NKC schools adjust to new learning process

THE BIG THREE SCHOOLDISTRICTS IN KANSAS JUSTSTARTED THEIRCONTINUOUS LEARNINGPLANS -- BUT FORDISTRICTS LIKE NORTHKANSAS CITY THEYALREADY HAVE ONE WEEKIN.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER RAE DANIEL ISLIVE WITH MORE ON HOWLESSON PLANS AREGOING.RAE??THIS IS DEFINITELYLEARNING AS YOU GO ASTHIS NEW METHOD IS NEWTO EVERYONE - IT IS AVIRTUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNOWWHEN THE DISTRICTKICKED OFF ONLINELEARNING LAST WEEK,SCHOOL LEADERS SAID ITWENT PRETTY SMOOTH.NO MAJOR TECHNICALDIFFICULTIES.ONE OF THECHALLENEGES THEY HAVERUN INTO IS SEEING HOWMUCH TIME IT TAKES TOCOMPLETE WORKASSIGNMENTS - BECAUSEIN A VIRTUAL SETTING,it"s very different."Chad Sutton, NKC SchoolsDeputy Superintendent-AcademicsSOTSometimes assignments don'ttake as long, sometimesassignments take a littlelonger.

So we sent a surveyback to our parents to seehow much time our kids werespending on virtual learning -so we're going to use that tostart making someadjustmentsON TOP OF THE BASICNEEDS LIKE EDUCATIONAND FOOD DELIVERIES,THEYRE NOW WORKINGHOW CAN THESESTUDENTS DEVELOPFRIENDSHIPS AND THESOCIALIZATION ASPECTTHAT YOU SEE IN A FACETO FACE TO FACEENVIRONMENT.SOC