White County Director Of Schools Kurt Dronebarger said it’s important that the remainder of the school year not be considered a waste.
“We all know we can’t just let kids take off months and months and months of time for their own growth,” Dronebarger said. “It’s going to be difficult starting next year if if we’ve just stopped school in March. And so, you know, it’s just gonna be difficult for them to make up those gaps.”
“We’re trying to make sure we can put, you know, education books and learning in their hands as much as possible and encouraging parents to keep that fire burning.”
Dronebarger said his administrators have worked all week to put a plan in place for the post-spring break period. He said the system will have a preliminary plan Friday for educating students through April.
“Our initial plan and I’m sure it’ll have many bumps and holes and errors, and then we will we will just to get back and refine it,” Dronebarger said.
Despite the belief that everyone has internet capability and the devices to access it, Dronebarger said that’s not the case.
“it’s not as simple as going online,” Dronebarger said. “And even if we had that, you just really can’t teach kindergarten that way.”
Because of the subject matter and the 1-on-1 time needed, Dronebarger said students at the lower grade level may be the most at risk during the shutdown.
