Central Kitsap School District

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Last week, OSPI released a template for districts to use as we prepare to submit our reopening plans for the upcoming school year. This is a great tool as our five reopening work groups continue their planning efforts.  
 
Tonight, we shared our progress with the school board. Most importantly, we are now able to share additional details around each of our three options:  

1. Remote + In Person (Hybrid Model) – This model may begin as fully remote, based on current guidance from state and local health authorities. 

2. All Online (Pearson Connexus) 

3. K-8 CKSD Homeschool 

View our side-by-side comparison and details for each of these options below. 

While we are glad to share these new descriptions, we also know that there are still many unanswered questions. In particular, we are meeting with childcare providers to ensure our families have access to childcare.  

As we move forward with our planning efforts, we will continue to work closely with our state and local health agencies. The state Department of Health (DOH) released a new report last week. The report cautions that opening schools safely depends on continuing to reduce the amount of moving and gathering we do within our communities. According to DOH, working together to stop the spread of COVID-19 is "the only way we will be able to safely reopen schools in the fall.”

We will be in touch again following our next school board study session (August 5), which you are welcome to attend virtually. Or we will reach out sooner if we have new information to share. Thank you for your support. 

Learning Model Comparison

Download the Learning Model Comparison

Thank you for responding to our School Reopening Survey! The results are available now. Click here to take a look. As you’ll see, most families want their children back in schools for in-person instruction, and we’re working hard to make that happen. Many families also shared concerns about planning for childcare and other needs. We understand these concerns. As we plan for this fall, we’ll continue sharing details and updates so you can plan for this fall.

We are developing three options for families to consider:

1. Hybrid – This would allow students to receive as much in-person instruction as possible. Students would learn both in-person and online with a CKSD classroom teacher. It would feature a consistent schedule with specific expectations for instruction, online work, and teacher access/support. This model would function on a rotating basis, with students attending in person two days each week and learning online three days each week (about half our students would attend on each in-person day). We’ll provide more details about this option soon. In case of school closure, students would temporarily move to all-online instruction with Google Classroom, and no in-person instruction. In-person instruction would resume upon clearance from health authorities.
2. All Online (Pearson Connexus) – Students will complete 100% of their learning and assignments via Pearson Connexus, an online curriculum platform. A CKSD teacher will be assigned to each student. This home learning option will operate at the district level and will not be directly tied to an individual district school. Guardian support is necessary for younger students and highly recommended for older students.
3. Homeschool (Barker Creek Community School) – This learning option would be supported through our Barker Creek Community School with parent instruction, using traditional textbooks and resources provided by CKSD.

Our goal is to welcome as many students as possible back into our buildings this fall. The OSPI District Planning Guide provides specific strategies to help us achieve this goal with restrictions:

• Require cloth face coverings for staff and students.
• Check for signs of illness for all staff and students at entry each day.
• Practice physical distancing (six feet) within each group of students as much as possible, including spacing of desks.
• No field trips, assemblies, or other large gatherings.
• Cancel or modify classes where students are likely to be in very close contact.
• Limit nonessential visitors, including volunteers and mentors.
• Limit cross-school transfer for special programs.

We’ve been visiting each of our schools and reviewing our programs as we prepare to implement these strategies. As a result, the following actions will be suspended under the current pandemic:

After school activities
After school clubs
Indoor facility rentals
Outside groups
Pool use
School-wide parents meetings
Special performances
Tiny Trojans

We know you are eager to see our schools reopen again without these restrictions in place. We are, too! Until then, we will continue to comply with OSPI and Department of Health mandates in order to keep our students, staff, families, and community safe and healthy. 

We will share more about our plans for this fall after next week’s school board study session. To learn more about that meeting, please click here. Thank you for your continued support and understanding!