Citing the “the alarming increase in the spread of COVID-19,” Metro Nashville Public Schools will move all students to distance-learning after the Thanksgiving break.
The district on Monday evening tweeted, “Metro Schools is returning to all-virtual learning following the Thanksgiving break on November 30 through the end of the semester, December 17.”
Metro Schools is returning to all-virtual learning following the Thanksgiving break on November 30 through the end of the semester, December 17.
Announcement: https://t.co/Y6DqNu6RCp
COVID-19 update page: https://t.co/Ma0tycf2s2 pic.twitter.com/1JZEvmyPaE
— Metro Schools (@MetroSchools) November 24, 2020
Students with exceptional needs and elementary school students who have attended in-person classes will report to school today. They will move to distance-learning starting the Monday after Thanksgiving and continue online classes until Christmas break, which starts Dec. 17, Metro Nashville Public Schools said in a statement, available here.
“Our transmission rate, new cases per 100,000 residents, and 7-day positivity rate are at their highest points in months, and the situation may only be getting worse,” Dr. (Adrienne) Battle said. “This is a serious and dramatic public health emergency that requires us all to renew our vigilance and take the safety precautions necessary to keep ourselves, our families, our friends, and those we may encounter safe through the wearing of masks, social distancing, and avoidance of large – especially indoor – gatherings whenever possible.”
There is a probability, based on trends, that high schoolers won’t return to in-person classes, WPLN reported.
Metro Schools originally planned to provide an in-person learning option for all its students in January. Those efforts were sidelined when the district rolled back plans to bring back middle schoolers to classrooms in October.
Metro Nashville Public Schools said that after Thanksgiving, students ages 5 to 12 and the children of Metro Schools employees can enroll in no-cost-with-verification YMCA Emergency Childcare. This plan will provide students with supervision and support for virtual learning Nov. 30-Dec. 30, except for Dec. 24-25. Parents who used this option previously will not have to go through the verification process again but will have to register their students for time slots.
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Jason M. Reynolds has more than 20 years’ experience as a journalist at outlets of all sizes.
Just thought about the term “virtual learning” actually means.
MNPS and many other public school districts were already subscribing to “virtual learning”. That is the “education” that our youth have been receiving for years has only been on paper(virtual) and not supported by results.
Now they have an excuse for their lousy and overpaid performance.