Quilcene School District is moving into Step 4 of its reopening plan this week.
The district started the school year fully remote due to Jefferson County being in the state’s moderate-risk category for COVID-19. It is using a five-step plan based on Jefferson County’s risk level as well as the risk level of Clallam and Kitsap counties. The plan ranges from distance learning for all grade levels at Step 1 to in-person instruction four days a week at Step 5.
Step 4 “means that students in grades K-5 will be learning on-campus next Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday and students in grades 6-12 will either be learning Monday & Tuesday if in Group A or Thursday & Friday if in Group B,” said Sean Moss, high school principal, in a district announcement issued Thursday.
Parents were notified by mail what cohort their children fall into, with paraeducators making follow-up phone calls, he said.
For details, see quilcene reopens.
Other districts in the county opted to begin the year with hybrid instruction.
Jefferson County is now in a low-risk infection rate category. Clallam County is also now in the low-risk category and school districts are planning to move from remote learning to hybrid systems in early October.
Here are summaries of the plans for each of the other public school districts in Jefferson County
Port Townsend
Port Townsend School District offered families full online instruction or a hybrid model of two days of in-person instruction and three days of online instruction, with a limited number of high school students having the hybrid model available, officials said.
For information, see ptschools.org/for_ families/coronavirus.
Chimacum
Chimacum School District has high school students studying remotely and the remaining students who did not choose to study remotely attending either Monday/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday with Wednesdays devoted to outdoor activities, targeted in-person support, extra services for special education students and professional development for students and staff, officials said.
The three days the students are not in class, they are taught remotely. For more information, see csd49.org/
Brinnon
Brinnon School District has some families who opted for full online instruction, but most students have face-to-face instruction Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday with remote learning Wednesdays, officials said.
More information can be found at bsd46.org.
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Jefferson County reporter Zach Jablonski can be reached at 360-385-2335, ext. 5, or at zjablonski@peninsuladailynews.com.
