Arlington schools push back return to campus date to Sept. 28 with hybrid model
Arlington school district students will be able to return to campus starting Sept. 28 after the board approved plans to introduce a hybird learning model.
The board approved the plan 5-2.
Students whose parents elect for them to return to campus will be assigned days of the week to be on campus through Oct. 9. During other days of the week, the students will continue their online instruction.
Students or parents who want their students to remain online will still have that option.
After Oct. 9, students at elementary and junior high schools who elected to return under the hybrid model will return to campus every day while high schools continue operating under a hybrid model.
Students and employees grades 1 through 12 who return to campuses will be required to follow safety procedures, such as wearing masks, taking their temperature, frequent hand washing and social distancing.
The district will send out a survey to parents soon according to a news release, though it has not set a date for those surveys.
Parents can still receive devices and hot spots for their students’ online education. The district’s 28 meal distribution sites will also continue to serve food for parents to take home for their students who are learning virtually.
The county has created a dashboard that tracks COVID cases in schools, with the ability to focus on Arlington ISD or any school in the district.
The dashboard is designed to help districts and parents understand how COVID-19 is behaving in their community.
The district had originally decided to host classes online only for the first four weeks of the school year.