Five Moffat County High School teachers are now tasked with helping 130 students learn remotely.That was part of the discussion at Thursday’s school board meeting with Moffat County High School Director of Curriculum, Zachary Allen.
He said that more than 20 students are moving from in person to Moffat County Virtual in January in the elementary school. While that number increases in the middle school to more than 25 students and 20 students in the high school. The number in the high school according to Allen that are going fully virtual are 130.
After the surprise resignation of Moffat County High School’s MoCo virtual teacher, the school district has given five already hired teachers additional stipends to help with MoCo virtual instruction, Allen saidenter the role of MoCo virtual teacher according to Allen. Each of those teachers, Joe Paddon, Amy Hansen, Todd Trapp, Krista Schenck and James Neton will work with around 25 students each.