SCS students return to classrooms for first time in a year
Monday was the first day of in-person classes for Shelby County Schools.
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Monday was the first day of in-person classes for Shelby County Schools.
SCS teachers are preparing to be joined in their classrooms by students for the first time in nearly a year.
Joris Ray said he still supports the proposal to spend $5.6 million next school year on Educational Epiphany’s teacher training and take-home literacy flashcards for Memphis students, but he pulled a vote on the contract from this week’s school board meeting agenda.
Principal Barton Thorne called it “shocking and disappointing” to be removed for speaking to students about the First Amendment.
Shelby County Schools teachers received vaccines beginning Wednesday, just days before their students return to classrooms March 1.
SCS is requiring all in-school personnel to report to their school buildings, health concerns notwithstanding.
Just before schools are set to open next week, more than 6,000 Shelby County Schools employees will receive their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
On “Behind The Headlines,” SCS board chairwoman Miska Clay Bibbs also said she is hearing from a lot of parents who will opt to continue online classes for their children — so many that she says it is possible some schools may have more teachers than students.
When Shelby County Schools teachers got vaccinated after a surprise last-minute availability, Superintendent Joris Ray “took the opportunity to stand with” them.
After a late-night notification, teachers braved Monday’s weather to receive expiring doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
SCS students will begin to gradually return to campus beginning March 1, the district announced Friday, with older students coming back a week later.
This episode of “Behind the Headlines” is part of a series of shows on education during COVID.
Given what we actually know about COVID spread and what we should value, it’s never felt right to me that I could sit inside a restaurant dining room but my kids couldn’t sit inside a classroom.
Charter schools run by nonprofit organizations are allowed to make their own plans about reopening buildings. That means about a quarter of Memphis students attend public schools that are not obligated to follow Superintendent Joris Ray’s decision to continue all-virtual learning.
The resolution, approved Monday, Feb. 8, in a unanimous vote, isn’t binding on the state. But it calls on the state to move teachers up in the vaccination line as a condition for reopening the state’s largest school system.
The conversation on “Behind the Headlines” with three experts in education reveals the complexities in reopening schools and helping students catch up.
Dan Conaway: “Our kids, Memphis kids, our tomorrow, have to get back in classrooms. Today. Period. Every day they don’t is another day falling further behind.”
Gov. Bill Lee talked with SCS Superintendent Joris Ray about potentially returning children to classes by Feb. 15. Dozens of Tennessee counties have progressed to Phase 1b, which includes teachers in the vaccination priority list.
The state’s largest school system – Shelby County Schools – becomes the only school system in the state to have no in-person classes as Metro Nashville Schools resumes some in-person classes Thursday, Feb. 4.
Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray has stood firm with all-remote learning, and accuses state leaders of being out of touch with the needs of Memphis students, who are mostly Black and disproportionately affected by the deadly virus.
Some parents say the content filters on their SCS devices aren’t working and children can “Google anything under the sun.”
In an address to the Memphis Rotary Club, Dr. Jon McCullers gave a practical picture of the road ahead for Shelby County’s pandemic response in 2021.
Memphis students are struggling with material taught during virtual learning, a top Shelby County Schools official said, pointing to test results.
Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Beverly Robertson sent a letter to Shelby County Schools superintendent Joris Ray and the board to urge them to reopen Memphis area schools.
SCS students won’t go back to school on Feb. 8.