Wait! What? FCPS Will Be Reopening Schools Starting Nov. 9th
At the recent school board meeting and work session held on Wednesday, September 23rd, the School Board decided in a 5-0 vote that FCPS will be reopening schools starting November 9th. Students in grades K-12 will have to decide on one of two options: attending school in a hybrid model or remaining all-virtual.
For the hybrid model, it will be very similar, nearly exact, to the hybrid model Fauquier County Schools were supposed to follow at the beginning of the school year prior to the decision being made for all-virtual learning. If they choose this option, students will follow an AA/BB schedule, with Group A attending school on Mondays and Tuesdays and Group B attending school on Thursdays and Fridays. The groups will be separated by the student’s last name (A-K and L-Z) and Wednesdays will still remain planning days and office hours for teachers.
If students choose to remain all-virtual, it will be very similar to how school is occurring as of right now. Virtual students will be allowed to join a live stream of their class on synchronous days. The live streams of these classes will be provided by a camera placed within the classroom. Along with the hybrid students, the virtual students will attend their classes virtually on their assigned learning days that are separated by their last names in either Group A or Group B.
On the asynchronous days for either Group A or Group B, teachers will still serve and provide instruction to both sets of students: hybrid and virtual.
In the school board meeting, they also discussed the future timeline that they plan to follow leading up to schools reopening. In preparation for these events, the School Board plans to review surveys on October 4th, key the data to planning teams on October 5th, have all cameras installed in each classroom by November 4th, and work on transitioning FCPS staff smoothly during November 2nd-6th.
During these unprecedented events, this story will continue to develop. To stay updated, check back in with Liberty’s Patriot Press as more information will be released in the next several days.
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Leann Chloros • Jan 18, 2021 at 1:47 pm
It might be cool to come back to school, but during a dangerous pandemic — Personally, I don’t think it’s a good idea to start back school, even right now where there is another sub-virus of COVID-19 starting to spread throughout North America.
Blaire Odom • Oct 10, 2020 at 9:42 am
It might be cool to go back to band and play some songs during schools hours. Since we have a special mask that everyone is suppose to wear, but the rest of the day going to all of my classes. No. I will definitely stay home safe from COVID. Plus I do not want to risk others to have covid-19 because I maybe have got COVID and gave to someone.
Nick Kroetz • Oct 6, 2020 at 6:43 pm
I’m definitely staying home I don’t want to risk anything, especially since there are people in my family who are high risk. Virtual all the way for me!!
taylor ritenour • Sep 29, 2020 at 9:31 am
Personally i would love to go back to school, covid cases is a big concern.
Taylor • Sep 28, 2020 at 10:39 am
you guys were very informal and did a very good job in explaining your points. you were really in-depth and stayed on topic. i personally want to go back but at the same time I dont because i really just dont trust it. my aunt said her kids are not going back because she doesnt want them being little test bunnies. i just dont know if i feel safe or not.
Nick Ciampaglione • Sep 28, 2020 at 9:11 am
I wanted to go back, but I don’t see the point of not just waiting another month. Everyone already has their plans for the semester made or is used to this schedule.
Logan Taylor • Sep 25, 2020 at 6:23 pm
Although I still think it’s still a little to early, I’m so excited!!!
Diego Blanco • Sep 25, 2020 at 9:31 am
Personally I think schools should stay all virtual, the amount of Covid-19 cases has gone up so much, so opening schools just seems like a health/safety hazard for students and teacher.
Kayla Moyer • Sep 25, 2020 at 9:10 am
This was very well done. We just found out about this not too long ago so the fact that this was done so soon is amazing. I love that you got the details about the hybrid model. Another thing that is amazing about this article is how in-depth you guys go into with the A-K and L-Z.
dallas alphonso • Sep 24, 2020 at 2:59 pm
let me just say before i say this, i am not saying this just because i am a student who hates school because i actually like school even though it can be unpleasant from time to time i still like it and it helps. but this choice is not a good idea at all! we’re gonna be getting a whole new wave of cases of covid and going back to school at this point in time is putting students, staff, teachers, parents, grandparents and more in so much more danger of getting the virus than they already are. it’s not a good idea to give students the choice to go back because i see posts and other things saying how much people miss their friends and can’t wait to give them hugs so what do you think they are going to do when they get to school? they will hug their friends or do their secret handshakes even if it’s a rule not to they will find a way to do it and spread the virus even more.