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Ames Tribune There will be a few more students physically at Ames schools Monday than before, as a new state law promoting in-person learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic takes effect, but Ames Community School District says it is ready to continue to safely accommodate students in classrooms. Monday's changes also come as the district gauges families' interest for remote learning for next year. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed in January a law that requires Iowa school districts to offer a 100% in-person learning model for their students. Some districts around the state, such as Des Moines and Iow...

Ames Tribune Middle and high school students in the Ames Community School District will return to 100% in-person learning Monday — with a remote learning option — after the district's school board changed course this week following their decision the week before to remain in a hybrid learning model for grades 6-12. Board members said what changed since was not underlying concerns about social distancing or teachers being at risk until they can be vaccinated, but improving local COVID-19 data and likely action from the state that would force the district to return to 100% in-person lear...

Ames Tribune The Ames School Board voted 4-3 Monday against returning high school and middle school students to fully in-person learning for the second semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Ames superintendent Jenny Risner recommended the Ames School Board vote to move to 100% in-person learning at the middle school and high school, but ultimately the board decided to remain in a hybrid model at the 5 p.m. board meeting.  The students have been in a hybrid model, meeting five days every two weeks. "These are just really difficult decisions," Risner said at the meeting. "I know for the ...

Des Moines Register Michaella Kleinmeyer's environmental science class was already underway when a student announced the U.S. Capitol building had been breached. Once Kleinmeyer, a teacher at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, heard the news she used her classroom projector to live stream coverage of the assault.  The students watched as Trump supporters stormed the capital and forced their way into the House and Senate chambers in an effort to stop the certification of the electoral college votes. The attack left five people dead, including one police officer and one person who was s...

Ames Tribune All students in the Ames school district could fully return to in-person learning by second semester if local conditions allow. The first back likely would be elementary learners, Superintendent Jenny Risner said. Those learners could potentially move to a fully onsite model following the district's winter break, with families still having the ability to stay in a remote, fully online option. "I'm hoping we can get them in it when we return on Jan. 4, but that's local conditions pending," Risner said. "If we continue that trend that we see right now where we're stable and we're...