BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Some Maryland faculty methods are again within the constructing as of this week.
Frederick County and Queen Anne’s County college students are within the classroom Tuesday as the college methods start hybrid in-person studying.
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“It was an superior day. It was so good to have youngsters again within the constructing,” Daniel Enck, Principal of Frederick County Center College, stated.
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In Frederick County, the district stated the households of greater than half the scholars selected to ship their youngsters again, and there was a mixture of warning and pleasure.
“I feel there are at all times considerations, however I’ve been tremendous proud with Frederick County Public Colleges and every part,” Enck stated. “We spent the previous weeks and months making ready for today.”
Districts have been grappling with the security of their college students and workers. They’ve invested in PPE and air filtration gadgets.
However issues have nonetheless popped up. Carroll County has been again within the buildings since final month, and so they’ve needed to cope with some circumstances of COVID-19 amongst workers and college students.
Each single district within the area has a plan to convey college students again to some type of in-person studying by March 1.
“Some are anxious concerning the security side,” Chrystie Crawford-Smick, President of the Harford County Training Affiliation, stated.
Though the CDC stated a vaccine isn’t essential for academics to re-enter the classroom, educators are nonetheless desperately looking for doses on-line.
“It nonetheless makes folks really feel safer to be round our colleagues in the event that they’re vaccinated,” Crawford-Smick stated.
In Baltimore County, academics are at school buildings on Tuesday to arrange to welcome again some college students on March 1.
Anne Arundel County will start hybrid studying on March 1 as properly.
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