District 742 Announces Plan for Returning Students to Classrooms knsiradio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from knsiradio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Local District Submits Application for Online Academy
ST. CLOUD Students in the St. Cloud Area School District could have another learning option starting next fall. At Wednesday night s meeting, the school board voted to submit an application for an online academy to the Minnesota Department of Education.
Director of Secondary Curriculum
Jessica Moore says the goal is to create a more personalized and flexible opportunity for students.
A student could go faster than they would in a traditional brick-and-mortar school because if they re able to obtain that mastery because it s their passion or their interest or they just understand the material so well, they could go through it a little bit faster. Their attendance would be connected with progress towards graduation, so they would not necessarily have to come to class every day. They would do it in a manner that works for them.
District 742 Relocates Riverwoods Program
ST. CLOUD An alternative learning program in the St. Cloud Area School District will be finding a new home in the new year. At Wednesday night s meeting, the school board voted to approve the relocation of the Riverwoods program under a new short-term lease.
Executive Director of Finance and Business Services Amy Skaalerud says the district had housed the program at the St. Cloud Children’s Home property that was leased from the Diocese of St. Cloud for several years.
It s been for sale now for a number of years and just recently, within the last month or so, the property actually sold. With the property selling, our existing lease automatically transfers to the new owner, and the new owner, about three weeks ago, gave the district a 90-day notice that they were terminating the lease.
St. Cloud Students to Return to Schools in 2021
Following Governor
Willie Jett unveiled a staggered approach to resuming in-person learning in 2021.
Starting on January 19th, students in preschool through fifth grade will return to their original hybrid learning model with alternating in school and at home days. Students in grades six through twelve will stay in the distance learning model through the second trimester which ends on February 26th.
The district says the hope would be to transition students in preschool through fifth grade to a full in-person learning model at the start of the third trimester on March 8th.