Pittsburgh Public Schools may move to hybrid model in November

"My daughter and I discussed it and we thought it would be too much of an inconsistency of going to school and bringing them back and back and forth and if someone contracts it with the school, then its like you're back to virtual learning," said Moore.

"My daughter and I discussed it and we thought it would be too much of an inconsistency of going to school and bringing them back and back and forth and if someone contracts it with the school, then its like you're back to virtual learning," said Moore.

WOULDN’T BE RIGHT FOR THEM. MARCIE: THE VIRTUAL MEETING, WHICH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IS A CHANCE FOR FAMILIES TO TALK ABOUT SENDING THEIR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL IN A HYBRID MODEL. THEN, ON WEDNESDAY, THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE FOR SOME. LEON MOORE: WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH OF AN INCONSISTENCY. MARCIE: FOR 4TH GRADER DAVID, AND HIS SISTER LOANE, WHO IS IN 5TH, HYBRID LEARNING ISN’T SOMETHING THEY WILL CONSIDER. LEON MOORE: IT’S WORKING OUT. WE HAVE A SCHEDULE EVERY DAY. MARCIE: THEIR GRANDFATHER, LEON MOORE, SAYS VIRTUAL LEARNING HAS BEEN WORKING WELL. HE’S HOME WITH THEM DURING THEIR SCHOOL DAY AND HAS CREATED SPACE AND PRIVACY FOR EACH WHILE HELPING THEM TO FOCUS. LEON MOORE: I HAVE A LOCK UP PLACE WHERE I PUT THEIR CELLPHONES. IT IS A TIMER, AND IT DOES NOT GO OFF UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL. SO THEY DON’T GET PHONES AT ALL. SO IT’S A LOT MORE REGIMENTED AND STRUCTURED THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. MARCIE: LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WHEN WE FIRST MET MOORE, HE WAS FRUSTRATED WITH THE DISTRICT’S AT HOME LEARNING. THE KIDS WERE USING PACKETS, BUT WITH THE LAPTOPS, PITTSBURGH -- BUT WITH THE LAPTOPS PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS HANDED OUT, MOORE SAYS DAVID AND SLOANE ARE LEARNING WELL. AND WILL STAY HERE, AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE, FOR NOW. HE SAYS THEY WILL GO BACK TO SCHOOL WHEN THE BUILDINGS OPEN FOR FULL IN-PERSON LEARNING. LEON MOORE: BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT SCHOOL SETTING, THAT STRUCTURED SETTING. BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, 2020 HAS BEEN NUTS FOR EVERYONE. SO TO GET SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY NORMALCY BACK FOR THEM, SCHOOLING-WISE, WE THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST FOR THEM. MARCIE: BUT A DISCUSSION IS UNDERWAY NOW TO ALLOW THOSE WHO CHOSE TO COME BACK HYBRID FIRST TO DO SO NEXT MONTH. THE MEETING IS BEING LIVESTREAMED RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE A LINK FOR YOU TO LISTEN IN

Pittsburgh Public Schools may move to hybrid model in November

A virtual public meeting at 6 p.m. Monday will include discussion on the Pittsburgh Public Schools District possibly moving from fully online to a hybrid model, as an option for families, in November.The board will vote on Wednesday on whether the superintendent can allow that option.Leon Moore said his grandchildren will be among those who will choose to continue to learn fully online. "My daughter and I discussed it and we thought it would be too much of an inconsistency of going to school and bringing them back and back and forth and if someone contracts it with the school, then its like you're back to virtual learning," said Moore. Moore said he is able to stay home with his grandchildren, who are in fourth and fifth grade. "It's working out. We have a schedule every day," said Moore. "I have a lock up place where I put their cells phones, it has a timer and it doesn't go off until after school so they don't get phones at all, so it's a lot more regiment and structured than it was last year."Last school year Moore's grandchildren were using packets to complete their work. This school year Moore said the laptops the district has supplied are working well. He said his grandchildren miss their friends, but they feel it's best to wait to go back to school until the buildings open for full in-person learning."We want them to have that school setting, that structured setting, because obviously 2020 has been nuts for everyone," said Moore. "To get some sense of normalcy back for them schooling wise, we think that would be the best for them."If the district votes to allow students to chose a hybrid learning model, it will be in place Nov. 9.

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The board will vote on Wednesday on whether the superintendent can allow that option.

Leon Moore said his grandchildren will be among those who will choose to continue to learn fully online.

Moore said he is able to stay home with his grandchildren, who are in fourth and fifth grade.

"It's working out. We have a schedule every day," said Moore. "I have a lock up place where I put their cells phones, it has a timer and it doesn't go off until after school so they don't get phones at all, so it's a lot more regiment and structured than it was last year."

Last school year Moore's grandchildren were using packets to complete their work. This school year Moore said the laptops the district has supplied are working well.

He said his grandchildren miss their friends, but they feel it's best to wait to go back to school until the buildings open for full in-person learning.

"We want them to have that school setting, that structured setting, because obviously 2020 has been nuts for everyone," said Moore. "To get some sense of normalcy back for them schooling wise, we think that would be the best for them."

If the district votes to allow students to chose a hybrid learning model, it will be in place Nov. 9.

Pittsburgh Public Schools may move to hybrid model in November

"My daughter and I discussed it and we thought it would be too much of an inconsistency of going to school and bringing them back and back and forth and if someone contracts it with the school, then its like you're back to virtual learning," said Moore.

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