Classrooms at JCPS reopened for the first time in two weeks Monday after the district transitioned to nontraditional instruction as several hundred teachers and staff were sent into quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 or coming into close contact with someone infected by the coronavirus.
One of the key points of Senate Bill 25 is that each individual school building would get the 10 virtual days.
The Kentucky Department of Education said students in fifth through 12th grades can request performance-based schedules if local school boards’ policies allow performance-based coursework, which can be taught traditionally or virtually.
Hardin County High School students are back to five-days of in-person learning, more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The key feature of the district's classroom reopening plan -- hybrid scheduling -- has posed new problems for parents like Sara Hagan, whose 7-year-old son is in first grade at Stopher Elementary.
Monday marked the first day of in-person instruction for many middle and high school students who opted to return to classrooms at Jefferson County Public Schools in more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The district dropped hybrid learning and went back to in-person learning five days a week. Students can still decide to learn virtually, but can’t do both.
Thursday marked the second day of in-person instruction at Jefferson County Public Schools and the first for students in kindergarten through fifth grades whose last names start with the letters L-Z.
Many teachers reported their first day back during the pandemic went smoother than most were expecting.
Teachers and district leaders said students' mental health will take top priority as they transition away from full-time virtual learning.
