Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct some information regarding Lower Dauphin School District.
Most school districts in Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry counties unveiled their plans for returning to school in recent weeks, but a few switched gears recently, delaying the return to 5-day-a-week in-person instruction in light of rising coronavirus numbers.
All districts received the same guidance from the state Department of Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, so many of the plans are similar. But what school will look like on opening day runs the gamut from in-person instruction every day to 100 percent online instruction as each district tries to address its own, unique needs.
Here’s an updated look at the back-to-school plans of area districts:
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Shippensburg Area School District
Shippensburg Area School District plans to start the school year with remote learning for grades 4 through 12 and with a hybrid plan for Kindergarten through third grade. The district also pushed back the first day of school to Sept. 8.
“Please know that providing face-to-face instruction for all grades, while continuing our focus on safety and health, remains our ultimate goal,” according to the district website. “Our strategy is to reevaluate this framework at the end of September.”
Kindergarten through third grade students will be divided into two groups: A and B. Each group will come to class two days a week — A on Monday and Thursday and B on Tuesday and Friday. They will be taught remotely on the days not physically on campus.
A completely online instruction option is available for families that prefer not to send their children to school.
Big Spring School District
The Big Spring School District board voted to approve the mandated health and safety plan, a staying open plan specific to Big Spring, and a motion to push the first day of school back to Sept. 8 at its meeting July 27.
Like other districts, Big Spring proposed a tiered system that will allow it to respond to changes in prompted by changes in the prevalence of COVID-19 and guidelines from the state. The district opted to ease into in-person instruction by opening under tier 2, which balances in-person learning with online instruction for all students through alternating days or weeks to ensure social distancing.
“There are no guarantees that we may not slide back as we begin to formally reopen,” Superintendent Richard Fry said in a video message to the district. “Our team is continuing to plan and evaluate the COVID-19 situation.”
Carlisle Area School District: UPDATED
Carlisle Area School District voted to approve its health and safety plan at its board meeting July 16. The district prepared a tiered plan, and announced it will start with teir 2, a hybrid model, but “urges” families to be prepared for that to change.
“This decision to delay has been painstaking as it has been our sincere intention to provide our families and staff with a clear pathway forward,” Superintendent Christina Speilbaur said in a letter to the district. “As with other school districts in our area, the health and safety of our students and staff are our absolute priority. We simply cannot in good conscience open our doors to students as originally scheduled.”
The district also pushed back its first day of school from Aug. 24 to Sept. 8 to allow for more preparation.
Tier one would be online instruction, while tier two would bring half of the student body into the schools for in-person instruction on “A” days, while the remaining students would attend school on “B” days. Both groups would have online instruction on “C” days and the days they are not in-person.
The third and fourth tiers would provide in-person classes five days a week, though the third tier has stricter social distancing requirements, while the fourth tier uses “basic health precautions.”
South Middleton School District: UPDATED
The district approved its health and safety plan at its July 13 meeting and announced the first day of school will be Aug. 26.
The health and safety plan outlines a “Scaffold Reopening” meaning some students will be learning in person and others will be online. According to the plan, elementary school students will learn in person five days a week, while grades 6 through 12 will operate on a hybrid schedule.
The district also is making efforts to reduce the number of students in a given space by staggering lunchtimes for students and holding classes outside or in the gym. If social distancing is not an option, students will be required to wear masks.
Cumberland Valley School District
The district school board voted to approve the district’s health and safety plan at its July 13 meeting. The school will open under a “scaffolded reopening,” meaning some students will learn in person, while others learn online.
Under the scaffolded reopen, elementary school classes will be capped at 20 students per class. Middle and high school students will alternate between in-person classes and online learning on an A/B schedule.
Staff and “older students” will be required to wear masks or face shields throughout the day, according to the plan.
Mechanicsburg Area School District: UPDATED
The district plans to start school in a hybrid model that brings students to in-person classes two days a week, according to a district announcement made Aug. 1. The health and safety plan was presented to the district school board at its June 23 meeting.
Superintendent Mark Leidy said the district pushed back its start date to Sept. 8 as well.
Schools will have hand washing stations installed and will stagger class release times to limit the number of students in a hallway at a given time, according to the plan.
Camp Hill School District
The district presented its latest draft of the Health and Safety Plan at a work session Aug. 3. That plan slates classes to start in a hybrid model with students coming to school Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Students and families will have the option to be hybrid learners or remote learners during this time.
This framework still needs to be approved by the school board at its Aug. 10 meeting. Superintendent Patrica Craig also announced her retirement at the work session — the board will outline next steps for finding her replacement at the next meeting Aug. 10.
The district sent a survey to families to get a sense of how many students would return to in-person classes if they were offered, and how many are more comfortable with online classes.
East Pennsboro Area School District
The East Pennsboro Area School District voted to approve its reopening plan, although it’s unclear whether the district will start with in-person classes five days a week or start with its hybrid plan that would offer a mix of in-person and online instruction.
The return to school plan outlines three phases of school instruction: the red phase, in which instruction is completely online; the yellow phase, which offers in-person instruction 2 days a week for each student; and a green phase, which allows for in-person instruction five days a week.
The plan was presented to the board on July 14.
West Shore School District
The West Shore School District board announced it will start the school year with online classes and evaluate bringing students back to campus in mid-Sept.
The district announced its phased return to campus plan at its school board meeting July 16. Under phase one, students will learn remotely for the first four weeks of school — Aug. 25 to Sept. 18 — and a decision to return to in-person classes or stay online will be made by Sept. 10,according to the plan outlined on the district’s website.
In phase two, the district will bring in a “segment of the student population,” with a focus on elementary school and high needs special education students. More students will return to in-person instruction as the weeks progress.
The district released a more detailed look at what distance learning will look like in the fall in both the hybrid and fully remote options. Superintendent Todd Stoltz asked parents to fill out a survey after reviewing it.
The third phase will bring all students back to in-person instruction in line with state and federal health guidelines. More information on the third phase will be released in the coming weeks.
DAUPHIN COUNTY
Harrisburg School District
The district plans to start with 100% online instruction this fall, with a phased plan to bring students back to campus once it’s safe to do so.
Superintendent Chris Celmer made the district plans public in a video message to the school community last week. The district’s plans were approved by District Receiver Janet Samuels the school board meeting Aug. 10.
Harrisburg Virtual Learning Academy, a completely online option, will be available for families who opt out of in-person instruction.
The first day of school was pushed back to Aug. 31 to allow for additional staff training.
Susquehanna Township School District
Families will have the option to send their students to in-person classes four days a week, attend online classes or sign up for Hanna Cyber Academy in the Susquehanna Township School District.
The school board voted to approve the health and safety plan at its virtual meeting July 14.
In-person classes would run Monday through Thursday, leaving Friday for deep sanitation at the schools and online learning for students.
One online option, known as the “hybrid” would include live learning over zoom so students could stay at home. The second online option would be completely self-paced through Hanna Cyber Academy.
Central Dauphin School District: UPDATED
The district backpedaled on its initial plan to start in-person instruction five days a week, and will now open in a phased, hybrid approach similar to other area schools.
Central Dauphin was one of the first districts in the area to announce plans to return to school in-person. The district made the announcement to move to hybrid instruction Aug. 3. The first day of school is still Aug. 24.
Schools will post social distancing signs around its campuses, stagger bell schedules to reduce the number of students in hallways, and host some classes in gyms and multipurpose rooms to allow students space to spread out.
Halifax Area School District
The Halifax Area School District announced its plan to go back to school in-person five days a week. The Health and Safety Plan will be up for approval from the board on Aug. 11.
Students will be required to wear masks or face shields at school and classrooms will be ventilated with outdoor air as often as possible.
Millersburg Area School District
The district approved plans to reopen fully to in-person classes five days a week at its July 14 school board meeting.
Families have the option of choosing online school if they are not comfortable coming back to campus.
Students and parents are responsible for at-home wellness checks before going to school. When in the yellow phase, recess will be staggered throughout the day to reduce the number of students. Once in the green phase, the district will go back to its usual playtime.
Upper Dauphin Area School District
The district school board approved its reopening plan on July 14. The school plans to open five days a week at the start of the school year.
It plans to pivot to a hybrid instruction or move to online instruction if the county is placed in the red phase by the state Department of Health. The hybrid option will operate on an A/B schedule to reduce the number of students on campus at a given time.
Lower Dauphin School District
The district’s school board voted to approve its health and safety plan for reopening at its July 20 meeting.
The district plans to start the school year off in a hybrid model where students will come to school two days a week and will learn online the other three. Students with a last name starting with the letters A through K will come to classes Monday and Wednesday and students whose last names start with the letters L through Z will come Tuesday and Thursday. Exceptions will be made for siblings with different last names.
The first day of school was pushed back a week to Aug. 31 to allow for extra staff training. Face masks are required on campus, and social distancing will be enforced at a distance of six feet.
Derry Township School District: UPDATED
Derry Township School District announced it will offer a hybrid back-to-school model. The district initially announced it planned to go back to school in person five days a week, but due to the high volume of interest for in-person instruction, district officials said they could not accommodate all students and maintain social distancing.
The board approved the health and safety plan that outlines the new social distancing protocol and sanitation efforts from the district and pushed the first day of school back to Aug. 31. The district said it prioritized creating a strong online platform for students who do not want to return to classes.
Middletown Area School District
The school board approved the district’s reopening plan at its July 21 meeting. The district recommends pushing back the first day of school to Aug. 31 to allow for additional staff training and said students will be required to wear masks on campus.
Elementary school students will return to in-person classes five days a week, while students in grades 6 through 12 will return to in-person classes two days a week through a hybrid model. Students will be divided into two groups, A and B, to reduce the number of students on campus, according to the plan.
Online options will be available for families who do not want their kids to attend in-person classes.
Steelton-Highspire School District
The school district plans to provide face-to-face instruction four days a week and will offer an online option for students who do not want to return to the classroom. The first day of school has been pushed back from Aug. 24 to Aug. 31 and will not affect the other dates in the school calendar.
Daily temperature checks, staggered drop off and pick up times and required face coverings are in store for students who choose to attend in-person classes, according to a video message from Superintendent Travis Waters.
Laptops will be provided to students who choose the online learning option.
The district’s plan was approved at its July 15 school board meeting, although parent input is still being collected.
PERRY COUNTY
Susquenita School District: UPDATED
The district will start classes in person, five days a week this fall. The Susquenita school board voted to approve the health and safety plan that will bring all students back to brick and mortar Aug. 24. An online option is available for families who are not comfortable going back to school.
Students will be required to wear facial coverings if social distancing is not possible.
Greenwood School District
The Greenwood School District is planning to open Aug. 26 with full in-person instruction, according to its website, but said it is developing alternate instruction models in case they are needed, including expanding their remote learning from the spring to more closely reflect a “normal” day of school and developing a hybrid alternative that allows for alternate days of instruction.
The district is also expanding its relationship with the Capital Online Learning Association, through the Capital Area Intermediate Unit, for families that would prefer a full-time cyber school option.
Face masks and social distancing requirements will be in place, with the use of face masks expected in common areas, such as hallways, where social distancing is not possible.
Newport School District
The district announced its plans to reopen five days a week with in-person instruction at its Aug. 4 meeting. Added social distancing and sanitation efforts will be implemented and students will be required to wear masks in common spaces like hallways where social distancing is not possible.
Administrators are prepared to move to a hybrid option that splits the student body into two groups — A and B — if the state of the virus worsens in the area.
West Perry School District
The district is planning for several educational options for the 20/21 school year, which will begin Aug. 24. It plans to offer in-person learning when the county is in the yellow or green phases of coronavirus mitigation, and distance learning if the county is placed in the red phase by the state Department of Health. The district also offers a cyber academy program for parents who prefer their child to continue distance learning.
The district’s health and safety plan for reopening, details requirements for social distancing, wearing masks, changes to the use of the cafeteria and common spaces, daily temperature checks, and more, has been approved by the school board.
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Elizabethtown Area School District
Elizabethtown Area School District board approved its Health and Safety Plan for returning to classes in the fall at its July 14 meeting.
The district plans to offer in-person classes with online options for those who feel more comfortable staying home.
Lebanon School District: UPDATED
The district plans to open with in-person classes, five days a week. The district board of directors voted to approve its Health and Safety plan at its July 20 meeting.
All students and staff will be required to wear masks or facial coverings when social distancing is not possible.
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