What the future holds for schooling

What the future holds for schooling

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AND I'M KELLY SWOOPE.FOR SOME STUDENTS ANDTEACHERS, THE FIRST DAY OFSCHOOL IS LESS THAN TWO MONTHSAWAY AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AREWORKING OUT PLANS FOR THE FALLBECAUSE WE DONTHIS VIRUS WILL BRING.

WMAR 2NEWS ABBY ISAACS EXPLAINS SOMEOF THE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE.LOOKLIV━ IT SOUNDS LIKE LOTSOF LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARELEANING TOWARDS A HYBRID MODELWITH A COMPLELTE VIRTUALOPTION AND SPLIT IN PERSONSCHOOL TIME THAT PRIORITIZESSTUDENS THAT NEED THATATTENTION.

BUT NOTHING IS SETIN STONE.

ITUNCERTAINTY..

ABOUT HOW THECORONAVIRUS WILL CONTINUE TOSPREAD..

ABOUT HOW IT WILLIMPACT PEOPLE, BUSINESES..

THEUPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

We allhope we can have studentsfully back in the classroom assoon as its safe and possibleto do so but we are prearingfor all eventualites for theupcoming year IN STAGE TWO,SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE ALLOWED TOBRING BACK SMALL GROUPS OFSTUDENTS & SO THE STATESUPERINTENDNET OF SCHOOLS ANDLOCAL SUPERINTENDENTS AREWORKING ON PLANS FOR ALL THEOPTIONS&.

We know there may beparents who may not want tosend their child back toschool in the fall.

So we haveto have optiosn for onlinelearning and a hybrid systemof returning education.

STATESUPERINTENDENT KAREN SALMONJOINED THE SUPERINTENDS FORHOWARD COUNTY AND BALTILRMOECIYT FOR A SENATE COMMITTEEHEARING ON UPCOMING PLANSTODAY.

SALMON SAID THE STATEIS DOING SCENARIO PLANNING FOR3 DIFFERENT OPTIONS FORRETURNING BACK TO SCHOOL INTHE FALL.

THE virus nationwidehas disproportionatelyimpacted the African Americancommunity and othercommunities of color and so weare hearing from our localfamilies that they actuallywant a veritual and tey want avery detailed hybrid optionthat takes into account theparticular vulnerability of alarge number of our students.A POPULAR MODEL IS THE HYBRID,WITH AN ALL VIRTUAL OPTIONWITH OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATINGIN PERSON SCHOOL DAYS& WITHSOME LOOKING AT PRIORITIZINGSTUDENTS WHO NEED MOREINPERSON ASSITANCE.

This willlikely be our students withdisabilities our Englishlanguage learners and studentshwo have had little or nointernet access during thispast spring WHILE MAKING SURETHAT ALL STUDNETS CAN ACCESS ACOMPLELTELY VIRTUAL MODEL IFNEEDED.

THAT INCLUDES CLOSINGTHE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

I worrythat until we are one to onefor all studenst, we willocntinue to experinc einequities in accessing virtualdelivering models SALMON SAIDA STATE SURVERY SHOWED SCHOOLSYSTEMS STILL NEED A TOTAL OF342,000 DEVICES.

THEY AREUSING WHAT THEY LEARNED FOMRTHE SPRING TO MAKE CHOICESABOUT WHERE TO USE ADDITIONALFUNDING FROM THE CARES ACT&AND PLAN TO INVEST INPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORONLINE LEARNING AND EXPANDINGACCESS TO BROADBAND,TECHNOLOGY AND TUTORING.Lookliv━ LOCAL SCHOOLDISTRICTS ARE ALSO USINGFAMILY SURVEYS TO GUIDE THEIRDECISIONS AS THEY MOVE THROUGHFALL PLANNING.

FOR WMAR 2 NEWSIA PEDIATRICS GROUP IS PUSHIN