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The 112th Tennessee General Assembly convened on Tuesday and is gearing up for a Jan. 19 special session to focus on pandemic-related challenges for students, educators, and schools.
District officials said they expect money they will get from the latest federal relief package could be about four times higher than last time, or about $190 million.
SCS Superintendent Joris Ray and his counterparts in Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga appeared virtually for an hourlong panel discussion with members of the House Democratic Caucus ahead of this year’s legislative session.
During a November video call with his algebra teacher, the 14-year-old had a terrible realization: There was a tab he never clicked on, where his teachers had noted missing assignments. Jalan, typically an A student, had 73 assignments in seven classes that were overdue.
The grant is for a project at Belle Forest Community School.
Parents have made decisions about their children’s education for the new year, but a lot of the logistics are still up in the air. Related article: Tennessee school districts share staffing concerns
Officials say SCS won’t resume in-person learning until February as coronavirus cases continue to rise.
The contract amendment increases Joris Ray’s annual salary to $293,550, up 3% from $285,000.
A Shelby County Schools presentation to school board members this week provided the first systemwide look at student learning loss in the months since school buildings closed due to the coronavirus crisis.
Shelby County Schools identified $7.6 million in savings from switching to all virtual instruction since August to make the increases happen. They apply to all full-time and part-time employees, regardless of performance.
Students will still use laptops, tablets and headphones for in-school learning, in the same way they are learning in virtual school.
The board voted unanimously Tuesday to give the public notice that it would discuss and vote on amending the annual $285,000 contract sometime in November.
Parents will have an extra week to decide if their children will stay with virtual learning or return to school.
During a school board committee meeting, SCS Superintendent Joris Ray told board members that the timeline is dependent upon the data.
Joris Ray’s overall score was 4.13 out of 5, showing that he “completely met expectations” during the 2019-20 school year.
Gov. Bill Lee and Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn said the annual state tests, known as TNReady, will be administered as planned, but teachers and schools should be held harmless for the results.
Officials won’t identify where the employees work, while education association leadership says it’s too soon to discuss opening schools.
The threshold is not as strict as a demand from teacher protesters who called for keeping all classes online until the county reported no new coronavirus cases for 14 days.
After weeks of planning and device distributions, Shelby County Schools rings the bell for the first day of virtual school and will stay that way until further notice.
Dr. Joris Ray raises concerns over fair treatment in a letter to the state governing body for high school athletics.
Shelby County Schools will have more than 95,000 students online simultaneously when classes begin Aug. 31, Superintendent Joris Ray said. "We're going to learn from our mistakes and we're going to get better and better each and every day."
What Sheleah Harris did last week isn’t unheard of, but it’s also not the everyday occurrence.
Shelby County School Board gains one new member, with five board races on the ballot.
The pandemic presents everyone with unique and unprecedented options. No school district has ever decided such matters, and there may not be a “one-size-fits-all” direction to take in this.
Parents or guardians must pick up tablets or laptops on the designated days and times for their schools before online-only classes begin Aug. 30.