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Navarro ISD gearing up for start of new year
Students given option of online, face-to-face learning By Darren Dunn
(Geronimo) -- In exactly three weeks, students in the Navarro ISD will be returning to the classroom. District officials say they have plans in place to make sure that students and staff are safe, and that quality learning is ready to go on that first day of school. Navarro ISD Superintendent Wendi Russell says it has been a challenge getting ready for the new year, but she feels confident in the district’s plans.
in the Navarro ISD. The district conducted online classes for each of its grade levels in the spring, when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools across the state. Russell says while that option will again be available to students to start the new year, the district will take a slightly different approach when it comes to online learning. “Now, remote learning will look a lot different than it did last year
or earlier this year as far as we are doing synchronist learning where students are live with the teacher during class times and they’ll follow their schedule. They’ll get an actual schedule and follow their schedule and be live with the teacher and so for us, we felt like that was a great learning platform so that students can be actively engaged in learning,” said Russell. A significant number of children
“We will start school on Wednesday, Aug. 19th and we are currently doing registration right now for new students, coming in doing live registration and then, we have online registration for returning students and we have asked parents at this point which mode of learning they would like for their students to participate in. They have the choice of face to face learning in the classroom and the other choice is remote learning,” said Russell.
will likely sign up for face-to-face learning, and Russell says they are prepared to handle all those students who return to campus.
That return to the classroom, however, will also come with a number of new health and safety practices that will be put into place across the district. “As far as face to face learning, we are taking all precautions necessary. Students will be required to wear
a mask if it is age appropriate, fourth grade and up, a mask or a face shield and then at our elementary school, we are highly recommending a mask or a face shield and then for the buses, we will be running buses but they will be required to have a mask on to get on the bus, a mask or a face shield, and we are taking temperatures everywhere. To get on the bus, you’ll have your temperature taken and coming into the classroom or coming into the school, they’ll have their temperature taken as well. Everybody will have their temperature taken,” said Russell. In addition to keeping students safe from the virus, Russell says the district had to make sure that it also had a safety plan for its teachers and other staff members. She says they too will be top priority as they also adhere to new safety measures and protocols of their own. She says it was important to allow the teachers to be heard, and to allow them to be a part of any plan for reopening schools.
Remote learning is not a new concept for teachers and students
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Keith Kruse 979-551-0106