The plan phases students back starting with pre-kindergarten and elementary schools. Middle school students will return to school buildings in November and high school students in January.
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The district said in-person classes for first-year middle school students will begin Nov. 12-13, for grades six or seven, depending on the school. All other middle school students will begin classes on Nov. 16, according to the email.The four-week time span between the elementary and middle school start dates is intended to allow time to adjust “elementary school logistics and safety protocols,” and “will only occur if safety practices and viral conditions permit,” the district wrote.
from the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics that supports the return of in-person classes “if the health and mitigation conditions permit.” The CDC’s new guidance includes chart of risk-level indicators that utilizes several more metrics, including hospital capacity and contact tracing ability. Bishop said that the district has its own contact tracing team that will work with municipal public health.
The district’s plan could be revised as the COVID-19 situation changes in the municipality and as schools learn more about what works in the fight against the virus, Bishop said.Still, many teachers fear that the return to classrooms is coming too soon, said Anchorage Education Association president Corey Aist.
Bishop said that a return to online learning would be triggered if there was mass spread of the virus in schools and the community.
District Plan Students Bishop Student Time Class Week Learning Virus Pressure Contact Phase Information Message Aist Anchorage Health Guidance Return Situation School Student Classes Level
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