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Of the 16 messages the board received, roughly half of them concerned the Arts or AIM academies. “I understand you are trying to make the most of what we have here but if there is any way the Arts Academy can remain the way it is and a K-8 school, I feel like I would not be the only one relieved,” wrote Angela Bilbrey, whose children are in kindergarten, second, sixth and eighth grades at Arts Academy. “We chose to have our children there because, to me, it just feels like a better option for a school.” Jennifer Anderson questioned moving seventh- and eighth-graders from the Arts Academy to middle schools that won’t be renovated for at least another year. The restructuring plan calls for expanding Crenshaw Middle School to add a gymnasium and dedicated space for industrial arts and extensive renovations to the STEAMM Academy at Hartford to create an exhibition area, theater, greenhouse, maker space and woodshop. ....
CANTON It’s official: Students in the Canton City School District will kick off 2021 learning from home. The Canton City school board on Monday approved the district’s second-semester learning plan, which includes moving all students to remote learning for the two weeks following winter break. The students who have chosen in-person classes will return to school on Jan. 19, following the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The board previously discussed the changes for the second semester, but had not yet formally approved the plan. Superintendent Jeff Talbert, who attended Monday’s board meeting virtually, said moving online for two weeks gives the district enough time to see who may have contracted COVID-19 during the break, as they should begin to display symptoms by then and can remain at home until medically cleared. ....