Good afternoon,
First, I want to thank you for all of your support as we do our best to navigate this pandemic while balancing the needs of our students, parents, and staff. This has been a trying time as we make decisions on how to best open school safely.
To that end, last evening, the Board of Education approved the recommended back-to-school plan. This plan will consist of a hybrid A - B schedule. Students with the last name, beginning with the letter "A" through "K" will be considered in the "A" group. This group will attend school on Mondays and Thursdays. Students with the last name beginning with "L" through "Z" will be considered "B" group and will attend school on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays will be remote learning days for all students. It will be full days (8:10 am - 3:10) when your child is here. Also, we are planning to make those days as normal as possible, including eating in the cafeteria with friends socially distanced, recess, Technology, P.E., Art, Band, etc.
On days where students are not attending school, those students will be remote learning. Teachers will be pushing out lessons throughout the day in conjunction with the lessons for the students attending in-person.
We will ensure siblings at our district, as well as at Freeburg High School, will attend school on the same days.
In addition, full-time remote learning is available. If you plan to have your child remote learn, please understand this is a nine-week commitment. Full-time remote learners will also need to have access to a device and be able to sign-on to the Internet. Remote learners will need to be able to sign-in in the mornings and participate in lessons and learning throughout the day. Teachers will be engaging with in-person students as well as remote learners throughout the day from 8:10 until 3:10.
If you have not registered, please register your child(ren) as soon as possible. If you plan on utilizing full-time remote learning, you must notify the district by August 3 at 2 pm. If you plan on sending your children to in-person learning, you will not need to do anything.
Please know this decision was not made lightly. I think we can all agree we need to have our students back all day every day. However, we have to balance the physical health, emotional health, and educational health of our students and staff. This hybrid schedule allows us to tend to each of these as safely as possible under these circumstances. As was stated, we intend to make the school days as normal as possible while following the recommended health guidelines.
This hybrid schedule will be in place for nine weeks, at which time it will be reevaluated. It is our hope and our goal to have all of our students back full-time as quickly as possible, provided it is safe for students and staff.
Remember, all parents are asked to register their children as soon as possible if you have not done so. The office is open this week from 9 am - 1 pm and starting next week from 8 am - 3 pm every day. Information on what you will need to register can be found here: https://www.frg70.org/domain/13. Parents must also let us know by August 3 at 2 pm if your child is remote learning for the first nine weeks. Again, we would like to have this information by next Monday, August 3.
Thanks again for your continued support. We will get through this. Stay Hornet Strong.
