'People will remember this moment': OPS returns fully remotely Tuesday

'People will remember this moment': OPS returns fully remotely Tuesday

FOLLOWING THEIRDISTRICTS' BOARDMEETINGS TO KEEP UPTO DATE ON COVID-19RELATED PLANS.GOOD EVENING, I'MJENNIFER GRISWOLD.TONIGHT OMAHAPUBLIC SCHOOLS...MILLARD AND WESTSIDEALL MET.REPORTER RUTAULCINAITE WAS AT THEOMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLSMEETING WHERE BOARDMEMBERS ANDEDUCATORS OFFEREDUPDATES ON THE 100PERCENT REMOTE PLAN.SCHOOL FOR OPSSTUDENTS STARTSTUESDAY - 100 PERCENTVIRTUALLY.TONIGHT, THE BOARDTHANKED EDUCATORSAND STUDENTS FORBEING SO FLEXIBLE BUTALSO EXPLAINED THATTHERE'S BOUND TO BEBUMPS IN THE ROAD.PKG "PARENTS IF YOUCOULD JUST BE VERYPATIENT AS I KNOW THATTHINGS WILL NOT BEPERFECT TOMORROW.THERE'S SOMETHINGTHAT'S BOUND TO GOWRONG BUT IF YOUCOULD JUST BE VERYPATIENT, THIS IS NEWTERRITORY FOR ALL OFUS." AS THE BOARDENCOURAGES PATIENCE,SOME PARENTS JUSTDON'T HAVE IT ANYMOREAND ARE FRUSTRATEDWITH THE FULLY REMOTEPLAN.NATS WE CAUGHT UPWITH JEREMIAH WILSONWHO SAID HIS SPECIALNEEDS STUDENT JUSTCANNOT LEARNREMOTELY.JEREMIAH WILSON -OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLSPARENT "WE HAVE TOTHINK ABOUTADVOCATING FOR THERIGHTS OF THECHILDREN THAT AREDISABLED BECAUSE THEYARE THE MOSTDISADVANTAGED."EDUCATORS WENT OVERPLANS FOR ALL GRADELEVELS SO PARENTS CANPREPARE FOR ASUCCESSFUL FIRST DAYAND FIRST SEMESTER."BEST OF LUCK AS WEALL LAUNCH INTOUNCHARTED TERRITORYWITH VIRTUAL." BOARDPRESIDENT MARQUESNOW ADDRESSED THATHE'S PROUD OF THEDISTRICT FOR TAKINGINITIATIVE WITH A FULLYREMOTE PLAN DESPITESOME CRITICISM FROMPARENTS."PEOPLE WILLREMEMBER THISMOMENT.THEY'LL REMEMBER THEMOMENT WHEN OMAHAPUBLIC SCHOOLS ANDTHE CITY OF OMAHATOOK THE RIGHT STEP INHISTORY.WE PROTECTED OURCOMMUNITY AND DID NOTEXPERIMENT WITH THEVIRUS." LL TAG "ALSODURING THE MEETING,CHILD CARE WORKERSEXPRESSED CONCERNOVER WHAT REMOTELEARNING WILL LOOKLIKE AT DAY CARECENTERS AND SAY THEYFEEL BURDENED WITHTHE NEWRESPONSIBILITY.THE BOARD PROMISEDTO HELP THEM NAVIGATETHEIR NEW ROLESHELPING CHILDREN WITHREMOTE LEARNING ANDSTAYING ON TOP OFSCHOOL." REPORTING INOMAHA, RUTA ULCINAITE,3NN.MILLARD PUBLIC