For public schools students, classroom lessons continue

Parents line up at Kosciuszko Middle School to receive Chromebooks for their children. The school year will finish with at-home online lessons for students.

 

By Charles Sercombe
School may be out, but class lessons will continue for the remainder of the school year.
This past week, the Hamtramck Public School District handed out Chromebook laptops at all of the schools.
Each household that has one or more students received just one laptop – all at no cost to parents. The Chromebooks will have to be returned once schools re-open.
Face-to-face schooling was canceled for the year by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The United States has the highest number of COVID-19 cases than any other nation.
Michigan had the third highest cases in the country, but has slipped down to having the seventh highest cases with almost 33,000 cases.
In a notice Public Schools Superintendent Jaleelah Ahmed distributed to parents, she said:
“HPS will loan Chromebooks to the families during the week of April 20th. We are looking forward to a full implementation of the online learning on April 27th.
“Each school will share communication about their specific plans on their technology distribution plans. At this time, we are seeking to distribute one Chromebook to each household. Once we have ensured that all households have one Chromebook, we will work with families that request an additional Chromebook.”
For those who missed the distribution, call your student’s school.
Posted April 24, 2020

3 Responses to For public schools students, classroom lessons continue

  1. Roadman

    May 6, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    Zoom-assisted videconferened classes are being held throughout Michigan and may be the wave of the future even after the COVID_19 wave is over.

  2. Resident

    May 7, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    There is hardly any substitute for classroom learning, especially for elementary and middle school students. Video-conferenced classes are noble effort to keep the students engaged, but these are not enough to make up for face to face learning.

    -Resident

  3. Nasr Hussain

    May 8, 2020 at 12:36 pm

    @Roadman
    While our school leaders want to raise taxes and build more buildings.

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