Schools Choose Different Strategies for Learning
Neighborhood schools are making decisions across the map when it comes to when and how they will hold classes this fall in response to Covid-19. A rundown:
- Great River School: Classes at the charter school begin Sept. 8 for Grades 1-12. Initially, all instruction will be through distance learning.
- Higher Ground Academy: The upper grade campus of this charter school will open Aug. 26 with a hybrid model limiting classroom capacity to 50 percent.
- Hmong College Prep Academy: Classes at this K-12 charter school begin Sept. 8 with 100 percent distance learning.
- Humphrey Job Corps Center: The training center for teens and young adults does have some students on campus, but it has not received permission from the U.S. Labor Department to resume classes.
- Maternity of Mary-St. Andrew: Classes at this private preschool and elementary school begin Sept. 8. All instruction takes place in the classroom.
- Metro Deaf School: Classes begin Aug. 31 at this K-12 charter school. Elementary students will spend two days a week in the classroom, three days a week in distance learning. With some exceptions, high school students will rely entirely on distance learning.
- Metropolitan State University: The fall semester begins Aug. 22. The Midway campus on Energy Park Drive is open to students, though most classes will be a blend of online and in-person learning.
- Midway Star Academy: Classes at this elementary charter school begin Aug. 26. The school will use a hybrid model in which pupils receive classroom instruction two-three days a week, and distance instruction on the other days.
- Minnesota Connections Academy: Classes begin Sept. 8 at this K-12 charter school. It’s situation normal, because the school has always been exclusively online.
- Saint Paul Public Schools: City schools in District 10 – Chelsea Heights Elementary, Como Park Elementary, and Como Park Senior High – begin Sept. 8 with 100 percent distance learning.
- Twin Cities German Immersion School: Classes begin Sept. 8 with a hybrid model, based on family preference. Families can choose 100 percent distance learning. Or they can choose to send their children for classroom instruction two full days a week, mixed with distance learning the other days. No more than half the children attending in-person would be in the building on any given day.