Cobb schools to start Monday-Thursday digital learning schedule

The return from “spring break” will come with a new digital learning schedule for Cobb County School District students starting on Monday.

For the rest of the school year, they’ll be on a Monday-Thursday schedule, with Friday set aside for catching up on homework, reviewing student progress and more.

“No new work or assignments will be presented to students on Fridays,” the district announced Friday morning:

“We have been actively listening to the experiences of our students, parents, and teachers. In an environment that has changed much in our day-to-day lives, we have heard many examples of an entire community that is supporting learning in exciting, creative ways. We are also committed to listening and learning from those experiences so student learning can best continue for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year.”

After in-person classes were cancelled for the rest of the year in Georgia public schools by Gov. Brian Kemp, Cobb schools issued academic guidance that includes pass/fail grading for students in K-8, and gives students the choice of accepting their grades as of March 13 (when schools closed) or continuing through the end of the school year.

Students on track to graduate as of March 13 also will be given credit for courses for which they were enrolled on or before that date.

Earlier this week, Georgia school superintendent Richard Woods announced that there will be no further mandated testing for the rest of the school year, including Milestones. There also will not be a 2020 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), the state’s baseline educational accountability measure.

The Cobb school district said it was exploring options on having some kind of graduation observance, but thus far hasn’t indicated anything beyond that.

Five full weeks of school remain, with the last day of classes on May 20.

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