Monday marked the beginning of the spring semester for Swallows Charter Academy, and with that 75% of the students returned for in-person learning.
To provide a safe learning environment for the students and staff of the alike, Executive Director Cindy Compton said the Pueblo West charter school is utilizing tactics that proved successful in the first 10 weeks of the fall semester.
Compton said implementing schedule changes, cohorts and other precautions were a large piece of the school’s success in providing in-person learning while easing some of the anxieties staff may feel.
“(Students in) eighth grade and older are cohorted by their math class,” Compton said. “They stay together in the same room all day, and the teachers move from class to class so there is no passing period in the hallway.