Madison County Schools Opening With Level 3 Plan

Madison County Schools Opening With Level 3 Plan

Turning to madison county schools.

The district told us it was ready for this type of announcement - and said virtual-only learning is part of level three of its reopening plan.

Waay 31's max cohan explains what else is part of the level three plan.

"many are wondering exactly what the new madison county schools reopening plan entails, and the district says its nothing like what students experienced at the end of the last academic year."

"our students are still going to school, our students are still learning, our students will still take tests and write papers, it's just for nine weeks were gonna do it in somewhat of a different style."

Wednesday morning, madison county schools explained what students can expect when online only learning starts next month.

Local teachers will record lessons in their classrooms but follow a statewide education plan put together by a group called schools plp.

But the state hasn't released details of exactly what's included in the curriculum.

Spokesperson tim hall knows this will create hardships for some families.

"we know that, we hate that, no one is more concerned about that than our school system."

Since all of the districts nearly 20-thousand students will learn from home, hall says the district retrofitted 90 buses with wifi to be send across the county.

Mifi's have also been purchased.

Hall says there are enough devices to give one to every student who needs one.

"we're going to go the extra mile -- if a student is learning online, we're gonna make sure they have the connectivity they need to be able to do their classwork."

The district is currently working on plans for special education and figuring out how to feed the those with meal needs.

"our job is to meet student need, whatever it might be, for whichever student it might be meeting.

Our job is to meet those needs and that's what we're putting on the line is the integrity and the reputation of the madison county schools system."

Madison county schools knows there's still a lot of information to get to parents before class starts august 19th.

"reporting in huntsville, max cohan, waay 31, news."

Hall says coronavirus numbers will be monitored daily and the superintendent will make a decision about when it is safe to have students return to