The Public School System will be starting off the new school year completely online before transitioning to its hybrid learning plan. <\/p>\n
Education Commissioner Dr. Alfred Ada said that PSS will be having online classes when schools reopen on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n
In a previous Board of Education meeting, Ada said that PSS did a survey among parents and, of the 2,000 parents who responded, half of them were still hesitant to send their children to school.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the PSS management team has come together and decided that the best way to address this is to go 100% remote learning, but bring in the students that need one-to-one interaction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ada said that PSS would still need to provide hybrid learning\u2014a combination of face-to-face and online learning. However, only 10% of students will attend the hybrid learning classes.<\/p>\n
Ada explained that the hybrid approach would be for students who need additional help and are required to be in the classroom for a couple of hours on a daily basis. For safety purposes, each classroom will have 10 students or less only.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not just students that are below reading level. It could be students with high social-emotional needs. They may be smart, but they are not motivated. We need to address that too. Teachers and principals will determine who among their students need face-to-face learning,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
In the remote learning approach, Ada said PSS will use Blackboard Ultra as its platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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