After numerous committee meetings, board of education discussions and communications from parents, staff and the community, the five Shawnee County school districts have settled on plans for starting the 2020-2021 school year. Their overall frameworks are similar, divided into three components consisting of on-site learning, remote virtual learning and a hybrid of on-site and remote learning. Each district chose one of the three based on what they felt was safest and best for their students and parents. Most went with a hybrid learning model, which will allow for 50% of the students to be in the classroom for two days each week, either Monday and Tuesday or Thursday and Friday.
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