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Manchester school board to vote Monday on district's reopening plans

Superintendent says plans are workable

Manchester school board to vote Monday on district's reopening plans

Superintendent says plans are workable

WMUR’S TIM CALLERY IS LIVE WITH MORE TIM: MANCHESTER IS THE STATE’S LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO FIGURING OUT ONE PLAN FOR ALL CAN BE DIFFICULT. WHAT THE DISTRICT DID WAS BREAK IT UP A BIT. WHERE YOUR CHILD STANDS IN THAT PLAN REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT GRADE THEY’RE IN. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE PLAN IS TO KEEP STUDENTS IN GRADES TWO THROUGH 12 HOME, LEARNING REMOTELY. WHILE STUDENTS IN PRE-SCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AS WELL AS STUDENTS IN SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS HAVE IN-PERSON CLASSES. THEN IN OCTOBER, THE DISTRICT PLANS TO SWITCH TO A HYBRID MODEL. HALF THE STUDENTS WOULD ATTEND IN-PERSON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS, WHILE THE OTHER HALF WATCHES REMOTELY. THEY WOULD SWITCH PLACES FOR THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS. ON WEDNESDAYS, ALL STUDENTS WOULD LEARN FROM HOME. THE SUPERINTENDENT RECENTLY TOLD NEWS 9, HE THINKS THIS PLAN IS WORKABLE >> WE CAN LOOK AT OPTIONS AS NEEDED, AND WE CAN EVEN LOOK AT VARIOUS WAYS PERHAPS A DIFFERENT SCHOOL HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS, WE CAN BE ACCOMMODATING BASED ON THE NEED OF THAT COMMUNITY. TIM: WHEN THE DISTRICT SWITCHES TO THE HYBRID MODEL IN OCTOBER, PARENTS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO EITHER SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL OR DO FULLY REMOTE LEARNING FROM HOME. THE DISTRICT WILL VOTE ON THIS TOMO
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Manchester school board to vote Monday on district's reopening plans

Superintendent says plans are workable

Families in Manchester will soon get a final decision on the school district’s reopening plan with a vote set for Monday night.>> Download the free WMUR appManchester is New Hampshire’s largest school district and determining one plan for every school has been difficult. So, the district has broken the plan into segments. Where any student stands in that plan depends on what grade they are in. Now, the plan is to keep students in grades 2-12 home, learning remotely. While students in preschool, kindergarten, grade 1 and students in specialized programs have in-person classes. In October, the district plans to switch to a hybrid model. Half of students would attend in person Mondays and Tuesdays, while the other half watches remotely.They would switch places Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, all students would learn from home.Superintendent John Goldhardt recently told News 9 that he thinks this plan is workable.“We can look at options as needed,” Goldhardt said. “We can even look at various ways that perhaps a different school has different needs we can be accommodating to that based upon the need of that community.”When the district switches to the hybrid model in October, parents can choose to either send their children to school or stay fully remote.The school board will vote on this plan during a meeting scheduled for Monday at 6 p.m.

Families in Manchester will soon get a final decision on the school district’s reopening plan with a vote set for Monday night.

>> Download the free WMUR app

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Manchester is New Hampshire’s largest school district and determining one plan for every school has been difficult. So, the district has broken the plan into segments. Where any student stands in that plan depends on what grade they are in.

Now, the plan is to keep students in grades 2-12 home, learning remotely. While students in preschool, kindergarten, grade 1 and students in specialized programs have in-person classes.

In October, the district plans to switch to a hybrid model. Half of students would attend in person Mondays and Tuesdays, while the other half watches remotely.

They would switch places Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, all students would learn from home.

Superintendent John Goldhardt recently told News 9 that he thinks this plan is workable.

“We can look at options as needed,” Goldhardt said. “We can even look at various ways that perhaps a different school has different needs we can be accommodating to that based upon the need of that community.”

When the district switches to the hybrid model in October, parents can choose to either send their children to school or stay fully remote.

The school board will vote on this plan during a meeting scheduled for Monday at 6 p.m.