Beginning Jan. 25:
• Pre-K and separate Exceptional Children students will attend class daily.
• Elementary schoolers in kindergarten through second grade will learn in the classroom part of the week and learn virtually the other part of the week. Students will learn in the classroom while the other half of the week students will learn at home.
• Students in sixth and ninth grade will also be on a hybrid schedule.
• Students in third-fifth grade, seventh-eighth grade and 11th and 12th grade will continue to learn virtually.
Beginning Feb. 1, all elementary, middle and high school students will move to a hybrid schedule.
On March 1, students will transition to in-person learning on a full-time basis if the metrics in Cumberland County support doing so.
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“Remote learning has its challenges,” said Todd Yardis, principal at Seventy-First Classical Middle School.
Monica Carter, principal at Long Hill Elementary School, said teachers are working hard to reach all their students.
“It’s been a daily struggle,” she said.
Carter said she has been impressed with the support from students’ families.
“The ongoing patience and communication between home and school holds all of us accountable for the success of our students,” she said.
Jessica Mangum, who teaches students who are in third grade at Long Hill, said teachers try to show grace to students and parents who are worried about school, the pandemic and other situations.