School district to implement five days a week of full-day in-person learning by mid-May
Before the 2020-21 school year comes to a close, Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD) students and teachers will experience the return of full-day in-person learning for five days a week.
The school district announced the decision in a districtwide message on April 22, as the new schedule is set to begin on May 17. The last day of school for the district is June 17.
The move returns the district to a pre-coronavirus pandemic schedule for all education levels, according to the administration.
Several factors had to come into play for the district to be able to implement the new schedule next month. The first is a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases across Hopewell Valley, then the district staff and parents’ comfort level with how the district has been handling its COVID-19 cases, and a third factor involving the interest level from students and families who have been learnin
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No delays in return to in-person learning for HVRSD
The Hopewell Valley Regional School District returns as planned to hybrid learning following a switch to full-remote instruction coming off of winter break.
There will be no delays to in-person instruction and on Jan. 19 the hybrid model resumes once again throughout the district. There are six schools within the district – Hopewell Valley Central High School (HVCHS), Timberlane Middle School (TMS), Toll Gate Grammar School, Hopewell Elementary School, Bear Tavern Elementary School and Stony Brook Elementary School.
“We are moving forward with our plan for students and staff members to return to hybrid learning on Tuesday. We are constantly reviewing the number of cases in our community and we are in regular communication with the Department of Health,” Superintendent of Schools Thomas Smith said. “Based on this information, we are comfortable moving forward. The vast majority of our in-district cases have involved either
School district will return to fully remote instruction on Dec. 21
The Hopewell Valley Regional School District will return to fully remote learning districtwide with all hybrid students making that transition come Dec. 21.
For students and parents who chose the option of in-person instruction the temporary transition to full remote learning will go through Jan. 15. The schools are currently scheduled to reopen for in-person instruction on Jan. 19.
Superintendent of Schools Thomas Smith said in a letter released on Dec. 10, “We have determined that a temporary move to full remote learning connected with winter break will help address issues we are facing related to student and staff quarantining and will help mitigate the potential for additional spread in our schools and community.”