The Williamsville Central School District released their plan to return to school with both a hybrid model and remote model.
Remote learning simply didn't work for Jason Frese's 6-year-old daughter Presley.
7 EYEWITNESS NEWSIS LOOKING AT THEREOPENING PLANS OFA DIFFERENT SCHOOLDISTRICT EVERY DAY.THE WILLIAMSVILLESCHOOL DISTRICT ISWORKING TO PUT AHYBRID PLAN INPLACE.IT BREAKS UPSTUDENTS INTOFOUR GROUPS.ANOTHER OPTION -100-PERCENT ONLINELEARNING.TONIGHT -- OLIVIAPROIA SPOKE WITH APARENT INWILLIAMSVILLECONCERNED THESCHOOL'S PLAN MAYLEAVE HIS DAUGHTERFALLING BEHIND..REMOTE LEARNINGSIMPLY DIDN'T WORKFOR JASON FRESE'S6-YEAR-OLDDAUGHTER PRESLEY.JASON: SHE'S BEENDOING VIDEOSESSIONS AND UH...LAUGHS THEY'RETOUGH.
THEY'RECHALLENGINGESPECIALLY FORPARENTS BECAUSETHEY JUST WANT TOPLAY WITH MOMMY ANDDADDY.
THEY'RE NOTGETTING THEEDUCATION THEYSHOULD BE.
LET'S PUTIT THAT WAY.PRESLEY IS AKINDERGARTNER INTHE WILLIAMSVILLECENTRAL SCHOOLDISTRICT... AND THISYEAR... SHE'LL BE INKINDERGARDEN AGAINJASON: WE'RE GOINGTO HAVE HER REPEATKINDERGARTEN.
SHEMISSED HALF A YEARAND THOSE ARECRUCIAL SKILLS THATTHEY LEARN FORGOING TO FIRSTGRADE.
YOU STARTREADING.
YOU'REWRITING ALL YOURLETTERS.
MY WIFE ANDI JUST DON'T FEEL THATSHE'S PREPARED YETSO WE'RE GOING TOHAVE HER REPEAT.HE FEARS HISDAUGHTER WILL FALLEVEN MORE BEHIND IFREMOTE CONTINUES.THAT'S WHY HE'SHOPING FOR THEHYBRID MODEL COMESEPTEMBER.WILLIAMSVILLE'SMODEL BREAKSSTUDENTS INTO FOURGROUPS.GROUP A , LASTNAMES A THROUGH L,ATTENDS SCHOOLMONDAY ANDTUESDAY.GROUP B, LAST NAMESM THROUGH Z,ATTENDS SCHOOLTHURSDAY ANDFRIDAY.GROUP C CONSISTSOF ENGLISHLANGUAGE LEARNERS.THEY GO TO SCHOOLEVERY DAY EXCEPTWEDNESDAY.AND GROUP D IS MADEUP OF STUDENTS INSELF CONTAINEDCLASSES.
THEY GOALL FIVE DAYS OF THEWEEK.JASON: I WOULD STARTIT OFF STAGGERED,JUST TO SEE IF WEHAVE AN UPTICK ORTHERE ARE ISSUES ORIF THE PROTOCOLSAREN'T WORKING.AND OF THE 39HUNDRED PARENTSTHE DISTRICTSURVEYED, 36PERCENT AGREE WITHFRESE.
KIDS SHOULDGO BACK IN A HYBRIDMODEL.
YET 48PERCENT SAYSTUDENTS SHOULDRETURN AS NORMALWITH PRECAUTIONS.16 PERCENT SAY KIDSSHOULD NOT GO BACKAT ALL.JASON: THEY'LL MAKESURE OUR KIDS ARESAFE, AND THEY'LLMAKE SURETHEMSELVES, THETEACHERS AND THEPRINCIPALS, ARE SAFE.STAND UP: THEGOVERNOR SAID HEWOULD MAKE ADECISION ON WHETHERKIDS WOULD RETURNTO THE CLASSROOMOR CONTINUE REMOTELEARNING THIS WEEK.HE HAS YET TO MAKETHAT ANNOUNCEMENT.IN WILLIAMSVILLE, OP,7EWN.
The Williamsville Central School District released it's final reopening plan Tuesday after parents expressed frustration and..