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Williamsville Schools relaunch plan

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Williamsville Schools relaunch plan
Williamsville Schools relaunch plan
Williamsville Schools relaunch plan. Hannah Buehler reports live.

FAMILIES IN THEWILLIAMSVILLECENTRAL SCHOOLDISTRICT.GOOD EVENING..

I'MJEFF RUSSO WITHASHLEY ROWE.THE DISTRICT,IGNITING AFIRESTORM EARLIERTHIS MONTH AFTERANNOUNCING FULLREMOTE LEARNINGFOR MIDDLE ANDHIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS.TODAY,ADMINISTRATORSREVERSING COURSE-- A BIT -- UNVEILINGITS TIMELINE FORRETURNINGSTUDENTS IN"GRADES 5 THRU 12"TO PARTIAL IN-PERSON LEARNING.THE THREE STEPPROCESS UNDER THENEW HYBRID MODELWILL BEGIN OCTOBER13TH FOR GRADESFIVE AND SIX,FOLLOWED BYGRADES 7 AND 8OCTOBER 19TH -- ANDFINALLY "GRADES 9THRU 12" ONOCTOBER 26TH.BUT THE ROLL-OUTNOT SOON ENOUGHFOR SOME.THIS TAXPAYERGROUP - BLASTINGTHE PLAN ONFACEBOOK -- CALLINGIT UNACCEPTABLE --EVEN SAYING ITQUOTE, SPEAKS TOGREATINCOMPETENCE.FOR MORE ON THISBITTER BATTLE TOGET KIDS SAFELYBACK TO SCHOOLLETS SEND IT OUTLIVE TO 7EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER HANNAHBUEHLER AT WILLEAST HIGH SCHOOL..THIS HASCHARACTARISED THEBEGINNING OF THESCHOOL YEAR INWILLIAMSVILLENATS:PROTESTSUPSET STUDENTSAND PARENTSJUST WANTING TORETURN TO THECLASSROOMNOWWEEKS AFTERSCHOOL HAS BEGUNREMOTELY FORGRADES FIVE THRU 12THE DISTRICT HASANNOUNCED IT WILLSHIFT TO A HYBRIDLEARNING MODELNEXT MONTH.SOT:ON OCTOBER 132020 THE DISTRICTBEGINS THERELAUNCH PLANACTINGSUPERINTENDENT DRJOHN MCKENNAANNOUNCED ONSOCIAL MEDIATHE DISTRICT'S PLANTO BRING STUDENTSBACK INTO THECLASSROOMON OCTOBER 13STUDENTS FROMGRADES 5-6 WILLPHASE INTHEN WILL COMEGRADES 7-8 ONOCTOBER 19...AND ON OCTOBER 26STUDENTS INGRADES 9-12 WILLRETURN TO SCHOOLNO MORE THAN TWODAYS A WEEKSOT: EVERYTHING SOFAR HAS BEEN SOHECTIC THEY KEEPCHANGING THEPLANS WITHEVERYTHINGWILLIAMSVILLENORTH SENIORCLASS PRESIDENTCUBBYMENTKOWSKITHE SON OF OURCHIEFMETEROLOGISTAARONMENTKOWSKI..

SAYSHE IS HOPEFUL THISNEW LEARNINGMODEL WILL WORKFOR ALL STUDENTSSOT: I AM VERYPLEASED WE WILL BEGOING BACK BEFOREJAN 4 SO THAT ISVERY POSITIVESOT: I THINK WE'RESEEING HOW THEDISTRICT WOULD RUNWITH JOHN MCKENNAAS SUPERINTENDENTTHINGS WOULD TAKELONGER THAN THEYHAVE IN THE PAST 0COMMUNICATIONWITH PARENTSJONATHAN RICH HASBEEN LEADING THEPARENT CHARGE INWILLIAMSVILLE THISBEGINNING OFSHCOOL YEARHE SAS HE IS NOTPLEASED THAT ITWILL NOW BEANOTHER MONTHBEFORE AT LEASTTHE HIGHSCHOOLERS CAN GOBACK TO CLASSESSOT: WE DON'T HAVEANY ANSWERS AS TOWHY THIS HAPPENEDWE KNOW OF SOMANY SPECIALINTERESTS IN THEDISTRICT BUT DON'TKNOW WHY OUR KIDSWERE PUT SECONDSOT: VERY EXCITEDTHAT I CAN GO TOSCHOOL SEE MYFRIENDS GET THATLEARNINGENVIORNMENT ANDJUST HAVE SOMETYPE OF SCHOOLWE ARE STILLWAITING TO HEARWHAT CAME OUT OFTHAT STUDENTMEETINGBUT THE OVERALLCENSUS FROMPARENTS ANDSTUDENTS---THEY'RE HAPPYTHEIR VOICES WEREHEARDAND EXCITED TO GETBACK INSIDE THEBUILDINGSENVIORNMENT ANDJUST HAVE SOMETYPE OF SCHOOLAND EXCITED TO GETBACK INSIDE THEBUILDINGS

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