Oklahoma City Public Schools District announced all students will return to in-person learning in April.
In a return to campus video message, Superintendent Sean McDaniel said grades pre-K-12 will return for a 4-day in-person learning week beginning Tuesday, April 6.
Students will attend classes in person Tuesday-Friday with virtual learning on Mondays.
McDaniel said the decision was made following input from OKCPS families, staff and a unanimous recommendation from the district s COVID-19 Task Force.
According to the news release, the only exception to this in-person learning change will be students who have previously elected the district’s e3 Online Learning option who will continue to learn virtually for the remainder of the school year.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma City school district is set to resume some in-person classes for the district’s youngest students and those in alternative education, Superintendent Sean McDaniel.
Oklahoma City elementary schools are on track to reopen Tuesday for the first time in two months.
Students in pre-K through fourth grade who are not enrolled in the e3 virtual curriculum will return to in-person classes, separated into either Tuesday-Thursday or Wednesday-Friday schedules. Rogers Elementary which serves fourth, fifth and sixth graders also will reopen.
Small groups of special education and alternative education students begin meeting on Tuesday, as well.
Oklahoma City Public Schools is considering having fifth through 12th grade students return Feb. 1 in the same A/B schedule, but district leaders say that date is not set in stone. These students are to remain fully in virtual learning until