By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
With Kansas Governor Laura Kelly closing down school buildings for the rest of the spring semester to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts have scrambled to figure out how to keep educating their students for the final eight weeks of the school year.
After the Kansas State Department of Education rolled out their plans of continued education to all the districts last week, USD 428 in Great Bend administration determined what the approach would look like in Great Bend.
In a letter from Eisenhower Elementary School Principal JoAnn Blevins to families, the principal laid out how the continues learning will work.
The district will focus on reading and math and provide optional activities and resources for families. Lessons will be delivered in two ways – either online or through paper and pencil. Lessons will be designed to provide 30 minutes of reading and 30 minutes of math each weekday. Teachers will be available via email and phone to help facilitate lessons from a distance.
Blevins noted Eisenhower may be able to check out Chromebooks for families who do not have access to a device to support online learning.
Information is still coming on how and when to pick up the paper/pencil instructional materials.