Back to (Hybrid) School on Monday

Sumner County Schools will open doors to students on Monday, August 3rd. The return will be on a hybrid model that features students attending in-person two days a week and via online learning three days a week. After two weeks, students in grades K-5 will attend each day, while those in grades 6-12 will maintain the hybrid schedule until COVID-19 infection rates decrease significantly. It's possible the infection rate in Sumner County could rise, in which case all school for all students will be delivered online.

Here's more from NewsChannel5:

Sumner County Schools is taking a hybrid approach for the upcoming school year.

All students in the county will learn from home for three days and at school for two days for the first two weeks. If all goes according to plan, kids from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade will learn at school completely. Everyone else will remain in a hybrid schedule. However, the plan could always change depending on the COVID-19 case count.

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Will Back to School Mean More COVID?

Neighboring Wilson County has pushed back the start of their school year to August 17th due to concerns around COVID19. Meanwhile, Alcoa City Schools started school on Wednesday and announced a first positive COVID case by Friday.

Metro Nashville is starting school completely online while Williamson County is using remote learning for all but those students in grades K-2.

Sumner is slated to start school under a hybrid schedule and then move to on campus learning for students in grades K-5 by August 17th.

Here’s more:

http://tnedreport.com/2020/07/back-to-school-back-to-covid/

https://hendersonvillenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/teachers-in-face-shields.html

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