Lawrence students will resume hybrid learning, despite mixed opinions by parents
Lawrence students will resume hybrid learning, despite mixed opinions by parents
Lawrence Township Public Schools students will be back in the classroom for in-person instruction using the hybrid learning model beginning Jan. 19, school district officials said.
Hybrid learning alternates between bringing small groups of students into the classroom for in-person learning for part of the week, and having them learn at home remotely for part of the week. They are divided into cohorts, or groups.
Students in grades pre-K to 3 and special education students had been brought back into classroom for hybrid learning in October and November. The older students were slated to begin hybrid learning in November, but it was postponed because of the growing numbers of positive cases of COVID-19.
Outgoing school board members honored
Outgoing school board members honored
It was a bittersweet moment for Dana Drake and Cathy LeCompte, as the two school board members took their virtual seats at the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education’s last meeting of the year on Dec. 9.
For the two school board members, that meeting was also their last meeting. Drake and LeCompte each lost their election bid for a three-year term on the board in the Nov. 3 general election.
School board president Kevin Van Hise said he wanted to extend his “sincere appreciation and thanks” to Drake and LeCompte for their service and all the contributions they had made. The school district is fortunate to have had two dedicated school board members in Drake and LeCompte, he said.
Opinion: LTPS must take staunch stance against anti-Blackness
On July 8, the Open Letter Against Systematic Racism, which was signed by over 1,000 stakeholders, was presented to the Lawrence Township Public Schools(LTPS) Board of Education.
Over the last 13 weeks, a coalition of community activists have met with Superintendent Ross Kasun almost every Monday to discuss the district’s response to Black in Lawrence NJ’s open letter. Subdividing the specific points laid out in the open letter into 10 main areas, to date discussions with Kasun and board representatives have centered on two, namely how the district responds to misbehavior and LTPS’s hiring practices.