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| 07 May 2021 | 08:03 A class at Delaware Valley High School, which provided full-time, in-person instruction from start to finish (Photo provided)
School districts can see the finish line after a tough year negotiating remote, in-person, and hybrid instruction, and everything in-between. Now they’re looking to end the year with students back at their desks.
Ending with a return to normal, however brief, is the overwhelming preference of parents everywhere.
“So many parents and teachers are relieved to have this time, as small as it is, for students to transition into what we’re calling the normalized school experience,” said Karen D’Avino, the superintendent in Vernon, N.J., which on April 12 switched from fully remote learning to in-person instruction. “Hopefully by the time September comes, we’ll have more students back.”
Delay reopening decisions until we get guidance from state, school official tells districts
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
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The schools superintendent for Sussex County is advising local districts to “hold off making any major decisions,” pending an anticipated update on social distancing guidelines and other COVID-19 protocols from the state.
An email from Gayle Carrick, the executive county superintendent, to local superintendents in Sussex last week was publicly shared by the superintendent in one district where some parents have been pushing for full-time, in-person instruction.
It emerged into public view as a growing number of school districts, including Mount Olive in Morris County, announced timeframes for returning to full-time instruction.
I was greatly surprised to learn my daughter s middle school and my son s high school, technically two separate districts, both chose to have all students work virtually on Monday as a major nor easter ripped through New Jersey.
For one thing, strong 50 mph winds were forecast which with heavy snow can easily lead to widespread power outages. If that occurs, many families will be unable to have their kids work from home. Yet they re rolling the dice and hoping that doesn t happen.
For another thing, there s something to be said about giving kids who have already suffered so much loss through this pandemic a bit of an unexpected break. But no.
The future of snow days
Education. In the era of remote learning, are snow days still important for reasons besides safety. like joy? | 08 Jan 2021 | 12:49 Vicki Vingoe, of Shohola, Pa., and her son Edward, 8, on the first snowday of the winter. The Vingoes moved back to the Northeast in part so Edward could experience the magic of snow. ( Vicki Vingoe)
When kids woke up to a snow globe world last month, some pulled on snow pants and headed outside for a pre-breakfast snowball fight. Others flipped open laptops and logged in for school.
There were parents who pretended they had no power so their kids could shake free of school obligations. There were teachers who bundled their own kids up to play outside, then watched wistfully through the window as they taught classes virtually from the living room. And there were working parents trying to do their jobs from home, wishing their kids had schoolwork to keep them occupied.