April 14, 2020
Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Fairfax County School Board Member-at-Large: FCPS' design of its distance learning plan focused on being as equitable and flexible as possible in these unprecedented times, with a realization that some students would have greater access to technology and support than others. FCPS high school students were given 1:1 devices at the beginning of the school year, with middle school planned for next year... FCPS has been handing out as many additional laptops as we can. As of April 10, we have handed out 13,422 laptops... However, many families are now discovering a greater need for access to technology with parents working at home and multiple children needing to access online learning...FCPS took this into account in our design of our online learning program... Therefore we created and will be mailing weekly learning packets to all students in kindergarten to eighth grade, with an opt out feature that allows parents to print these packets at home...We know that distance learning cannot fully replace in person teaching and know that we will need to provide remediation and additional supports when schools reopen. We are already discussing what those supports and remediation may look like.
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