JOSELYN KING Staff Writer
WHEELING The Ohio County Board of Education voted Friday morning to return to a hybrid or blended method of educating its students, utilizing both in-person and remote learning opportunities.
The county largely will return to the plan it implemented at the start of the current school year, with just half of the students attending school on Mondays and Thursdays and others on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays will remain a day for remote learning
In grades kindergarten through eighth grade, half of the students or Group B will return to the classrooms Tuesday.
Wednesday will be a remote day.
Jan 15, 2021
The Ohio County Board of Education Friday approved a plan to return students to the classroom two days a week as West Virginia re-opens schools starting Tuesday.
Superintendent Kim Miller outlined the plan, which will see, starting Tuesday, students in grades pre-kindergarten through 8 who are part of the “B” group the groups are broken down by last name return to class. Those in the “A” group will be remote learning Tuesday.
Wednesday, Jan. 20, will be a remote learning day for all students, and then on Thursday the “A” group will be in class, with “B” on remote. The “B” group will be back in the classroom Friday.