CLEVELAND, Ohio -- More than two-thirds of Cleveland schools parents felt not at all comfortable or only slightly comfortable with beginning school in-person this fall, according to a district survey.
The district, taking into account this sentiment and Cuyahoga County’s continued “red” status, the second-highest level of risk during the coronavirus pandemic, decided to start school remotely for the first nine weeks.
“We weighed the balance of trying to learn how to teach and learn in a virtual environment, compared to learning how to do it in a virtual and live environment, so we thought we could focus on doing a really great job by focusing on one strategy,” CEO Eric Gordon said in an interview with cleveland.com Friday.
The district, which enrolls more than 37,000, released its full plan, a document with more than 30 pages, on Friday. Teachers will receive two and a half weeks of training on how to teach in a digital environment, with weekly training throughout the first quarter.
The first day of school is Aug. 24 for year-round students and Sept. 8 for traditional school students.
The school selected a single online class management platform. A concern throughout school districts in the spring was that a patchwork of different online environments and tools to learn and submit assignments caused confusion.
The district is continuing to improve internet and device access for families. When school suddenly moved online in the spring, many families were left without an online connection to teachers or to do homework. Officials have distributed 16,000 devices and 9,500 hotspots, with another 4,000 hot spots and 10,000 devices in the works.
The district is also working with nonprofit Digital C, which seeks to provide low-cost internet to families. The state is also setting aside $50 million, which would direct CARES Act money to help fund hotspots and internet-enabled devices for families.
Gordon said the district is looking to check in with families on what each child needs as the school year moves forward, including whether or not the student has a device and whether the family has child care during the remote learning period.
Officials are working with community partners, like the YMCA and the Boys & Girls Club, to help families find childcare options.
Leaders will reassess this plan based on public health information, including 21-day trends. If the county is still at “red status,” but indicators are declining over a 21-day period, that’s when hybrid schooling could be considered.
The plan details how hybrid schedules would work if students return in-person. If the county is in “red” status with an overall decline, or falls into “orange” status, pre-kindergarten students through second grade would come in-person four days a week, with a break in the middle for professional development.
Grades three and up would rotate in-person days, attending school in-person for two days a week.
For “yellow” status -- the lowest risk level -- the goal would be to return all students in person.
Face covering guidelines would adhere to state and local guidelines. If the district is still “red,” with masks required, then that would mean that everyone in the building would need to wear masks. Ohio is currently under a state-wide mask mandate.
Teachers union President Shari Obrenski said she thinks the district made the right decision, and that there are more resources for online learning going into fall, like increased device access and the online content delivery platform.
But there are more difficult issues that the union and district leaders will work to solve ahead of possible in-person learning, like acquiring enough personal protective equipment, directing student traffic through school buildings and discussing who would still be teaching remotely in a hybrid situation.
“The plan is really a framework for what things will look like,” Obrenski said.
The district also updated its back-to-school site with videos addressing frequently asked questions and more details on the plan.
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