Stock Photo | pixabay.com - Photo credit: Victoria_Borodinova
Stock Photo | pixabay.com - Photo credit: Victoria_Borodinova
Wake County Public Schools is sending mobile and laptop devices to the students in its school districts. Due to all the school shutdowns, students will be learning from home to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Wake County school officials made a statement on March 24 that they’re working to identify the families who don’t have the ability at home for the students to connect to the online portal.
Certain devices are needed to participate in the remote learning program. The school district is also working on how to get computers into those students’ hands, potentially having school bus drivers deliver them.
The Wake County school system has posted ungraded practice and review material on a website hosted by Google.
Edward McFarland, who is Wake’s chief academic advancement officer, said the district will be ready to begin the program once the teachers have been trained on how to conduct online classes.
McFarland says learning material is already being prepared to upload to the website.
“Preparation materials for new learning are already underway and teachers have already planned some of their instruction for the rest of the year,” McFarland said at a news conference March 24. “We know that they are ready to engage weekly with their students and we are eager to turn them loose.”
The school district sent emails out to all the parents to inform them on how the system will work. The email suggested that there may be a few bugs in the beginning, but the experts will work them all out eventually.
“WCPSS is developing a comprehensive remote learning plan that best meets the needs of all 162,000 students,” the district wrote in the email, as reported by the News & Observer. “You can expect a few bumps along the way, but we will do whatever is necessary to ensure that our students have the opportunities that they need and deserve.”
McFarland told reporters that the district is still waiting on information from the Department of Public Instruction.
“It will not look like a traditional school day,” McFarland said.
He said the district is waiting for more information from the state Department of Public Instruction.
Alerts Sign-up