While parents are still waiting to hear from #CPS about their student’s schedules before the first day of school on 9/8/20, CPS did release their Final #Reopening Framework last week. https://www.cps.edu/school-reopening-2020/
Some highlights:
- 6 hr school day including combination of live instruction and independent learning
- Pre-K students have 60 mins live class, elementary has over 3 hours daily and high school students up to 80% live instruction
- Small group work and peer to peer interactions via Google Education Suite
- Virtual attendance to be taken daily
- Letter grades to be given
- IEPs and 504 plans plan to be followed
- Social emotional needs are to be addressed
It remains to be seen how plans and reality play out, but we advise all parents to encourage their students to engage as much as possible while understanding the limitations at hand. For both home and school environments, conditions are FAR from ideal and the global crisis is still evolving, unfortunately.