The Hendry County School Board voted 4-1 on opening schools for face-to-face learning Tuesday morning.
The board called an emergency meeting after the Florida Department of Education denied their original plan to keep all students at home while teachers teach in their classrooms.
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WE’RE TRACKINGHOW OFFICIALS PLAN TO GETSTUDENTS SAFELY BACK TO SCHOOL.THE HENDRY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDHAS DECIDED TO ALLOW STUDENTSBACK INTO BUILDINGS AT THE ENDOF THIS MONTH.THIS MORNING THEY VOTED IN ANEMERGENCY MEETING CALLED AFTERTHE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION DENIED THEIR ’DIGITALLEARNING ONLY’ PLAN.RACHEL LOYD SHARES WHAT STUDENTSAND TEACHERS CAN EXPECT.
RACHEL?(LLINTRO)THE OFFICIAL START DATE FOR ALLSTUDENTS IS STILL AUGUST 24TH.BUT BY AUGUST 31ST STUDENTS WILLHAVE THE OPTION TO RETURN TO APHYSICAL CLASSROOM OR CONTINUEWITH DIGITAL LEARNING.NATSI recommend that the boardapprove ourTHE HENDRY SCHOOL BOARD GATHEREDON ZOOM THIS MORNING TO VOTE ONOPENING SCHOOLS FOR FACE-TO-FACELEARNING.
BOARD MEMBER JONBASQUIN NOTICEABLY UNCOMFORTABLEWITH THE CONVERSATION.Paul Puletti: The first fivedays could be by thebrick-and-mortar student on thedigital platform<Jon Basquin: That’s gonna be anightmare.BOARD CHAIR STEPHANIE BUSINALONG WITH THREE OTHERS VOTEDFOR THE BRICK AND MORTAR OPTIONSTARTING AUGUST 31ST.This plan in all of itsimperfection, is a good option.Let me rephrase that.
It is thebest bad option.WHAT’S REQUIRED OF STUDENTS WASA BIT CONFUSINGEVEN FOR THEBOARD MEMBERS.
SUPERINTENDENTPAUL PULETTI SAYS ALL STUDENTSARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND DIGITALCLASSES AUGUST 24TH.
AND SCHOOLBUILDINGS WILL OPEN AUGUST 31ST.THEN PARENTS CAN DECIDE TO STAYIN THE DIGITAL OPTION OR SWITCHTO BRICK AND MORTAR.Those first five days are notgoing to be counted againsthem, because we’re notnecessarily, traditionallytaking attendance on those days.MORE THAN A DOZEN TEACHERS ARENOT WORKING BECAUSE THEY’VECONTRACT COVID-19 OR HAVE BEENEXPOSED TO IT.Since teachers have returned ofthose 15, and teachers returnedlast Monday.
10 are now out.SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JON BASQUINASKED ABOUT CHECKING STUDENTSTEMPERATURES AT BUS STOPS.PULETTI SAYS IT’S NOT A SIMPLETASK.<One district we have, if weconduct temperature checks atthe bus, are we as a districtprepared to leave a student onthe side of the road?(LLTAG)SO FAR THEY’VE DECIDED TEACHERSWILL USE FACE SHIELDS WHENTEACHING ONE-ON-ONE.
