With the exception of a short period before the Thanksgiving holiday break, CPS students have not seen their classrooms since the coronavirus pandemic began in March.
CALLS FOR IN-PERSON LEARNINGCONTINUE TO GROW ACROSSCINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASTHE DISTRICT PREPARES TO MEETTOMORROW TO GO OVER ITS SAFETYPLAN.WCPO 9 NEWS REPORTER JOSHBAZAN SPEAKS TO ONE COUPLEHOPING THEY GET THE OPTION TOSEND THEIR KIDS BACK TO THECLASSROOM SOON.THE HARDY FAMILY HAS DONE ITSBEST TO ROLL WITH THE PUNCHESTHE LAST TENMONTHS."It's been up and down.
It'sbeen chaotic at times."THETHREE HARDY CHILDREN HAVE BEENPRIMARILY IN REMOTE LEARNINGSINCE LAST MARCH.
CINCINNATIPUBLIC SCHOOLS IS STARTING THENEW SEMESTER IN REMOTELEARNING, BUT SCOTT ANDKATRINA HARDY ARE HOPING THESCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT COME UP WITH A PLAN SATURDAYTO GET TO IN-PERSON OR BLENDEDLEARNINGSOON."We just thought as theguidelines change it's timefor Cincinnati Public to stepup and adjust their policiesand adjust their criteria forgetting kids back into school."THE HARDYS POINT TO ALL THEDISTRICTS AROUND THE TRI-STATETHAT HAVE FOUND WAYS TO SAFELYBRING KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL ANDWONDER WHY C-P-S CAN'T FOLLOWTHEIRLEAD."It just would be so mucheasier for the kids and I knowfor the teachers to be inschool where they can pull outgroups and have differentgroups working on differentthings.""But when I see friends atwork and they say, oh how areyour kids doing in school?They are shocked when I tellthem they're not in school.They don't understand it.Because they're just livingreal life, relatively normallife out in the suburbs andwe're just treading water."THEHARDYS WROTE THIS LETTER TOTHE C-P-S BOARD ANDADMINISTRATIONOINTING OUTTHE STATE HAS REMOVED THETWO-WEEK QUARANTINE RULE FORCLOSE CONTACTS IN CLASSROOMS,WHICH OTHER DISTRICTS HAVETOLD WCPO WILL HELP LESSEN THERELIANCE ON SUBSTITUTETEACHERS.
THE COUPLE ALSOPOINTS TO THE AVAILABILITY OFTHE COVID-19 VACCINE FORSCHOOL STAFF AS A HUGE STEPFORWARD FOR SAFETY.
THE HARDYSDON'T WANT C-P-S TO FORCE ANYFAMILIES TO SEND KIDS BACKBEFORE THEY ARE COMFORTABLE,BUT THEY WANT AN OPTION ON THETABLE."Above anything else, webelieve in choices forpeople.""We want to be back in school,of course we want people to besafe, but we want choices."JOSH STANDUP"I reached out toC-P-S but haven't heardbackhe district's goal hasbeen get back to blendedlearning as soon as it thinksit can do so safely.
The C-P-SBoard of Education meets withthe Superintendent at 8:30Saturday morning to look athealth data and consider whatthe next steps might be.
Atthe Education Center, JB WCPO9 News."
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