Decorah School District issued updated version of its "Return to Learn" plan

Posted: Fri, Aug 7, 2020 4:41 PM

The Decorah School District has released version 2.0 of its "Return to Learn" plan.

The plan calls for use of a Hybrid Learning Model for the first five weeks of the school year, August 24th through September 25th. If conditions allow, the school district will transition to full on-site learning for all students every day starting Monday, September 28th.

The full version 2.0 can be read here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zG2_oSupwmh5KDo1sD2tzw3tqvLKhdId/view

In the Hybrid Learning Model, the student body is divided in half, and each group will attend on-site learning on certain days and engage in remote continuous learning other days. Student groups are as follows:

Red Group
•   Half of each grade level, kindergarten through 8th grade, and freshmen and sophomores
•   Attend on-site learning Monday and Tuesday, and every other Wednesday
•   Participate in remote continuous learning during the weekdays they are not on-site

Red Group On-Site Learning Days
•   Week One: Monday, August 24; Tuesday, August 25; Wednesday, August 26
•   Week Two: Monday, August 31; Tuesday, September 1
•   Week Three: Tuesday, September 8; Wednesday, September 9
•   Week Four: Monday, September 14; Tuesday, September 15
•   Week Five: Monday, September 21; Tuesday, September 22; Wednesday, September 23

Blue Group
•   Half of each grade level, kindergarten through 8th grade, and juniors and seniors
•   Attend on-site learning Thursday and Friday, and every other Wednesday
•   Participate in remote continuous learning during the weekdays they are not on-site

Blue Group On-Site Learning Days
•   Week One: Thursday, August 27; Friday August 28
•   Week Two: Wednesday, September 2; Thursday, September 3; Friday, September 4
•   Week Three: Thursday, September 10; Friday, September 11
•   Week Four: Wednesday, September 16; Thursday, September 17; Friday, September 18
•   Week Five: Thursday, September 24; Friday, September 25

School is not in session for either group on Labor Day, Monday, September 7th.

In certain circumstances, a student may be required to attend on-site learning daily. This might be due to a student's Individual Education Plan or because of unique requirements of a concurrent enrollment course. Principals and teachers will work with the families of students attending daily on a case-by-case basis to finalize those plans.

Red and Blue Group assignments are completed for students in kindergarten through 8th grade and can be found in the PowerSchool Parent Portal. All freshmen and sophomores are in the Red Group, and all juniors and seniors are in the Blue Group. This is not listed in PowerSchool.

To find their child's Red/Blue Group assignment, parents and guardians should follow these steps:
1.   Log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal
2.   In the left navigation bar find and click "Other Information"
3.   Find your child's Red or Blue Group assignment

Parents and guardians who wish to make a color group change request should send an email to their child's principal requesting the change, providing the reason for the request. The District will do their best to honor group change requests, but not all changes may be possible. Any change request must be received by their child's principal by the end-of-business Friday, August 14th.

Student bus assignments will be released on Thursday, August 20th. Those bus assignments will be accessible on the "Other Information" page in the PowerSchool Parent Portal as well. A notice will be sent when access to the bus information is available.