August 19th, 2020 by WCBC Radio
Summer vacation for Allegany County Public School teachers ends today as educators are returning August 19th and -21st and September. 2nd and 3rd to prepare for the start of the school year. The Board of Education announced earlier this month that the 2020-2021 school year will begin virtually with distance learning set to start September 8th. Interim Superintendent Jeff Blank said that educators have been participating in virtual sessions with representatives from Schoology in order to learn the platform’s basic features, including how to create virtual live classrooms, how to create assignments and assessments, and how to provide “offline” opportunities for students without reliable access to the Internet at home. That preparation will continue in the coming weeks…
August 19, 2020 at 6:36 pm, Jimmy Joe said:
About time !!They’ve been in vacation since the Covid thing started.
August 19, 2020 at 7:09 pm, Jay said:
Wrong Jimmy. Teachers taught online from March through June. I was wondering when someone was going to slam the teachers.
August 19, 2020 at 8:25 pm, Jimmy Joe said:
Since all this county cares about is football , space out desk and add plexiglass like the department stores did. Most buses are half empty , space out kids. Plenty of excuses why life can’t resume. All the new covid cases , does anyone ever report how many recover, no… only how many more have it.