CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) approved State Accountability Exception Requests based on Chapter 3 Emergency Rules for all 48 school districts at its January meeting. As a result, they said School Performance Ratings will not be calculated for the 2020-21 school year.
The board voted to promote the Chapter 6 Rules on School Accreditation and agreed on a potential 10% reduction in the SBEâs School Foundation budget.
The board also adopted the Chapter 10 Rules for Computer Science Performance Standards and Math Extended Standards and moved forward with educator and public comment on Science and Math Performance Standards after a discussion about the structure of the performance standard and blueprints for tested standards. Information on standards and the updates can be found here.  Â
(Wind River Reservation, WY) – Fremont County School District #14 was part of a group of superintendents, health officials, and Tribal Councilmembers discussing the Tribal Stay-at-Home Order for schools today, January 21st.
Upon completion of the meeting this afternoon, the vote was taken to lift the Stay-at-Home Order for schools providing School Re-Entry plans were approved by the medical professionals, FCSD #14 Superintendent Michelle Hoffman shared.
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During the January 13th Board of Trustees meeting, the FCSD #14 Board voted to open in a Tier 2 setting, when the Stay-at-Home Order was lifted, which means students who wish to remain virtual will be allowed to do so and those wishing to return will be able to in an A/B grouping.
By Sophie Quinton
Stateline.org/TNS
Josephine Brewington has been a substitute teacher in suburban Beech Grove, Indiana, for a decade, but her job has grown in importance as her school district scrambles to supervise pupils whose teachers are sick, quarantining or caring for others.
“We’d have teachers from the high school come over and help teach fourth graders because we didn’t have enough subs,” Brewington said of how the system has handled absences this fall. “People from the offices are helping, principals are covering classrooms - it’s like everyone’s pitching in.”
President-elect Joe Biden has said he wants most schools to be reopened within the first 100 days of his administration, and many city and state policymakers also are pushing schools to offer in-person instruction. They note that the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in schools is low, working parents rely on schools for child care and students are better able to keep up when they’re in classrooms.
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Quarantines Leave Schools Scrambling for Substitute Teachers
A Hanover College student works as a substitute teacher at a school in Greenfield, Indiana. Several states have relaxed qualification requirements for substitute teachers during the pandemic.
Michael Conroy
The Associated Press
Josephine Brewington has been a substitute teacher in suburban Beech Grove, Indiana, for a decade, but her job has grown in importance as her school district scrambles to supervise pupils whose teachers are sick, quarantining or caring for others.
“We’d have teachers from the high school come over and help teach fourth graders because we didn’t have enough subs,” Brewington said of how the system has handled absences this fall. “People from the offices are helping, principals are covering classrooms it’s like everyone’s pitching in.”