Orange County drops LaunchED@Home as educational option for 2021-22 year
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Orange County drops LaunchED@Home for 2021-22 school year
The Orange County School District will not offer LaunchED@Home as an educational option for the 2021-22 school yea, but parents and guardians may enroll their child in Orange County Virtual School if they do not wish for their student to return to face-to-face learning.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orange County School District will not offer LaunchED@Home as an educational option for the 2021-22 school year, Superintendent Barbara Jenkins told the school board on Tuesday.
Jenkins stated the district was hopeful that the Florida Department of Education would decide on the continuation of the LaunchED@Home model and potential funding. However, she added that any further delay of a decision would be a hardship on students, their families, and school staff who need to be able to plan now for next year. If there is a change of heart at the state le
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Public Schools will stop offering the hybrid learning option created during the coronavirus pandemic for the upcoming school year.
In an email to OCPS families Tuesday, the district said that LaunchED@Home will not be an educational option for the 2021-2022 school year. Students may either learn in person or via Orange County Virtual School. LaunchED allowed students to take their regularly scheduled classes online while following their school’s daily schedule whereas virtual school does not follow a normal school bell schedule.
3 hours ago Share For some families, Orange County Public Schools’ [email protected] platform has been so beneficial they hope it will continue next year.
When Orange County Public Schools’ [email protected] platform was first introduced last summer, it was met with mixed feelings from teachers and families.
One year later, some parents already are vying for the district’s digital learning platform to remain an option for the 2021-22 school year.
Although many students have returned to face-to-face instruction, there is still a good portion learning from LaunchED. In a March 10 community update video, Superintendent Dr. Barbara Jenkins said OCPS currently serves 60% of its 206,000 students in the face-to-face setting, while 40% remain on LaunchED.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – As this school year comes to a close, and parents are wondering what next year might look like, Orange County Public Schools said they know there will be face-to-face learning and the pre-pandemic online option that’s always been available to families, called Orange County Virtual School.
But in terms of a hybrid option, Scott Howat, the Chief Communications Officer for OCPS, said right now the emergency order that includes the hybrid learning option will run out at the end of summer.