT MITCHELLSAYS 11-THOUSAND CPS FAMILIESDON'T HAVE WIFI."We're starting a proof ofconcept with five schools inwhich Cincinnati Bell has cometo us and offered to provideWifi for an entire year."COMMUNITY PARTNERS..
ANDBUSINESSES..
ARE CHIPPING INTO COVER THE 1-POINT-9 MILLIONDOLLAR WIFIPRICETAG.
"Last Friday abusiness called me and saidLaura we pledge 50-thousanddollars to cover Wifi.
That'llcover 250 of your kids."PERHAPS THE BIGGESTCHALLENGE..
CHILDCARE.MITCHELL SAYS PARENTS SHOULDSTART CALLINGNOW.Do we have a bank oforganizations who are ready tofill that need?
At thismoment, I cannot tell you thatwe do.."MITCHELL KNOWS THEPLAN IS STILL A WORK INPROGRESS..
STUDENTS WITHDEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES..ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE..AND GIFTED STUDENTS..
WILL ALLNEED CUSTOMIZABLE LEARNINGPLANS.'Blended learning can helpactually lure kids in thatdirection.
With blendedlearning, you can go as fastor slow as you need to"A FINALCHALLENGE..
FEWER STUDENTSMEANS LESS STAFF.
JOBS WILL BECUT.
CPS OFFICIALS SAY THEY'LLMEET ALL O
The Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education approved a back-to-school plan Monday that includes both remote and in-person..