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In an earlier survey, it became apparent that some parents are concerned about having their student return to school in the Fall of 2020 due to COVID-19.  In an effort to meet the needs of these students and families, Jerome School District is offering a fully online option.  If this option best meets your needs, please review the expectations of both home and school.  We are restructuring teaching assignments to accommodate online instruction, so to ensure we don’t overload classrooms, we ask that if this option is best for your family that it remains in place for at least the first semester.

See links to the plans for Elementary and Secondary online-only options, and to the form if you want your student completely online in the fall. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cU_3zSglmR4jocFGa_wLRYbo6Lq8fHDQz4eLlf7OARY/edit

There are still many unknowns about the upcoming school year.  We are putting plans in place for differing scenarios due to COVID-19. In an effort to provide a better understanding of the plan and to answer questions, I have scheduled two online parent meetings July 8, at 10:00 A.M. and July 13, at 6:00 P.M. via Zoom. For more information see the document link below. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xcrLICOZulKIl8ofNocUXAWweajggBm5wCNO9BK8ZCE/edit 

This is first of several communications that will be coming out regarding the start of school next year. 

There have been many questions about the start of school next year.  We have been meeting and discussing many scenarios, since we are unable to predict where we will be as a state or region with COVID-19 in the fall.  The purpose of this email is to provide you with a summary of the plans we are developing.  Please understand, these plans are not static and may be adjusted as we learn more. 

We have developed a tiered system for school attendance in the fall.  This system will allow us to move between levels as things change.  For simplicity, the system uses a color-coding system as follows:

Green – Students in school in a traditional manner
Yellow- Students in school with tighter restrictions
*Orange – Only half of the students in school at any one time to help create social distancing
Red – Students at home using distance learning
*Orange – Students will be divided into two groups (A&B) Group A will attend school on Mondays and Thursdays doing distance learning on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  Group B will attend school on Tuesdays and Fridays doing distance learning Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

As an example, if we were starting school today, we would be yellow with all students in school.  However, if we  were starting school today and were in a situation in which Ada County is currently, we would be at the Orange level with only half the students in a school building at any one time.

With these tiers we can move between colors from week to week depending upon the current rate and cases of COVID-19.  We can also have different levels within an individual school, if we have a confirmed case at one or more of our schools.

We also realize some parents may not be comfortable sending their students back to school at this time.  We will also provide a fully online option for those students. More detailed information on the levels and the fully online option will be available soon.