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ADAMS & JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 75 | ISSUE 41
Late summer sparkles
A few clouds, reflected in Webster Lake along with some trees, enhance the summer view of E.B. Rains, Jr. Memorial Park in Northglenn.
STEFAN BRODSKY
Adams 12 opts for remote start District delays opening until Aug. 27 with students online BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Adams 12 school students will stay home for the first two weeks of the 2020-21 school year, using an enhanced remote learning program according to district’s Board of Education. “This is not being driven by employees who do not want to serve or who are heading down
REMOTE LEARNING DETAILS For more information about remote learning, including expectations for students, parents/guardians and staff by level, visit www.adams12.org/OnwardRemoteLearning a pathway that is anything other than very committed to balancing their interests with their students,” Superintendent Chris Gdowski told the district’s board of education at a July 29 special virtual meeting via the internet. Gdowski released his recommendation online July 28 and members of the board of education voted unanimously to approve the plan a day later.
According to his plan, schools will begin with remote learning for all students on Aug. 27. That’s a week later than the original pre-COVID-19 calendar, which called for classes to begin Aug. 19. According to the superintendent’s plan, teachers and staff will use the additional week get familiar with the district’s latest enhanced remote learning curriculum and platforms. The district is scheduled to make a decision about the rest of the semester — whether students will continue the remote program, return to in-person education in the schools or begin some sort of hybrid plan — by Sept. 11. The district will review
the latest local COVID-19 trends with public health, gauge parent and staff opinions to make that decision. No matter what Gdowski said, remote learning will continue through at least Sept. 25 and the district plans to transition to the new model, whatever that is, on Sept. 28. “We’ll look at a lot of data,” Gdowski said. That includes disease trends, current quarantine rules and how well the remote learning is working. Students and parents who prefer to continue with remote learning would have the opportunity to do so, according to Gdowski. SEE SCHOOLS, P2
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