LR's grades 7-12 to start returning to in-person school in December

 

Last updated 11/12/2020 at 10:37am



Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School students will start returning to in-person school on Dec. 7 with a phased approach.

The Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors again discussed reopening in person school to 7th- through 12th-grade students at their Nov. 9 board meeting.

Just two weeks ago the board chose not to bring back Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High students until maybe the second semester, which starts Feb. 1, 2021.

Kindergarten through sixth graders are already going to in-person school part time. 

During Monday’s meeting, a presentation from Junior/Senior High Principal Kirk Marshlain and Dean of Students Sara Kennedy highlighted a proposed phased approach to reintroducing 7th-12th grade students to in-person school in combination with distance learning.

That presentation proposed bringing the junior/senior high students back to the physical campus one day per week for each student beginning Dec. 7. That schedule would ramp up to two days of in-person learning beginning on Feb. 1 at the start of the second semester, then four days of in-person learning beginning on April 19. 

Following the presentation, Director Rich Black told the board that he had spoken with administrators from nine school districts in the central Washington area, including Brewster, Bridgeport, Moses Lake, Ephrata, and more, seven of which had opened up K-12 to in-person learning in similar models. The other two districts are open to in-school learning at least up to sixth grade and have plans to open up through 12th grade before the end of November.

Black said those administrators were confident they had made the right decisions in reopening in-person school to the extent they did. 

“This is the first great plan presented to the board,” Chairman George LaPlace said. “It’s good for our students, it’s good for our staff.”

The board approved the plan unanimously.

 

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