Superintendents discuss start of school

Superintendents discuss start of school

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School leaders across northeast indiana continue dealing with problems and situations coming up from the pandemic.school leaders with fort wayne community schools and east allen spoke during a forum..about how they're addressing them.fox 55's chris mullooly joins us live in fort wayne.chris... what were some of the issues discussed?the main thing was how teachers and staff have worked on preparing for the year..

And the difficulties they're facing.superintendent mark daniel and marilyn hissong say its been hard for them.and while there's been great strides towards teaching in person and virtual..

There's still a ways to go.

We're flying this jet and building it at the same time its the message fort wayne superintendent doctor mark daniel and east allen county superintendent marilyn hissong want to get across.the school year won't be easy... for students teachers and parents.

But they're doing everything they can.it was about how the kids are coming in and reacting to this new environmentboth superintendent s spoke during a forum hosted by fort wayne united and city life.answering questions about how the pandemic is continuing to effect learning... and everyday life.even more complicated and compounding when you're doing synchronized learning kids are present and delivering it at homedaniel says the main problem so far has been teachers juggling the two.he says 80 percent of elementary school students are learning in school...but the higher the grade is..

The more students are choosing to stay at home.only one sixth of high schoolers choosing in- person.

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Kind of work i tell my ppl around me i wouldn't do this with anyone elsehissong and daniel says there's a lot of work to do with remote learning...but are confident in the plans they've been working on for months.

Different kind of work i tell my ppl around me i wouldn't do this with anyone elseand are asking for more patience from parents.thank you for allowing us to have teachers time to pause reflect on what they've been doing the forum was put together by fort wayne united..

.its not the only they've had... teaming up with city life to bring about perspective on different topics and problems around the area.reporting live ... chris mullooly... fox 55