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Stamford High School.
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Stamford High School.
Stamford High School.
STAMFORD — Most students, come the fall, would be in their classrooms only twice a week, while continuing distance learning the rest of the time, under a potential re-opening plan being considered for Stamford schools.
That plan is likely to be adjusted multiple times between now and the fall, according to Board of Education members, but the draft does provide a framework for how the school district can adapt to the continuous threat of COVID-19.
The preliminary plan, described as a “very rough” draft by Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning Amy Beldotti during a school board meeting this week, would call for all staff to be inside the buildings five days a week, but a maximum of half of the students would be allowed inside at any one time.
That would mean splitting student populations into halves that would each come to school twice a week — either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday for elementary and middle school students, and Monday and Tuesday or Wednesday and Thursday for those in high school.
Beldotti said high school students could be divided into two groups alphabetically; those with last names that begin with the letters A through L would comprise one group, while M-Z last names would make up the other grouping.
Elementary and middle school students would be inside buildings for five hours a day while high school students would be in class for a full school day. Fridays in all scenarios would be used as a flexible day in which students could potentially come to the buildings if invited.
Some students, particularly those who need additional support, would be allowed to attend class inside buildings up to five days a week, Beldotti said.
She added that parents could also opt out of sending their children to in-class learning.
Superintendent Tamu Lucero reiterated that the preliminary plan was far from a finished product. School officials did not say how long such a plan might be in effect.
The public schools created a 44-member reopening task force, and multiple subcommittees, to look at a variety of issues concerning the fall school year.
The eight subcommittees will look at health and safety; teaching and learning; food service; transportation; family and community engagement; technology; facilities; and childcare.
“This is very complicated process we are going through,” Lucero said. “We are attempting to create something that is going to help us safely transition back into school using the best information we have from local and state health professionals.”
She said coming up with a plan now, three months before the beginning of the school year, is only meant to create a foundation into which changes can be incorporated.
In the short term, she said the school district would be sending out a survey to parents in the next two weeks to help school officials and committee members understand the needs in the community.
Transportation is likely to be a hot topic.
Lucero said buses will not be able to operate at full capacity due to social distancing regulations, at least under current rules. That means that a bus that usually carries 60 students will only be allowed to have 15. On smaller buses, she said, the allowable amount is four.
One of the survey questions will ask parents if they would be willing and able to drive their children to school.
Earlier in the Tuesday board meeting, a couple of parents spoke negatively about the plan during the public comment period.
Leah Kagan, who has a child that will be attending Davenport Ridge Elementary School this year, said she would not be able to help her child during distance learning for two to three days a week.
“Not only do I need to keep my job but I am not a teacher,” she said. “For single parents, this is a daunting request.”
She said she expected draft plans to be better than what was presented.
Lisa Butler, the mother of two students at Stamford High School, said asking high school students to do up to three days a week of remote learning is less than ideal.
She said distance learning this year, after the spread of coronavirus closed down school buildings, “has not worked.”
Butler suggested allowing students the ability to go to class five days a week if they choose, while others who do not want to risk being exposed can stay home.
“Don’t deprive some for a few who are worried,” she said.
ignacio.laguarda@stamfordadvocate.com
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