Putnam School System Out Of Snow Days
The Putnam County School System will use its last snow day Thursday. Director of Schools Corby King said a continuous learning plan was created at the start of the school year. King said k-12 students would use virtual learning days when all 13 snow days are used. “The big impact for families and for students […]
Putnam School System Exploring Long-Term Virtual Learning
The Putnam County School system is exploring options to expand long-term virtual learning to lower grades. Personalized Learning Supervisor Sam Brooks said the plan would extend the virtual learning from the current 7-12, to begin at grade 3. “We would like to use the curriculum that we’re already using in the Putnam County School System,” […]
Tech President Sees Campus Protocol Leading To Successful Spring
Tennessee Tech President Phil Oldham said he’s seeing the campus get off to a more active start than in the Fall. Oldham said he’s pleased to see students continuing to follow COVID guidelines, even noticing more students wearing masks outside on campus. “Through all that hard work we’ve been able to keep our case counts […]
Clay County BOE Approves Third-Party Virtual Learning
The Clay County Board of Education unanimously approved a plan to hand off virtual learning to a third-party company for the 2021-2022 school year. Director of Schools Matt Eldridge said they’ve spent the last month assessing cost and effectiveness and agreed Edgenuity was the most cost-effective route. Elrdridge said there has been outreach to gauge […]
State Gives Funding to WCTE For Educational Programming Partnership
WCTE is one of six recipients for $1 million in funding from the Tennessee Department of Education. President Becky Magura said the Department of Education reached out in March to see how PBS could help get educational programming over the air during the pandemic. However, Magura said the plan is to keep this going, by […]
Meeting Special Education Needs During Pandemic
Putnam County School’s Special Education Director Sheri Roberson said she feels the first semester went as well as it could given the circumstances. Roberson said at this point in the school year a majority of her students have gone back to in-person learning. Roberson said her department was equipped for virtual learning, but the challenge […]
Clay BOE Exploring Virtual Options For 21-22
The Clay County Board of Education is considering using a third party virtual learning provider for the 2021-2022 school year. If approved, students that choose virtual learning will be taught by licensed teachers employed through Edgenuity. Director of Schools Matt Eldridge said he thinks the program is needed as teachers have became overwhelmed with teaching […]
Pickett Schools to Finish Fall Semester with Hybrid Learning
Pickett County Schools will use a hybrid learning model for all students until school starts back January 4. Currently, Preschool through 4th grade is learning in-person and 5th through 12th grade are fully remote. Pickett County School Director Diane Elder said staffing forced this decision, and she currently has nine COVID positive employees. Elder said […]
Warren County Deadline for Virtual Learning Thursday
Warren County Parents have until 3:00 PM Thursday to enroll their kids in full-time virtual learning for the spring. Director of Schools Grant Swallows said this deadline is necessary so that staffing decisions can be made for the Spring Semester. Swallows said there are 740 students currently learning virtually, and offering this option in the […]
Putnam Makes No Changes To Remote Learning Plan
The Putnam County Schools will not make any changes to its remote learning plan for the spring. That means students cannot change from in-person to virtual learning. Any of the 1,230 students currently working virtually have one chance to go back to in-person learning. After that decision, they will remain in-school for the rest of […]
