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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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This actually sounds like a plan. Nothing leaking out of this administration comes close. It really seems like they're just trying to phone it in between the committee members and hand-waving ideas that obviously won't work.[/quote]

K kids can choose to redshirt and start PK4 in Jan. This will just lead to overcrowding in Jan. What happens to rising PK3 kids or kids entering PK4 for the first time?![/quote]

Neither of which are required.  Meanwhile parents would have enough notice that they need to continue whatever childcare processes they use.  It's not ideal but it's a reasonable sacrifice considerig the mass change in space, manpower, and lesson needs.[/quote]

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