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While the Class of 2021 is looking forward to graduation ceremonies within the next two weeks, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools district officials are forging ahead with plans for next school year.
One word missing from the conversation: hybrid. Students are going to be in the classroom five days a week starting on Aug. 4. Virtual will still be an option, but only a limited one.
Plans have been in the works for the past few months for a full-time five-day-a-week school schedule for all students starting Aug. 4. At the April school board meeting, District Superintendent Ann Levett floated the idea of possibly phasing in the students return; but at yesterday s school board meeting, she indicated all students will return on Aug. 4.
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Correction: The quote in the third paragraph was incorrectly attributed. The quote was made by Dionne Hoskins-Brown and has been corrected below.]
The Savannah-Chatham County School Board voted at its regular meeting Wednesday to implement a three-day/two-day amended hybrid model to return students to the classroom during this current semester. The resolution passed 7-2-0 with the no votes coming from Tonia Howard-Hall, District 8 representative, and David Bringman, District 6 representative.
No date was determined for returning the students to the classroom. Students will remain in virtual learning for now.
During the initial discussion after the resolution was read, District 2 representative Dionne Hoskins-Brown said, I am not able to support it in its current form (because) it removes the metric of when to close and when to reopen a school.