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OKCPS Plans For In-Person Classes This Spring Following COVID Safety Improvements

Monday, December 21st 2020, 10:32 pm By: Barry Mangold OKLAHOMA CITY - After an almost entirely virtual fall semester, Oklahoma City Public Schools is planning on having students back in classrooms as early as next month.  OKCPS district released its Return to Learn Plan for the spring semester on Friday, which includes changes to the district’s air filtration systems, increased testing capabilities and added contact tracers.  “We’re not going to take steps forward until we believe it’s the right time to do it,” said Superintendent Dr. Sean McDaniel.  He said the district plans to transition prekindergarten through 4th grade students to split schedules two weeks into the semester on Jan. 19. Middle and high school students will move to a split schedule on Feb. 1. 

Will COVID-19 Pivot In Schools Mean Oklahoma Snow Days Are A Thing Of The Past?

Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash Craig McVay feels awful about it. The El Reno Public Schools superintendent said there’s no joy in taking away snow days. “I’m the king of snow days. I don’t want to give that up,” McVay said. “I know as a child what it meant to me to hear those magic words on the 10 o’clock news or to wake up that morning to my parents telling me, hey… no school today.” But in a semester fractured by closures due to COVID-19 infections and quarantines, El Reno has had to pivot school sites to distance learning at a dizzying pace.

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