Students will follow their current schedule four days a week and keep the same teachers.
NOW.THE WILLIAMSVILLECENTRAL SCHOOLDISTRICT HASANNOUNCED A NEWLEARNING PLAN THATWILL BRING SOMESTUDENTS BACK INTOTHE CLASSROOM.THE NEW MODELINCLUDES BOTH INPERSON... ANDREMOTE LEARNING.SEVEN EYEWITNESSNEWS REPORTERGILAT MELAMEDOUTLINES THE PLANTONIGHT."WE ARE MAKING ACLEAR STEP TOGETTING OURSELVESBACK INTO SCHOOL."A STEP THAT MANYMIDDLE AND HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTSAND PARENTS INWILLIAMSVILLE HAVEBEEN WAITING FORSINCE GOING FULLYREMOTE.ACTINGSUPERINTENDENTDR. JOHN MCKENNAANNOUNCED THEWILLIMASVILLERELAUNCH PLAN.STUDENTS WILLFOLLOW THEIRCURRENTSCHEDULES FOURDAYS A WEEK.PARITCIPATING INSYNCHRONOUS ANDASYNCHRONOUSLEARNING.WEDNESDAY WILLHAVE A MODIFIEDSCHEDULE.TEACHERS WILL HAVETIME TO PLAN THATDAY AS WELL.BOTH HYBRID ANDREMOTE STUDENTSWILL BE PART OF THESAME CLASS.WILLIAMSVILLENORTH SENIORCLASS PRESIDENTCUBBYMENTKOWSKI SONOF WKBWMETEOROLOGISTAARONMENTKOWKSI SAYSTHE UPDATE ISSIGNIFICANT."A LOT OF THE STUFFBEFORE WAS SAYINGTHEY WOULD HAVEPLANS AND THATTHEY WOULD MAKECOMMITTEES AND ITWAS A LOT OFPROMISES ANDTODAY WAS THEMKIND OF FULFILLINGSOME OF THOSEBECAUSE THEY'REGIVING US RESULTSAND TANGIBLE GOALSTHAT THEY'VEACCOMPLISHED."WILLIAMSVILLE EASTVICE PRESIDENT BENTERHAAR SAYS ATURNING POINT WASA MEETING THESTUDENTS HAD WITHTHE DISTRICT A WEEKAND A HALF AGO."HE TOLD US HEWOULD START DOINGCONSISTENTUPDATES WITH THECOMMUNITY ANDSTART ASKING FORSTUDENT VOICESBECAUSE PRIOR TOTHAT POINT STUDENTVOICES REALLYHADN'T BEEN HEARDON THE ISSUE ANDITS CRUCIAL TO HEARSTUDENT VOICES ATTHIS TIME."THE STUDENTS WILLMEET WITH MCKENNAWEDNESDAYAFTERNOON.THEY'RE REQUESTINGTO GO BACK INTOTHE BUILDINGBEFORETHANKSGIVING.
BUTIDEALLY BYHALLOWEEN."JANUARY 4TH WASKIND OF JUST ANARBITRARY ESTIMATESO I THINK WE NEEDAN ACTUAL TIMELINESO WE'RE HOPING TORECEIVE THATDURING OURMEETING."MCKENNA SAYS ATIMELINE FORIMPLEMENTING THENEW PLAN WILL BEANNOUNCE BY THEEND OF THE WEEK."WE WANT TO MAKECERTAIN THE STAFFIS APPROPRIATELYPREPARED TOMAXIMIZE QUALITYAND SUCCESS FOROUR STUDENTS WEALSO WANT TOASSURE OURTEACHERS THATTHEY WILL BESUPPORTED STEP BYSTEP THROUGHOUTTHIS PROCESSS."HE SAYS THEDISTRICT IS INCONSTANTCOMMUNICATIONWITH THE STATEEDUCATIONDEPARTMENT ANDTHAT THEDEPARTMENTSUPPORTS THEM.IN WILLIAMSVILLE,GILAT MELAMED, 7EYEWITNESS NEWS.
Vigo County School Corporation announces plan to return all students to five-days of in-person learning
