The Penn Manor board of school directors on August 3 approved a Blended Learning approach to reopening schools. Below are the details of the plan, along with alternatives and general information on the health and safety measures that will be in place at Penn Manor schools when they reopen on August 31.
The August 3presentation to the school board is available for viewing here.
Blended Learningplan
Students in kindergarten, first and second grade, certain special education classes, and students attending the Lancaster County Career and Technology Center (CTC) will attend school every day. The district will reconfigure classroom space to maintain appropriate social distancing for kindergarten, first grade, second grade and special education classes.
Students in grades 3 through 12 will be divided into two groups to attend school two days a week —Monday and Tuesday (Group A)orThursday and Friday (Group B)— in small classes. All students in a household will be grouped together. Student group assignments will be posted to the Sapphire Community Portal by the end of the day August 12. In addition, a letter will be mailed home to parents/guardians.
Parents of students enrolled in select special education programs will be notified by the district regarding their students’ schedules.
For the days that students will attend in person, they will follow the regular school schedule.
On the two days they are not in school, students will work independently online on classroom assignments provided by their teachers. On Wednesdays, all students will participate in live online instruction led by their teachers(please see schedule below).
All instruction will be developed and delivered by classroom teachers. Students should expect to work 45 minutes to an hour per subject area/class per day. Attendance for the online days will be based on the completion of assignments.
Due to the Labor Day holiday, modifications to the Blended Learning schedule will be made for the first two weeks of school.
- Week of August 31: students in Group A will attend school on Monday and Wednesday. Students in Group B will attend school on Tuesday and Thursday.
- Week of September 7: Group A students will attend school on Tuesday and Wednesday. Group B students will attend school on Thursday and Friday.
https://www.pennmanor.net/blog/2020/08/04/full-details-of-districts-blended-learning-reopening-plan/