A glance across the Delaware Valley confirms as much.
Officials from the Penn-Delco School District have decided to go all-virtual after winter break on January 4, 5, and 6, with the expectation of returning to hybrid on the January 7.
The Methacton School Board reversed a decision to remain all-virtual. The board voted this past Monday to return to hybrid instruction.
The Bethlehem Area School District is reporting nearly 100 new coronavirus cases among students and faculty over the last week and a half.
In Philadelphia, the plan was to switch to hybrid learning, but the recent surge in COVID cases across the city has prompted officials to put that plan on a shelf until further notice.
Bethlehem Area School District said Wednesday it will temporarily switch to remote learning starting next week.
District Superintendent Joseph Roy said the district will be moving to a fully remote learning schedule from December 14 to December 22. Students will then have their holiday break from December 23 to January 3, Roy said. Students will then resume remote learning from January 4 to January 8.
Roy said the district will remain on its remote learning schedule the week of January 4 in order to manage any surge in COVID-19 cases. Roy said the district will go back to its hybrid model on January 11.
Northampton Area School District is also temporarily switching to online learning starting next week, according to Superintendent Joseph Kovalchik.
Northampton Area School District will temporarily switch to online learning starting next week, according to Superintendent Joseph Kovalchik.
The district will go fully virtual from Monday, Dec. 14 until Monday, January 11, Kovalchik said in a Twitter post Wednesday.
Kovalchik said the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and staffing issues factored into the decision to go temporarily virtual.
Parents and Students please check your email for an important update regarding the District moving to virtual classes for all studentâs starting Monday, December 14, 2020, until Monday, January 11, 2021. Joseph Kovalchik (@NASDschoolsSupt) December 9, 2020
Bethlehem Area School District also announced it will be switching to a remote learning model starting on Monday.
Liberty High School Biology teacher Tara Richards has been teaching online for years as an adjunct professor, but says remote and hybrid learning is completely different. Engagement is the biggest problem for us, making sure the students are engaged and that they re actively engaged on a daily basis, Â Richards said.
As a biology teacher, her lab stations that had been used for hands-on experiments sit empty. What had been a discipline that had been considered highly social, highly collaborative students have to do science in solitude and it s not a natural thing to do, Â Richards said.
She s also noticed some students are not keeping a regular schedule and struggling with time management.