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Within the Leon County Faculties Distance Learning Update on April 20, Superintendent Rocky Hanna addressed widespread questions relating to distance studying in addition to the district’s plans for highschool commencement.
LCS has been training distance studying since late March to forestall COVID-19 unfold. On Saturday, April 18, Governor Ron DeSantis introduced the Florida Ok-12 colleges will stay closed and proceed distance studying for the remainder of the 2019-2020 college 12 months.
Hanna mentioned LCS is engaged with over 95% of its 34,000 college students by distance studying.
He mentioned one widespread query about distance studying is why the district is utilizing so many platforms.
“We needed to forged a broad internet so as to catch as many college students as we presumably might, given their very own particular person circumstances with gadgets or lack of gadgets or connectivity or not having connectivity,” he mentioned.
Hanna mentioned one other subject has been discovering the suitable quantity of homework to assign to college students. He mentioned the district has obtained suggestions and constructive criticism and is working with academics to seek out the homework “candy spot.”
One other subject Hanna introduced up is grade calculation. He mentioned LCS is growing a district-wide plan for grading based mostly on a curve mannequin. The district additionally determined to exempt college students from remaining exams this 12 months, and the State of Florida canceled standardized testing.
Lastly, Hanna addressed the district’s plans for highschool commencement.
“If we will—and getting clearance by the Division of Well being right here throughout the road—we’re going to do one thing,” he mentioned. “We’re going to do one thing particular to acknowledge all of the great accomplishments of our 2000-plus seniors in our college system.”
Hanna mentioned he’s involved with employees from the Donald L. Tucker Civic Heart and Florida State College relating to the potential of a drive-in ceremony. He famous that any ceremony will probably be accredited by the Division of Well being.
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