Though families had originally been able to plan for a year of in-person instruction and students at school at least four days a week, last-minute changes will put half of students back at home in alternating weeks. | Stock photo
Though families had originally been able to plan for a year of in-person instruction and students at school at least four days a week, last-minute changes will put half of students back at home in alternating weeks. | Stock photo
After a rise in the local COVID-19 positivity rate, late last week the Burlington, Mediapolis and West Burlington school boards pushed back the start of the school year to Monday, Aug. 31, and now some students returning to school will be following a hybrid educational plan.
Immediately following the decision to delay the start of the school year, West Burlington School District Superintendent Lisa Beames warned parents they should be making last-minute plans to accommodate their children learning online from home, according to an article from The Hawk Eye.
Yet, even with positive tests for COVID-19 declining in the county, and 15 of the new cases that had caused the delay linked to the Danville Care Center, Burlington and West Burlington students and families will now have to accommodate a hybrid learning model, according to an article from The Hawk Eye.
For West Burlington students, that means that, in alternating weeks, approximately half of students will be attending classes at any given time, while the other half will have to watch recordings of class instruction online from home for at least the first four weeks, according to an article from The Hawk Eye.
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