By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — USD 309 Interim Superintendent Dr. Jeanne Stroh explained where the district is in the process of getting ready for the 2020-2021 school year.
"It's a three-tiered plan, opening up with our students coming back to school, with all the safety precautions, of course," Stroh said. "Then, an online option, in addition to our virtual school. At some point in the year, it may be necessary to go to 50% of our kids coming to school and the other 50% being online and switching that back and forth."
Stroh explained the difference between virtual school and the online option.
"In virtual school, we have a teacher who works with our virtual students on a prescribed virtual curriculum," Stroh said. "Those students don't come in to school. She's in touch with those students and their parents on a regular basis, but not every single day. The expectation with virtual school is that students move at their own pace and complete assignments in units and so on. With an online school with our own district curriculum, that would be very different. It would be daily with a district teacher and students would keep a log and it would be our curriculum."
The Kansas State High School Activities Association has yet to say how activities will work.
"We're waiting for guidance from KSHSAA," Stroh said. "They met on Friday and will meet again this week and we'll proceed from there once we have their guidance."
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is planning to issue an executive order delaying the start of school until after Labor Day.