Hybrid Plan

Following all the safety guidance and mandates as is required by NYS virtually forces us to institute a hybrid model to provide the best possible educational experience for our students.

Based on current regulations and information, our hybrid model is recommended as our starting point when the 2020-21 school year begins in September.

PK students: All PK students would attend as normal (AM/PM sessions)

K-5 Students:

• All grade K-5 students would return to school every day in smaller class sizes (3 sections at most grade levels) to allow for social distancing. This scenario forces our district to run on a shortened school day schedule to ensure we meet the guidelines set forth for students, classrooms, transportation, and personnel (8 am – 1 pm).

6-12 Students:

• Grade 6-12 students would come to school alternating days for shortened days (10:00 am – 3:15 pm) with half of each grade level coming for in-person schooling each day and the other half joining the class virtually.

• Students will be divided by last name of the oldest student in the household and/or course selection depending upon grade level.

• Students are expected to attend class on time each day whether in-person or learning from home.

• Attendance will be taken period by period and students will be responsible for all work that needs to be completed.

• Teachers will move as much as possible resulting in most classes being taught to the whole of the grade level, but there will be students who are pulled from the grade level groups to other rooms by teachers to allow for individual course selection.

Electives/Specials:

• Electives/Specials will need to me re-imagined.

• Elective/Specials teachers will be pushed into the grade level classrooms as much as possible especially in grades K-10 where most students are taking the same required electives/specials.

• Grades 11&12 will take the majority of their electives remotely in order to allow student access to the courses/credits they need.

• BOCES will run as scheduled with am and pm classes meeting daily (pm students will need to get a ride to school to catch the bus on their virtual learning days).

• Special Note: The guidelines make traditional PE, Band, and Chorus extremely difficult to run as was typical (social distancing for these classes is extended to 12 feet by regulation) so these teachers will push into classrooms and offer lessons related to their subject matter, but they often will not be performance based.

Students with Disabilities:

• Students with Disabilities at all grade levels are to attend school in-person daily, but can opt out by signing off on services after speaking with the CSE chairperson.

Cohorts:

• During the day, students will be kept in cohorts (the same classroom) as much as possible.

• Teachers will move at all levels instead of students moving as much as possible.

• Students will have bathroom breaks, drink breaks, and movement as much as possible.

Masks:

• Masks are to be worn as much as possible, but are mandatory whenever within 6 feet of another or whenever it is expected that you would be within 6 feet of another (moving in the classroom or outside the classroom, hallways, bathrooms, buses, main office, nurse, etc.).

Internet Access:

• Families without internet access or with limited access will need to contact the district to work out an appropriate plan to attend class and complete work.

• Possible options include: attending school daily, coming to school from 8-10 am to work virtually from an available large group room, utilizing district wireless from outside the building (i.e. in the parking lot)