BREAKING: Oswego School District 308 releases Phase 2 of hybrid learning plan

The second phase of Oswego School District 308′s hybrid learning program will begin Feb. 16.

The plan, approved by the Board of Education in a split vote at its Jan. 11 meeting, was released to parents and students Jan. 27.

Phase 2 of the district’s plan is set to end March 26, the Friday before the district’s spring break.

Parents will have the chance to switch their student between hybrid in-person learning and remote by choice, but a student’s choice will only need to be recorded by the district if the student is changing from their current learning environment.

A form to change learning environments will be available in the district’s Tyler system for parents to complete. New choices must be communicated to the district by 10 a.m., Feb. 1.

According to the plan, elementary school students in the hybrid program will attend school in-person for four mornings a week for instruction in reading, math and writing. In the afternoon, students will receive digital instruction in art, music, physical education, and will be able to have independent work time.

Students will not eat while at school.

On Wednesday afternoons, instruction in reading, math and writing will include a student’s entire class - remote by choice students and in-person students. Small group online instruction will also be scheduled for students in need of support.

Elementary classes will not be divided into A/B attendance groups, rather all in-person students will attend together.

The plan also notes that social distancing will be practiced as much as possible, but students may not always be six feet apart.

Parents of students in classes with more than 20 in-person students will be given a chance to switch to remote learning, based on the limited availability of social distancing in the classroom.

Elementary students in the remote by choice program will have digital instruction in the morning for art, music, physical education and independent work time, and will receive live sessions with their teachers five days a week in the afternoons for math, reading, and writing.

Small group online instruction will also be scheduled for remote students needing additional support.

Junior high and high school students in hybrid learning will continue to attend school in A/B schedule groups, with Group A attending Mondays and Tuesdays, and Group B attending in-person Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, all students will students will attend all classes remotely with their teachers through Go Live! sessions. Students will participate remotely in their classes on the days they are not in-person.

In-person attendance for junior high students will run from 8:05 a.m. until 1:05 p.m. High school students will attend in-person from 7:20 a.m. until 12:20 p.m. Student Support Time (SST) will be available for students Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Junior high students will have SST from 2:15 p.m. until 3 p.m.; high school students will have SST from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Junior high and high school students will not eat at school.

Students in the remote by choice program will participate remotely each day, following the same schedule as in-person students. On Wednesdays, all students will attend all classes remotely with their teachers through Go Live! sessions.

Early childhood students in hybrid learning will be divided into A.M. and P.M. groups. In the A.M. group, students will attend Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. Students in the P.M. group will attend Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 1 p.m. until 2:45 p.m.

On Wednesdays, students will take part in independent work and live sessions with teaching assistants.

Early childhood students in remote learning will attend Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. Remote sessions will begin with a recorded session; teachers will go live at 10:45 a.m. Students will also have 30 minutes of additional pre-recorded activities and virtual Choice Boards for parents to complete with their children at their convenience.

On Wednesdays, remote students will receive independent work and live sessions with teaching assistants.

Early childhood students in the DHH program will attend Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. until 11:25 a.m.

Students in self-contained programs at the junior high and high school levels who currently attend four days a week will continue to do so. Students receiving resource services, or those with 504 plans, will attend in-person on the same days and times as their general education peers.

Students in the district’s Pathways Transition Center who are taking part in hybrid learning will continue to attend in two groups using the A/B schedule. Group A students will attend in-person on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., and will take part in remote learning Thursdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. Group B students will attend in-person Thursdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., and will take part in remote learning Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. until 2:45 p.m.

Pathways students in remote learning will attend Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. until 2:45 p.m.

Elementary students at the East View Academy will attend in-person from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m., followed by remote learning from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m., five days a week. Junior high students in the academy will follow the same schedule.

Junior high/High school extended day students and high school students will attend from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., followed by remote learning from 1:55 p.m. until 2:45 p.m., five days a week.

Both hybrid and remote students in the district’s GOAL program will attend from 7:40 a.m. until 12:40 p.m., five days a week. Remote support time for students will be offered from 2 p.m. until 2:45 p.m., Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

The district’s Reopening Plan can be found on the OSD 308 website.