Parents, teachers react to CCSD reopening proposal

Parents, teachers react to CCSD reopening proposal

More questions than answers.

Many teachers and parents are not happy with the proposed reopening plan for CCSD schools.

Jeremy Chen reports.

13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER....JEREMY CHEN...THEY WANT A BETTER PLAN.....THAN WHAT'S ON.... THE TABLE.CONFUSION AND UNCERTAINTY ARETWO WORDS THAT DESCRIBE THEFEELINGS OF MANY PARENTS ANDTEACHERS ABOUT C-C-S-D'SPROPOSED REOPENING PLAN-THEY'RE MAKING THEIR FEELINGSKNOWN."IF THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKETHAT RISK OF GOING TWO DAYS AWEEK, WHY NOT TAKE THE RISK ANDGO MORE." MELISSA LEE WANTS TOSEE HER TWO KIDS GO BACK TOSCHOOL AND LEARN IN ACLASSROOM.UNDER THE PROPOSED REOPENINGPLAN-HER KIDS WOULD BE ONCAMPUS FOR TWO DAYS A WEEK ANDDO ONLINE LEARNING FROM THEIRHOME FOR THE THREE OTHER DAYS.SHE SAYS DISTANCE LEARNING HASBEEN DIFFICULT FOR HER AS APARENT-BUT WHAT SHE WANTS MOSTLEARNING.OUR CHILDREN NEED A REAL LIFE."OUR CHILDREN NEED LEARNING.OUR CHILDREN NEED A REAL LIFE."THE "BLENDED LEARNING" PLAN-MEANS CHALLENGES FORKINDERGARTEN TEACHERS LIKEKRISTAN NIGRO.SHE'S NOT SURE IF SHE'LL HAVETHE USUAL BREAKTHROUGH WITH HERYOUNG STUDENTS-WITHOUT CONSTANTHANDS-ON LEARNING."IT'S GOING TO BE VERYDIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDSWHO HAVE NEVER HAD ANY TYPE OFSCHOOL EXPERIENCE." SHE'S ALSOTHINKING ABOUT THE HEALTH OFHER STUDENTS AND FELLOWTEACHERS."LET'S SAY ONE OF OUR STUDENTSGETS SICK, OR I GET SICK, THENWHAT DO WE DO?

DO WE GO ONQUARANTINE, AND THEN WE STILLCONTINUE TO TEACH?

THERE'S JUSTSO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS."C-C-S-D SUPERINTENDENT JESUSJARA SAYS THE MAJORITY OFTEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTSSURVEYED WANTED IN-PERSONLEARNING-AND THE PROPOSED PLANWAS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT."IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TOFIND WAYS TO PROVIDE SOME KINDOF INSTRUCTION AT THIS POINT,FOLLOWING THE HEALTH GUIDELINESTHAT HAVE BEEN SET IN THE STATEOF NEVADA." LEE SAYS SHE ANDOTHER PARENTS WANT TO MAKEYOU NEED."THE C-C-S-D BOARD OF TRUSTEESWILL BE DISCUSSING BUT NOTVOTING ON THE PROPOSED PLANWHEN IT'S FORMALLY PRESENTED ATTHURSDAY'S SCHOOL BOARDMEETING.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.PROTECTED.....