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Dist. 229 schools double summer session size
Star Courier
Kewanee Dist. 229 schools will be doubling their summer school offerings and some attendance centers are recommending that each and every student attend the special session in an effort to reconcile the last year s scattershot academic efforts.
Schools leaders admit that the last year has been exhausting for them, students and parents, with every group shifting almost daily to the ever-changing demands of a pandemic.
But they say the extra teaching time 22 days of it over the summer months is a necessity for some students and a bridge to the 2021-22 academic year for others.
Dist. 229 school board doubles in-person attendance time for rest of 2021
Star Courier
Kewanee Dist. 229 parents will have the option of sending their kids to school four days a week starting next week, but individual students will retain the option of taking classes online.
The school board voted unanimously Monday to allow nearly full-time in-person instruction at all Dist. 229 attendance centers, with Mondays continuing to be an “online only day” to facilitate teacher planning and intensive building-cleaning.
“We’re confident we can do this at Neponset and all of our schools located in Kewanee,” said Supt. Chris Sullens.
Students and teachers have adhered to a hybrid education model since the end of last school year, with two cohorts of students receiving two days of face-to-face instruction and two days of at-home online coursework on staggered days. Students also have been able to choose an online-only option.