Baltimore City Schools announce changes for distance learning

Since schools will be closed for another month, Baltimore City Public Schools announced the changes they are making to continue distance learning.

ANOTHER MONTH, SCHOOL SYSTEMSARE WORKING TO GET LEARNINGONLINE OR IN THE STUDENTSHANDS TO KEEP THEIR EDUCATIONGOING.

WMA━2 NEWS ABBY ISAACSHAS A LOOK AT HOW BALTIMORECITY SCHOOLS IS ADAPTING.ú LOOKLIV━ THEY ADMIT ITCHALLENGE AND THEY ARENWHERE THEY WANT TO BE YET..BUT THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLICSCHOOLS CEO SAID THEY AREWORKING TO IDENTIFY THEFAMILIES THAT NEED ACCESS TOTECHNOLOGY, AND BRINGINGTEACHERS UP TO SPEED FOR THENEXT MONTH OF DISTANCELEARNING.

18:5━56 BaltimoreCity Public Schools CEO SonjaSantelise━ ItItstudents and our families.WITH SCHOOLS CLOSED FORANOTHER MONTH, BALTiMORE CITYPUBLIC SCHOOLS CEO SONJASANTELISES ADDRESSED THEIRPLANS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING.18:5━ 19:01 We aredramatically changing the waywe deliver instruction in realtime NEXT WEEK, STUDENTS WILLCONTINUE WITH THEIR WORKPACKETS AS PREVIOUSLYIMPLEMENTED& THEYONLINE OR FOR PICK UP FOREVERY GRADE LEVEL AND INCLUDEADAPTATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITHDISABILITIES.

12:2━46 Andthen on Monday April 6,students will continue toengage in learning based ontheir needs but they will alsobe able to access dailyreading and math lessons andsome science on educationalaccess channels such as charmtv and our own Baltimore citypublic schools channelSANTELISES SAYS THEY AREFOCUSED ON PROVIDINGACADEMICALLY SOUND AND FAIREDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS SOTHEY WANT TO DISTRUBUTE THESCHOOL SYSTEMCHROMEBOOKS, PRIORITIZINGJUNIORS, SENIORS, HOMELESSSTUDENTS AND STUDENTS WITHDISABILITIES.

STARTINGTOMORROW, THEY WILL BECONDUCTING A SURVEY TOIDENTIFY THE FAMILIES THATNEED THEM.

15:4━49 We will beworking to ensure thistechnology is appropriate fordeployment and to distributeto families as needed.SANTELISES SAYS THEY WILLCONTINUE TO IMPROVE THEDISTANCE LEARNING IN THECOMING WEEKS AND HAVE SOME BIGDECISIONS TO MAKE, ABOUTPROMS, GRADUATIONS, EXTENDINGTHE SCHOOL YEAR INTO THESUMMER, AND HOW FOURTH QUARTERGRADES WILL BE ASSIGNED..LOOKING AT PASS, FAIL OR PASSINCOMPLETE.

32:4━33:10 Ifyouyou donsame distance learningopportunity and youcompleting your workindividually the question isshould you really receive afail so wea number of places talkedabout pass incompleteLOOKLIV━ THE INSTRUCTIONALPACKETS WILL CONTINUE TO BEAVAILABLE ONLINE OR FOR PICKUP IN PERSON AT ONE OF THECITYA FULL LIST ON OUR WEBSITE,WMAR 2 NEWS DOT COM.

IN 10DAYS, THEY ALSO PLAN TO LAUNCHA PARENT HOTLINE FORTECHNICAL, EMOTIONAL ANDEDUCATIONAL SUPPORT.

INBALTIMORE, ABBY ISAACS WMAR2NETHE NUMBER IS STAGGERING.