BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Officials with Battle Creek Public Schools are releasing their potential plan for the upcoming school year.
During a virtual meeting on Monday, the BCPS Board of Education presented a plan which included in-person instruction for kindergarten through fifth grade students at the beginning of the year and virtual learning for students sixth through twelfth grade for the first nine weeks of the 2020-2021 school year.
Younger students coming into school would be required to wear face masks and parents who do not feel comfortable could still opt out and choose remote learning if needed.
The district is holding a question and answer session at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday where the superintendent will provide more information on their plan for back to school. That will take place on BCPS’ Facebook page here.
This decision comes after officials with Kalamazoo Public Schools announced that they plan to give students options, including in-person, fully virtual, or hybrid learning.
The Grand Rapids Public School district also recently unveiled that they will conduct the first nine weeks of classes entirely online, but Superintendent Dr. Leadriane Roby said that plan could change depending on the status of the coronavirus outbreak.
In the end, all of these reopening plans depend on if Governor Gretchen Whitmer moves certain regions forward or backward in the MI Safe Start Plan. If a region is moved back into phase three or worse, all students will switch to remove learning.
