fcps parents react

to school districts plans

Parents are reacting to last night's fayette county school board decision to ease into in-person instruction with a face-to-face learning program for students who are struggling.

'targeted services' would start october 19th.

Abc 36's christy bollinger spoke to parents who say they're feeling everything from helplessness to confusion and frustration.

L3: abc 36 news white parents react to school district's plans lexington l3: abc 36 news white tim mcdaniel fayette county parent l3: abc 36 news white parents react to school district's plans lexington l3: abc 36 news white jillian kyde parent l3: abc 36 news white parents react to school district's plans lexington l3: abc 36 news white mike williamson parent l3: abc 36 news white parents react to school district's plans lexington "we want a choice."

Parents want the school district to give them a choice... remain virtual or return to in-person.

Some feel school leaders aren't paving a path forward.

"we can't wait until it's a hundred percent safe.i would like it to be that way i think all of us would but that may not ever happen."

Others thanking the district for postponing the hyrbid model..

A mixture of in person and online learning... saying "thank you for thinking of the health of the children".

Parent tim mcdaniel doesn't understand how sports are back but there's no in- person option for kids at this point.

"my daughters are playing soccer every saturday, we have people going to restaurants, bars, every business has figured out how to reopen except for fayette county public schools."

The targeted services model would allow jillian kyde's son who needs extra help with speech..

To go back into the school sooner than her other son.

"but how do i explain to a first and third grader on october 19th that one of them might be able to go back to school and one may not."

Kyde says she's also advocating for those kids without a voice..

With needs a lot greater than her son's.

Parent mike williamson, an opponent of staying virtual, made note of the technical issues the board meeting had monday night.

"they expect my six year old and five year old who have no reading comprehension skills to have the responsibility to operate that technology."

He doesn't think basing big decisions on the incidence rate map... being red, orange or yellow..

Is ideal.

"if long term we're in this hybrid model december the first week and we get a red day, a yellow day, a red day, a green day what's protocol?

Ya know are you shutting down only red days?

What's the runway?"

The board will vote on a targeted services plan before october 12... and some kids could be in classrooms by october 19th.

The board agreed to revisit a hybrid model for a possible start date of nov.

2nd.

Christy bollinger, abc 36 news.

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