CAITLYN M. MAY
On Monday, Greater Albany Public Schools released a draft plan that would see all K-12 students back in classrooms by Feb. 25. But it came with a caveat that has been repeated by the district for the last nine months: school will not look the same, and how long students can stay in the classroom is up to the community.
The plan, which has not yet been finalized, follows new guidance from the state that prioritizes elementary students for in-person learning. GAPS students in grades K-5 would not attend school at all, including comprehensive distance learning, the first week in February. The break would allow for teachers to prepare to welcome K-2 kids back into hybrid learning beginning Feb. 8.
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CAITLYN M. MAY
In December, as the holidays creep closer and the first half of the school year comes to an end, teachers and students usually breathe a sigh of relief at the closing of the doors and the chance to spend two weeks at home.
That was in the before times.
Now, hardly anyone has seen the inside of a classroom since last spring and nearly everyone has spent months and months at home.
For kindergarteners, it meant no first bus ride and nervous parents at drop-off. Elementary kids havenât been spending recess on the playground, and middle schoolers used to spending afternoons practicing with their school bands or rehearsing for plays have seen the stage lights go dark.
In a surprise announcement on Wednesday, Gov. Kate Brown said school districts, not the state, can decide whether students return to classrooms beginning in February.
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