With virtual instruction models already in place, some school districts plan to go online for upcoming snow days.
Some districts have been approved for Flexible Instructional Days (FID) by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The FID program, established in 2019, allows school districts to move to an online format âwhen circumstances prevent the delivery of instruction in its customary manner or location,â according to the Department of Education.
Blue Mountain Superintendent David Helsel, Ed.D., said the district applied to participate in the FID program after establishing a one-to-one technology program and providing more than 200 hot spots throughout the district.
âBefore, we did not have one-to-one, we didnât feel comfortable applying,â Helsel said. âThis summer, we were able to go one-to-one.â
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS â The North Schuylkill school board held its reorganization meeting Wednesday, making no changes in leadership.
The regular monthly meeting followed, both held on the Zoom format only. Recent meetings allowed public attendance within pandemic restrictions.
The meeting was called to order with Charles âChazâ Hepler remaining president and Roy C. Green as vice president. The board reappointed Anthony Urban Law Offices, P.C., as solicitor at a retainer of $600 per month and all other charges as outlined in the firmâs proposal letter dated Dec. 4 and effective Jan. 1. The board approved retaining Thomas Fletcher as the liaison for the school district to the Pennsylvania School Board Association.
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Lindsey Shuey / Staff Photographer Pine Grove Area Middle School students Angel Fritz, left, Samantha Caravallo, second from left, and Laura Jovel, second from right, make plant identification tags with help from Leah Zerbe, Potter s Farm nature educator, right, at Pine Grove Area Elementary School on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.
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