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Return: Many school traditions could be postpOned
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elementary students will be in each classroom, leav—
ing plenty of room for social distancing, Mallery
said.
The secondary students pose more of a chal-
lenge, because some courses usually have 26 stu-
dents in grades seven through 12, he said.
Students will remain in the same group all day
as “cohorts” so they don’t “intermingle” with other
students and teachers to prevent large—scale quar-
antines, Mallery said. .
“There’s a lot of school traditions that will be
put on the shelves,” he said. “No fall football. No
fall volleyball. No fundraisers. I don’t know how
we’ll have a dance.” .
He added, “A lot of kids won’t see their friends.”
Recess and lunches will occur in shifts. Ele-
mentary students will eat in the classroom. Face
masks will be required.
The district will also offer 100% online educa-
tion, Mallory said.
In preparation for the new school year, the
district purchased 150 Chromebooks and single-
student desks.
The district bought two disinfectant guns for
about $1,500 each that can clean a classroom in a
few minutes, Mallery said.
The district has been receiving guidance from
the state Office of Public Instruction, the Gover-
nor’s Office and the Mason County Health De—
partment; which approved the plan.
“It’s been really hard,” Mallery said. “It’s plan-
ning for the unknown. Guidance changes, rules
change.”
Hood Canal board
opts for online only
The Hood Canal School Board at its July 30'meet—
ing voted for all students to learn online from home.
In a letter to staff on July, 31, Superintendent
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The‘Mary M. Knight School District bought two
disinfectant guns for about $1,500 each that
can clean a classroom in a few minutes. Su-
perintendent Matthew Mallery demonstrates in
the school’s cafeteria. Journal photo by Gordon
Weeks
Nikki Grubbs wrote the decision is “due to the rise in
COVID-19 cases in Mason County, with input from
Dr. Daniel Stein, Mason County’s public health of—
ficer. Our reopening team agreed that we are not
'yet comfortable with preventing the spread of the
illness if we meet in person.” .
“It is possible that a few of our educators may
provide one-on-one service to students who are edu—
cationally vulnerable, such as English Learning stu-
dents, students, students with (Indidual Education
Plans) or 5045, or students with significant social-
emotional needs. If this is the case, we will use ev-
ery method of prevention of the spread of COVID-19
feasibly possible,” the statement reads. ‘
Grubbs told the teachers she favors hosting con-
ferences with each district family, one at a time,
during the first month of the school year to orient
them on Google Classroom and other'resources.
The Pioneer School District School Board on July
28 voted to start the school year with all students
learning from home, with a Remote Continuous
Learning 2.0 model. Families also have the'option
to choose the Pioneer Academy Home School model.
More details will be available soon on the district’s
website.
The Grapeview School District will announce its
reopening plans to parents Aug. 14, said Superin—
tendent Kurt Hilyard.
The Southside School District “has a reopen-
ing plan, but we have not selected the instruction
model(s) yet,” Superintendent Doris Bolender wrote
in an email to the Shelton-Mason County Journal.
“We hope to finalize the decision next week some— ,
time.”
The North Mason School District announced July
28 that its school year will begin remotely.
After receiving guidance from Kitsap Public
Health District stating that the virus is “uncon-
trolled and accelerating,” Kitsap County schools and
the North Mason School District, which has stu-
dents in Kitsap County, decided to start the year all
online.
All students in the Shelton School District will
start the school year learning online from home,
with plans in place to go to a hybrid classroom/home
model and then fully back to the classroom when the
coronavirus is “subdued.”
The Shelton School Board on July 28 unanimous—
ly passed a 51-page reopening plan.
All three plans are flexible, and a committee will
review it every two weeks.
As it did in the spring, the district will provide
Chromebooks for students to use at home. The dis-
trict will also continue to provide “grab-and-go”
breakfasts and lunches, something it has been doing
since the abrupt closing of the schools in mid-March.
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