School leadership built in time for staff members to give feedback on and poke holes in the return to school plan in order to strengthen the plan and to invest staff members who were apprehensive about returning to the school building in the plan.
Principal Josh Otlin sent weekly updates to parents and students during the lead-up to reopening their school building in the fall of 2020. This is the newsletter that went out the week before school reopened and includes the explanations of the switch to the 4×4 schedule, procedures when in the building, expectations on remote days.
Milford High School switched to a 4×4 model in response to the pandemic. This is a sample of what courses an 11th grader would take.
Milford High School switched to a 4×4 model in response to the pandemic. This is a sample of what courses a 9th grader would take.
In their hybrid model, all Milford High School students learned remotely on Wednesdays. This is the schedule they followed
Hybrid model schedule used at Milford High School. This was used on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Callahan Elementary School’s nurse Maureen Gearty developed this flowchart for families in the Norwood, MA community to determine if students should attend school. Students are asked to complete a self-screening at home before coming to school. Families of younger students should help their children follow the screening protocol.
Cedar Rapids created priority standards in the 2020-2021 school year in response to marked limitations on learning time due to the pandemic and a derecho. The power standards created clarity for teachers and school leaders on how to prioritize teaching and learning given the suboptimal conditions.
This is a sample schedule that middle schoolers at Cedar Rapids Community School District used for remote learning.
