South Guilford News

The Guilford County Board of Education is looking into options that would allow it to reopen schools for in-person learning under Gov. Roy Cooper's hybrid learning model. 

Technically known as Plan B, the hybrid model would have a mix of remote and in-person learning with districts implementing social distancing, with a 50% capacity while following health and safety rules. Plan B would also have students learn at home three days a week and go to school two days a week. Groups would alternate to ensure all students could have in-person learning. 

Superintendent Sharon Contreras said in a July 14 district news release about the plan that students should have remote learning in the first five weeks of the 2020-21 school year, which follows Cooper's Plan A. 

In Plan A, all high school students would be subject to remote learning, while those with disabilities, learning English, are homeless or living in foster care would be able to attend in-person education, according to the press release. 

“We know there are no perfect answers and that each scenario has its advantages and disadvantages,” Contreras said in the press release. “We want to give students the best environment possible, whether that’s a blended model or one that provides different styles of instruction to students in different grade levels. Ultimately, we cannot compromise the health and safety of our students and staff.”