Parents seem to think that they have almost 5 weeks to decide between full time in-class or remote learning. They also think they can flip back and forth over the fall.
Nope. Cut-off decision dates are about 15 days away. And you must commit for entire semester. (BTW, Quebec has no masking and no remote learning option at all. BC has no masking and is spending half per capita extra on Covid matters).
Principals are not expected to give school-specific details until 2 weeks before school (ie. After deadline).
Learning at home will be similar to spring with a bit more video learning. However, the teachers doing it will generally be older teachers who may be less tech savvy.
https://www.ocsb.ca/distance-learning-option-for-families-september-2020/
For staffing and planning purposes, we ask families who choose full-time distance learning as the September option to commit to three months (September – November) for elementary students and Semester 1 (September- January) for high school students.
and…
https://www.facebook.com/notes/ottawa-catholic-schools-ocsb/update-on-return-to-school-july-9-2020/3211259588930929/?comment_id=3214685618588326
(after the choice deadline:)..
“Principals will provide an update to all parents and students two weeks before the start of the school year. They will outline school safety precautions and provide detailed information related to your child’s school”
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Ontario govt:
Pre-registration
Given the requirement to carefully assign students to classes, and to cohorts with alternating schedules, the typical ability of schools to accommodate late registrations will not be viable for the coming school year.
School boards maintain robust registration processes throughout the summer, although many students and families do register at the very beginning of the school year. This can lead to walk-in timetabling and irregular class sizes up until the September reorganization compliance date.
For the upcoming school year, the ministry will support firm cut-off dates for school registration, to support boards in achieving a safe and predictable school year start-up. Students and families seeking to register past these cut-off dates will have to wait to be assigned to a school, class and timetable.
Pre-registration would need to be widely communicated to parents for awareness and could require a declaration of whether parents wish in-school instruction or remote learning.
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CBC:
School boards are allowed to wait-list students and families who do not pre-register by a cut-off time established by the board. Boards will be able to offer these students and families remote learning until an appropriate class placement can be provided.
They can also set restrictions on the ability of students to transfer between remote learning and in class learning.
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