BOE August 17, 2020 Opening School Recommendation
What have we learned?
Enrollment Intentions by Grade Level In Person/E-Learning Third party virtual Total survey responses = 175 Total number of students represented = 266 64% stay with LPS 34% virtual or undecided 2% other option
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How do we process this information?
Decision Framework ● Do what’s best for kids ● Keep LPS families with LPS ● Requires trust ● CAN we vs. SHOULD we ● Create new normal ● Consider context, challenges, and constraints ● Decisions need to be made so we can move forward with consistency and predictability ● Acknowledge the complexity of the decisions ● Acknowledge the lack of precedent for these decisions
IN PERSON VS REMOTE START ● ● Ideal teaching and learning environment Eliminates risk of COVID exposure in school BENEFITS ● ● Normalcy in classroom routines and procedures Provides time for increased understanding of COVID patterns ● Social interaction and emotional support ● Increased frequency and personalization of ● Preservation of dynamic relationship among interventions and student support teacher, students, content, and peers ● Keeps all students with LPS teacher ● Increased frequency and personalization of ● Allows for cohorts of students to be in school and interventions and student support remote simultaneously ● Increases COVID Exposure Risks for students and staff ● Family Concerns – child care, SEL support, DRAWBACKS ● Safety restrictions limit peer interaction and dedicated learning space, etc … socialization ● Lack of physical activity ● Safety protocols that inhibit typical classroom ● Assessing student academic gaps functioning ● Student emotional & mental health concerns ● In flux between two models day-to-day based on ● Potential loss of LPS families to other districts or regional risks ● Potential loss of LPS families to virtual instructors and homeschooling curriculum IN PERSON REMOTE
Priorities and Factors Students & Staff Student and Health and Safety Construction LPS Staff Health & Limited capacity for positive Noise Community Safety cases Available safe space Impact F2F instruction either way Timeline Social interaction either way Serve LPS Families Family Constraints State Hesitant to return in person Equity COVID-19 Executive Win-win instructionally Child care Data Orders Predictability for planning Work & School from Home Trends COVID Data State EO’s Family Numbers still going up Fewer than 10 Restrictions fatigue Work from home if Constraints Younger population possible Construction Zoom for adults Challenges
What decisions do we make as a result of our learning?
In Person transitioning to E-Learning ● Safe, steady, predictable for students and families ● Maintains community connections between LPS families and school ● Time for staff to assess learning gaps ● Better LMS platform to streamline delivery and access ● Opportunities for small group onsite interventions and flexible scheduling ● Plans and accommodations for CTC, food delivery, porch visits, SEL support, staff children, etc... ● Allows time for data and science to inform best practices in returning to large group gatherings
Opportunity to Redefine High Quality Instruction ● COVID presents innumerable obstacles and challenges. Anticipating change vs. reacting to it ● Creating positive disruption to be innovative in the face of the opportunity to change ● Using the disruption of what’s normal to face the unknown and implement a new and better version of school
Recommendation A. Recommendation to begin the first week in person in small groups to meet teachers, distribute materials, assess needs, and create initial cohorts for support. Follow all safety protocols as outlined in our approved plan. B. Recommendation to then continue the school year in an e-learning environment for the remainder of the semester for all students with LPS staff and curriculum C. Recommendation to provide on-site small group instruction, interventions, and student support throughout the semester D. Recommendation to approve a limited number of all-virtual, third party enrollments based on medically fragile considerations
Instructional Opportunities - Jeanne Gross ● Create new ways of learning that are unusual and necessary ● Essentially a hybrid plan with e-learning as its base ● Draw on our strengths - school community and meaningful relationships ● Condense daily schedule ● Schedule provides individualized instruction and focused opportunities for intervention and extension, and adjust how support is provided for most vulnerable learners and families ● In Phase 4 or Phase 5, we can provide flexible, on-site instruction opportunities for students ● Personalized learning opportunities and competency-based education are within reach
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