Jackson students return to classrooms for first time in months
In-person learning, hybrid schedules underway
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Updated: 5:32 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
In-person learning, hybrid schedules underway
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Updated: 5:32 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
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BACK IN MARCH.. 16 WAPT'S MARCUS HUNTER WAS THEIR WHEN THE DAY BEGAN. YOU DON'T TYPICALLY SEE 1ST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL PICTURE IN MID JANUARY, HOWEVER FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING J-P-S SCHOOLS TUESDAY WAS TH FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH OF LAST WHERE BUSES WERE RUNNING, THE DROP OFF LINES WERE MOVING AND PARENT WERE SEEING THEIR KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL... "MY THIRD-GRADER APPARENTLY WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND LAID ON THE COUCH AND READ FOR DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS I AM SURE HE WAS ALREADY. I WAS SURPRISED HE WASN'T ALREADY SHOWERED AND IN UNIFORM." TUESDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY IN THE DISTRICT'S "SMART RESTART PLAN". IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE ON A HYBRID SCHEDULE. PARENTS WE SAW DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF SAY THEY BELIEVE THE DISTRICT DID THE RIGHT THING BY HOLDING CLASSES ALL VIRTUALLY DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER... "LAST YEAR IT WAS A GOOD REASON TO KEEP THEM OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WAS A HIGHER RISK, NOW THAT WE ARE LEARNING AND WE KNOW HOW TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL AND THE VACCINE IS COMING OUT I THINK THAT IT IS OKAY." "I AM EXTREMELY THANKFUL TO JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE WAY THEY HAVE PROTECTED OUR FAMILIES AND PROTECTED OUR SCHOOL LEADERS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING." PARENTS SAY THE BELIEVE THE DISTRICT IS READY AND PREPARED TO FOR STUDENTS TO RETURN. "THEY ARE SOCIAL DISTANCING, THEY ARE TAKING ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO KEEP DOWN THE VIRUS AND AS LONG AS THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING I DON'T THINK IT IS A PROBLEM." " I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE AND WILL BE ADHERING TO REALLY SCIENCE-BAS