Tippecanoe County public school leaders plan for extended break
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Extended break.
These school districts join hundreds of schools across the country canceling in- person classes amid the coronavirus outbreak.
News 18's micah upshaw tells what these next few weeks could look like.
Scott: there's just no cookie-cutter approach and we've been taking this day by day.
Micah: uncertainty is what's mainly plaguing tippecanoe county public schools right now.
School leaders are working on a plan for students as the nation works to contain the highly contagious covid-19.
Les: will there be meals served, will there be child-care still available, some of those responses we just didn't have answers yet.
Micah: now that the public school districts have decided to stay closed after spring break, the plan is working to provide resources that students depend on while in school.
Les: we're trying to figure out how we can provide sack- breakfasts, sack- lunches, those opportunities for kids.
Micah: many local organizations have reached out to the schools to offer services.
Lafayette school corporation superintendent les huddle says they will work to compile a list and get the information to parents.
Les: be it child care, be it food opportunity, academic support those types of things.
Micah: as for student e-learning, this is something the superintendents plans to learn and adjust to as it goes.
Scott: all three of us have incredible technology in our classroom that enhances our curriculum and instruction, but i think what's going to be new for all of us is actually maintaining some sense of educational continuity remotely when students and teachers are not face- to-face.
Micah: while they're planning for what's to come during this extended break, the superintendents are also preparing for what's next when students and staff are back to class.
Rocky: we're going to do everything we can to make sure that it doesn't impact our staff financially and overall we are going to do everything we can to make sure that it doesn't hurt our children academically, we want to make sure that they are continuing to get a high quality education.
Micah: in tippecanoe county, micah upshaw news 18.
The superintendents are looking at april 6th as a potential day for students to come back to class.
Governor eric holcomb is allowing schools up to 20 days of closure without penalty in response to the outbreak.