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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Proposal for elementary school:  Eliminate PreK3 and PreK4 until Jan except for children who qualify for FARM or an IEP/504.   Use the opened up classroom space, classrooms and teachers to reduce K class size.  Give all K students the option of "redshirting".  If a parent selects this option, the student will be eligible to start in the PreK4 class in January.

Grades 1 - 5.   All students have the option of 100% distance learning for Aug - Dec (and possibly for the entire school year depending on how things unfold).   For families that select this option, there will be a dedicated cohort of teachers who will focus on being experts on delivering distance learning to this targeted age group.    There will be a "parent / school" commitment to learning which outlines expectations for online learning engagement.
[Level of home learning technology available, home learning environment and learning support]

For the remaining 1-5 students, create a programing alternating weeks of instruction.    Week 1 - in school instruction.   Week 2 - distance specials + using learning technology apps to reinforce learning.   This is a short term design and not intended to be a "redesigned learning".   It is purely a proposal to situation  we are all currently facing.

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The fact that your entire plan is premised on returning to school in January -- the month in DC where hospital bed usage tends to be the highest pre-COVID (Children's often runs at 95% of capacity as a result of RSV and flu, e.g.) -- suggests that you haven't really gamed out the public health aspects of this. We need to get back to school in August precisely because there will be rolling shutdowns in Dec-Feb irrespective of what we do now.[/quote]

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