, isLeadArt: , itemUrl: , itemCaption: , isStory: true, linkUrl: , description: }, id: 185339 }) }) Facing a classroom full of empty desks, and staring into a computer in front of her, Amanda Woods reminded the Pottstown seventh graders on the other side of the screen that their poetry assignment was due the next day. “Two minutes I have left with you please don’t leave,” she said. Woods implored her students to email her their drafts. “I love to read what you guys write,” she said.
Coronavirus Coverage The classroom at Pottstown Middle School was quiet. Most of Woods’ students don’t speak aloud during class, instead typing questions in the chat. Keeping them engaged is a struggle: On a recent Thursday, one student logged out after 30 seconds. Another joined 26 minutes after class began.
West Chester School Board Urges Officials To Vaccinate Teachers
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Chester and Delaware Counties consider relaxing distance guidelines to teach more students in schools
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WCASD Families for Brick and Mortar are concerned that kids are not learning in remote schooling, and that mental health is suffering. (Shutterstock)
WEST CHESTER, PA The public comment period in possibly every school board meeting in Pennsylvania includes statements from parents who want their children back in brick and mortar classrooms, receiving face-to-face instruction.
School administrators, including West Chester Area School District s superintendent, usually express agreement that they also want students back in classrooms full time, but that they are following health department guidance and must find ways to follow that guidance while continuing to educate students. Those same meetings also regularly include comments from parents who thank school administrators for handling the pandemic as well as they have, and who see remote or hybrid instruction as necessary for public health.
West Chester schools set to reopen
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