There are 6 article(s) tagged virtual classes:

• August 2021

  • Sexton wants special session if schools close, require masks

    Tennessee Speaker Cameron Sexton will ask Gov. Bill Lee for a special session if districts close or require masks. Shelby County Schools is requiring masks for students and staff.

    By Abigail Warren August 03, 2021

• February 2021

  • Collierville Virtual Academy could become district’s 10th school

    Collierville Virtual Academy – its 100% virtual learning method – could be the district’s 10th school.

    By Abigail Warren February 25, 2021

  • Chamber president seeks return to classes for SCS

    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.

    By Clay Bailey, Linda A. Moore February 02, 2021

• August 2020

  • Memphis charter network looks back on a week of virtual learning

    Frayser Community Schools decided this summer to start the year with all-virtual classes due to increasing COVID-19 cases in Shelby County over the past several months. 

    By Omer Yusuf August 14, 2020

• July 2020

  • Calkins: The Golf and Games melee should worry us all (but not for the reasons you think)

    The melee at Golf and Games is the kind of thing that can happen when kids don't have enough structure and supervision. Now that Shelby County Schools has decided to start out all-virtual, what does that mean for the broader community?

     

    By Geoff Calkins July 28, 2020

  • Parents need to unite, make schooling work

    The district will provide devices for families who need them, but families are responsible for supervising and troubleshooting online learning. Parents must work together to weather this disruption in education, writes SCS mom Heidi Kupke.

    By Heidi Rupke July 13, 2020