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Published: 2021-03-03 16:49:00Updated: 2021-03-04 09:34:41EducationTags:By Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter — On Thursday, the North Carolina Board of Education will choose whether to follow the advice of school leaders and Gov. Roy Cooper to push for a return to in-person learning.North Carolina schools should be in-person as much as possible and can no longer be fully remote, per new guidance from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. According to the state, schools should only use remote learning for high-risk students and for families that want it.The department released a new version of the on Wednesday afternoon.The new document requires schools to offer in-person learning under Plan A (fully in person) or Plan B (a mix of online and in person) for kindergarten through 5th grades. Plan A requires minimal social distancing, and Plan B requires six feet of social distancing. Plan B would be required for all other grades.Nearly all of the state’s school districts offer Plan A or Plan B learning or have plans for that transition later this month.Information from school district websites and social media pages, and from school district representatives reached through email. Search below for your district.DistrictLearning planBoard decisionChapel Hill-Carrboro City schoolsIn-personStudents in Pre-K through 2nd grade, 6th grade and 9th grade returned to in-person learning the week of April 19. Grades 3,4,5,7,8,10 and 12 returned the week of April 26Chatham County schoolsIn-personAll students are learning in person four days per week as of April 19. Cumberland County SchoolsIn-personCumberland County Schools to start Plan A on April 12 for grades Pre-K-12 grade four days a week; Wednesday will be an independent remote learning day.Duplin County SchoolsIn-personAll grades returned to the classroom as of March 22. Students will attend school Monday through Thursday with Fridays remaining a 100% Remote Instruction/Mandatory Teacher Workday. Parents may continue to choose what is best for their child including in-person learning or 100% remote instruction. Durham Public SchoolsHybridK-5 students returned to the classroom four days per week on March 15. On April 8, students in grades 6-12 returned for two days per week of in-person learning. Three groups of students in grades 6-12 rotate days in school and days learning at home.Edgecombe County SchoolsIn-personAll students returned to the classroom on April 14, four days a week (Tuesday-Friday). Mondays will be a remote day. Franklin County SchoolsHybridAll students have the option of in-person learning four days per week. Group A is in the classroom Monday and Tuesday, learns remotely on Thursday and Friday. Group B learns online Monday, Tuesday and in person on Thursday, Friday. All students have self-paced assignments to complete, remotely, on Wednesdays. Granville County Public SchoolIn-personStudents in grades PK-5 returned to the classroom on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on March 29, 2021. Students in grades 6-12 returned to in-person learning beginning April 19, 2021. Halifax County SchoolsIn-personAll students have the option for full-time, in-person learning.Harnett County SchoolsIn-personAll students are in the classroom five days per weekHoke County schoolsHybridPreK-8 students have four days per week of in-person learning and remote learning on Fridays.High school students will remain in two cohorts, rotating in the classroom and at home.Johnston County SchoolsIn-personAll grades moved to a four-day-a-week, in-person schedule on April 12.Lee County SchoolsIn-personAll students are in the classroom four days per week effective April 12. Wednesdays are remote learning days for all grade levels.Moore County SchoolsIn-personAll students are in the classroom full-time, five days per week.Nash County Public SchoolsIn-personElementary students returned to in-person learning on March 29; and Middle and High school students on April 12. The remote learning on the Virtual Academy is still an option.Northampton County SchoolsIn-personAll students are learning in person, five days a week. Orange County SchoolsHybridStudents will return to the classroom in two groups: Group A March 8 and Group B March 15. Monday through Thursday, one group learns in person, the other online. Friday is an remote learning day for all students. Person County SchoolsHybridWe have been in-person since August 17. Of course we have a virtual option and our middle and high school students are in hybrid (attend face-to-face two days a week). Elementary school students attend every day.Sampson County SchoolsIn-personStudents are in the classroom four days per week. Wednesday will be a remote learning day. Roanoke Rapids Graded District School Board In-personAll students returned to in-person learning, five days per week, beginning March 29.Public Schools of Robeson County In-personStudents in PreK-8th grades returned to the classroom four days per week on April 12.Vance County SchoolsIn-personStudents in PreK-8 learn in person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Wednesday is a remote learning day.Wake County Public SchoolsHybridPre-kindergarten through third grade students learn in-person daily; Grades 4-12 are on three-week rotationsWayne County SchoolsIn-personAll grades, K-12, will meet 5 days a week for face-to-face instruction beginning March 29.Warren County SchoolsIn-personGrades PreK-2 returned to in-person learning March 15; Grades 3,6,9 returned March 22; Grades 4,7,10 returned April 6 and Grades 5,8,11,1 returned April 12Wilson County SchoolsIn-personAll students attend school four days per week. Wednesday is a remote learning day.Fort Bragg SchoolsIn personThe guidance Wednesday, according to DHHS, recognizes “the growing harms to children who are out of school and relying solely on remote instruction, including negative impacts on academic and mental health and food insecurity.” It comes a month after Gov. Roy Cooper, DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen, state Superintendent Catherine Truitt and State Board of Education Chairman Eric Davis for in-person learning.Schools first closed to in-person learning almost a year ago, when the novel coronavirus began spreading throughout the United States. Active cases are declining and vaccines against COVID-19 are rising, prompting states across the country to quickly remove some public health restrictions.This week, state education leaders this year, compared to last year, though with many tests yet to be taken. This week, the state also published the results of a survey of public schools showing that of not progressing to their next grade level.The state Board of Education will vote Thursday on whether to adopt the new guidance.The board and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction have their own set of based on guidance from DHHS.The board met Wednesday for the first day of its monthly two-day meeting. The board discussed numerous regular agenda items, but Truitt and Davis briefly addressed in-person learning at the beginning of the meeting. Truitt said it was key to better learning, and Davis offered a prediction.“By the end of this month, we expect all of the public school units in North Carolina are, or will be, returning students to in-person instruction to finish this school year,” he said.1show allTags:ReporterCopyright 2021 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Our has changed. If you would like to comment, please share on social media using the icons below and comment there.SPONSOR

Published: 2021-03-03 16:49:00Updated: 2021-03-04 09:34:41EducationTags:By Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter — On Thursday, the North Carolina Board of Education will choose whether to follow the advice of school leaders and Gov. Roy Cooper to push for a return to in-person learning.North Carolina schools should be in-person as much as possible and can no longer be fully remote, per new guidance from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. According to the state, schools should only use remote learning for high-risk students and for families that want it.The department...

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