Families,
I hope that your first full week of October is off to a good start and we have adjusted to remote learning. Based on the WCPSS Board of Education, students in k-8 (and regional programs) will be returning to an in-person model, this email will provide some details about this process. More information will be coming in the next couple of weeks.
Wind Down Wednesday -- this Wednesday will be focused on our return in-person plan at Underwood. The Google Meet Link -- https://meet.google.com/aqv-jkpm-avt. We will be meeting at 8:30 pm.
Cohorts - In-person attendance for k-3 students and regional programs will begin on October 26th. Families that have chosen Plan B will receive their Cohort assignment. WCPSS BOE has determined that k-3 and regional programs will do three week rotations one time and would have all plan b students in school on November 16th. Starting on November 16th 4-5 students would be going on the three week rotation for the remainder of the semester. The WCPSS website will be updated to include Fall 2020 semester calendars that reflect when each cohort will attend school in person. For in-person Plan B students, this email will be sent by 5:00 via School Messenger from Mr. Shillings. Most students will remain in their same homerooms, only changes would be based on virtual academy students. At this time, I am not able to make changes to the Virtual Academy or Plan B learning environments. WCPSS will be sending out an opportunity to change to Virtual Academy or In-person in November for the second semester.
Asynchronous Day - Schools are free to schedule up to one remote learning (asynchronous) day of instruction per week between now and October 23. Underwood will have 1 Asynchronous day for the week of October 12th and October 22nd grade level weekly guides will reflect this and have activities/assignments for those times/days.
Starting with the week of October 26 through the end of the Fall 2020 semester, we will operate district-wide remote learning (asynchronous) days. At this point, schools will be expected to align any existing school structure for asynchronous days to the district structure. There will be a remote learning day on each week where there is not already an interruption to the week across all calendars. The calendar from WCPSS website will reflect these district asynchronous days.
Wishing you well,
Travis Shillings, Principal
