In order to provide a more stable and high-quality remote learning experience for students, the district will be enacting new requirements for learning that go beyond ISBE guidance, including ensuring every K-12 teacher and student will be engaged for the entirety of the school day, with students receiving real-time instruction every day. Enhanced Standards for Remote Learning and Digital Learning for All Students Only approximately 20 percent of African American and Latinx parents at both the high school and elementary school levels indicated they would plan to send their children to school, and the district is acting on that feedback to offer an improved remote learning experience for all students when the school year begins.
After reviewing the survey results as of August 1, tens of thousands of families (41 percent of elementary school parents and 38 percent of high school parents) indicated that they do not intend to send their children to school. Since releasing the preliminary reopening framework, the district received more than 87,000 unique survey responses from educators, parents, and students. Rather than waiting until the end of August, it was determined that the best course of action was making the announcement now so parents and families have ample time to plan. Based on this data, CDPH believes that COVID-19 transmission is trending in a direction where it would not be advisable to open our buildings on September 8. That rate, also based on a 7-day rolling average, was under 200 one month ago but has risen steadily since and was at an average of 273 on Tuesday, with several individual days of well over 300 cases reported. “This was a difficult decision and we very much hope to be able to move to a hybrid model for the next quarter as there is so much value to in-person learning.” Following the Guidance of Public Health Officialsįollowing steady and significant declines in COVID cases and deaths from the peak of the pandemic three months ago, Chicago has experienced increases in recent weeks in two important measures in particular: percent positivity (the percentage of COVID tests that have a positive result), which is approaching 5 percent based on a 7-day rolling average, and the daily case rate.
“While Chicago remains in a better place than many other regions of the country as far as containing the virus and these recent trends are very concerning,” said CDPH Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D.
We are making every possible effort to provide a high-quality remote learning experience in the fall, utilizing live, virtual instruction for every student, every day, and we are committed to ongoing engagement and communication with parents.” “I understand the uncertainty this pandemic has caused our parents, especially communities of color who have been disproportionately impacted. “As a district, we value parent feedback and we cannot overlook that a large percentage of parents have indicated they do not feel comfortable sending their students to school under a hybrid model for the start of the school year,” said CPS CEO Dr. Based on the feedback CPS has received from parents since the district’s preliminary reopening framework was released and due to public health trends in recent days, we are announcing the decision so schools and parents have as much time as possible to plan for the fall.
FEWER CHILDREN ARE SCHOOL REMOTELY IN UPDATE
The district had committed to providing parents with an update about whether or not it would pursue a hybrid learning model by the end of August at the latest. “As we build out this remote learning model and seek to establish a hybrid learning model in the second quarter, we will continue to support and collaborate with parents and school leaders to create safe, sustainable learning environments for our students.” “The decision to begin the 2020-2021 CPS school year remotely during the first quarter is rooted in public health data and the invaluable feedback we've received from parents and families,” said Mayor Lightfoot.
The district will implement remote learning through the first quarter and work with CDPH to determine if it is safe to open with a hybrid learning model in the second quarter, which begins on November 9. Chicago has seen an uptick in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks that has public health officials concerned about the implications for in-person learning. Lightfoot, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) today announced that the 2020-21 CPS school year will begin remotely on September 8 based on trends in public health data and survey results from parents which indicate that a large percentage of parents are not yet comfortable sending their children to school.
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