Across the Washington region — and the country — public schools have abandoned or scaled back plans to bring students back to class.
— momentum for in-person school stalled. Then it shifted in the other direction. A vocal coalition of teachers, staff and parents clamored for online-only instruction. They sent long emails and made angry phone calls. They flooded virtual board meetings, where teachers gave tearful testimony about how they were being forced to pick between their jobs or their lives.to reopen full time, district after district gave in. In the span of two weeks, at least half a dozen school systems in D.C.
Fairfax is not the only holdout. A handful of systems in the Washington region are still clinging to the hybrid option — and, as fall inches closer, are working frantically to develop safety protocols.In Montgomery County, school board member Patricia O’Neill said she has never felt such pressure. Her school system, Maryland’s largest with more than 166,000 students, has releasedthat starts out with remote learning, then gradually sends students back to school campuses.
In Montgomery County, teachers grew outraged at a meeting Thursday night as union leaders involved in reopening discussions gave details about masks and cleaning supplies, and whether educators had a choice in returning to classrooms.
This time around, officials say, they’ll be better prepared. In Arlington Public Schools, which last week ditched a hybrid program for fully virtual school, all 28,000 students now have devices. The system used $1.6 million in federal pandemic relief money to buy 5,000 additional iPads.
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