The Portland Public Schools has developed three plans to support teaching and learning in the 2020-21 school year. The plans are designed to be flexible and respond to COVID-19 transmission rates and advice from state and local health officials.

Plan A - Full Reopening (Low Risk of Transmission): If health data and advice from state and local health officials indicates that it is safe, all five of the public schools in Portland will open for full-time, in-person instruction. If schools fully reopen, the Portland Public Schools will implement, where feasible, the guidance suggested in Adapt, Advance, Achieve: Connecticut’s Plan to Learn and Grow Together.

Plan B – Hybrid (Moderate Risk of Transmission): If health data and the advice from state and local health officials indicates that it is less safe, all five of the public schools in Portland will open for in-person instruction and implement a rotating schedule that reduces student capacity in each school by 50%. If schools open at 50% capacity, the Portland Public School will implement, where feasible, the guidance suggested in Adapt, Advance, Achieve: Connecticut’s Plan to Learn and Grow Together.

Plan C - Distance Learning (High Risk of Transmission): If health data and the advice of state and local health officials indicates that it is not safe for any level of in-person learning, the district will implement online distance learning for all students.

The district will be prepared to transition in real-time between each of the models the same way the district transitions from opening to closing and back in the event of weather-related emergencies

The information in the folders below contain district level and building specific information.