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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, FEBRUARY 12, 2021 More details on return to in-person schooling unveiled BY MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes After Salem-Keizer Public Schools (SKPS) announced last week that K-1 students would be returning to school buildings on a part-time basis in early-March, members of the district cabinet outlined further plans to get the re- mainder of students back in the classroom in a presenta- tion to the school board on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Elementary staff will begin returning to their respective schools on Feb. 22. K-1 stu- dents will return on March 2, followed by Grades 2-3 on March 9 and Grades 4-5 on March 16. Students will go to school two days per week and then continue with their classes on- line for the remainder of the week. State health guidelines require masks and physical distancing — classrooms need to have at least 35 square feet of space per person and will hold approximately 15 stu- dents at a time. Though nearly the entire school year has been held re- motely thus far, the district has been doing Limited In-Per- son Instruction (LIPPI) since the fall. SKPS Superintendent Christy Perry believes that the success of LIPPI has helped the district facilitate a good plan for a hybrid model. “The way that we have used limited in-person in- struction has prepared us for this moment,” Perry said. “If we had to go back and do it again, we would do it just like we did, because we practiced.” While the dates for return for elementary education are set in stone, the district, at this point, is still unsure when secondary education (Grades 6-12) will be able to return to in-person school part-time — the soonest they could come back is in early-April, but a date for return has not yet been set. Assistant superintendent Iton Udosenata explained to the board that secondary ed- ucation is more diffi cult to facilitate due to limited space, larger cohorts, scheduling and transportation issues and the lack of access to some class- es — such as certain perfor- mance arts classes. “We know there is a lot of movement with the second- ary schedule, going through periods one through fi ve, and that creates some stress on the master schedule,” Udosenata said. The district is currently considering two hybrid op- tions for secondary students. The fi rst option looks similar to the elementary model as students would attend in-per- son school two days per week and do the rest of their school- work remotely. SKPS is also considering having a model that includes applied learning days for students along with two days of in-person classes. Applied learning days would allow students to re- ceive extra support from ed- ucators — either in-person or via distance learning — on the days where their cohort isn’t attending school. While it’s not a clear substitution for core in-person instruc- tion, it would allow students four days of engagement with school staff. “We’re looking at very cre- ative ways to make it a pos- sibility to work to adjust the student cohorting so there might be availability for a teacher during the applied learning days, but we don’t have those details worked out just yet,” Udosenata said. If families request for their students to stay in remote learning, they should contact their resident school admin- istrator, who will discuss op- tions with the family, answer questions and submit a request for the family’s student(s) to remain in remote learning. Udosenata also said that the district is planning to allow strings/orchestra and percus- sion to begin instruction at the secondary level under the LIPPI model — the district is still awaiting safety protocols in order to plan for band and choir. Elementary choir and orchestra began virtually last week and will remain online for the foreseeable future. SUBSCRIBE Support local journalism police scanner SUNDAY, JAN. 31 12:31 a.m. - Arrest for van- dalism in the 5000 block of River Road N. 5:24 a.m. - Vandalism in the 3000 block of Partridge Lane NE. 8:54 a.m. - Criminal tres- passing in the 4000 block of River Road N. 10:05 p.m. - Telephonic ha- rassment in the 2000 block of Kennedy Circle NE. 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