Aug 4, 2020 | News
Dear BCPS Families,
At yesterday evening's board meeting, the BCPS Board of Education voted to approve the district’s proposed reopening plan.
If Michigan remains in stage 4 of the virus, BCPS will open for in-person instruction for grades K-5 (with additional safety precautions required including facial coverings for all students and staff), and remote learning for grades 6-12 for at least the first nine weeks of school.
If Michigan moves back to phase 3, all schooling will be done remotely.
Regardless of which phase of virus recovery Michigan is in, a Virtual Academy option will be available for families who would like their children to attend school remotely for at least the entire fist semester of the school year.
We recognize that there is no perfect solution for safely and effectively returning to school in the midst of an active pandemic. It can be difficult for students to achieve the same learning through remote schooling, and may also present significant challenges for families. And at the same time, we know there are families who would feel more comfortable keeping their children at home at this time. We believe this plan represents the best possible approach during these difficult times and gives each family choices to best fit the needs of their children. We thank our community, leadership, teachers, staff and principal volunteers, and board of education for all of the input and collaboration toward reaching a plan that puts our students and their families first.
As we have announced previously, our school board also recently approved an investment in technology which will ensure every child has access to a Chromebook this school year. If you currently have a BCPS Chromebook at home that was picked up during the spring to support at-home learning, we kindly request that you return these devices beginning this Friday, August 7th, so we can perform annual maintenance and updates on these devices before we begin to redistribute grade-level appropriate devices in the coming weeks.
Families will be able to return the Chromebooks, along with the charging cables, to any food distribution site between the hours of 11:30 AM and 1 PM on Friday, August 7th, Monday, August 10th or Wednesday, August 12th. This includes each of our elementary buildings and Battle Creek Central High School. For a full list of locations, please click here.
For more information on what the return to school will look like, please see here and stay tuned for more updates.
Best,
Superintendent Kimberly Carter
Translations in Spanish and Burmese will be posted as soon as they are available.
Traducciones a Español y Birmano se publicarán tan pronto como estén disponibles.
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