Themes Emerge from Surveys About Reopening Schools Including Significant Parent Interest in Full-Time Distance Learning

2/Many Chiefs have their surveys back. These were big endeavors: 10-100K parents, thousands of teachers & students per district. In every case, significant % of parents (1/5-1/3) saying they want their child to do full distance learning.

— Mike Magee (@mcmageejr) June 18, 2020

4/Many different versions of staggered daily schedules: e.g.
M/T & Th/F with W as an extra day of in-person for students with special needs. Everyone agrees “Have to be prepared for a return to full virtual.”

— Mike Magee (@mcmageejr) June 18, 2020

6/Chiefs looking at a variety of ways to free up actual classroom seats including increasing dual enrollment with local higher ed & work-based HS CTE.

— Mike Magee (@mcmageejr) June 18, 2020

8/Ability to bring all kids back in manner that allows them to be counted for funding purposes is high stakes for many (something I’ve discussed in previous updates). Lower head counts = lower revenue = layoffs. One of reasons everyone needs to row in same direction right now.

— Mike Magee (@mcmageejr) June 18, 2020

10/One Chief thinking in grand terms about new system design that would include transportation more like city bus system + ride share and flexible in-class options on a year round schedule combined with online options. In this case necessity is definitely the mother of invention.

— Mike Magee (@mcmageejr) June 18, 2020

12/That’s it for tonight. Parents, expect this question soon from your school district if you haven’t heard it already: “Are you willing and able to drive your child to school.”

— Mike Magee (@mcmageejr) June 18, 2020

I should have also said regarding this point from my thread tonight that parents who say they want their child to continue full distance learning fall into two main groups: 1) my kid likes it and it’s a better fit; 2) I’m not sending my kid back until there’s a vaccine. https://t.co/EluPkNE56q

— Mike Magee (@mcmageejr) June 18, 2020