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Updated 04/20/2021
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Update 04/19/2021 Regardin g BESD's High School Reopening Plan:
Beginning on Monday, May 3rd, students in grades K-6 will attend in-person four days per week - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. The schedule w ill remain 9:00am - 2:15pm. Wednesdays will remain a day for social-emotion al virtual check-ins, asynchronous learning, and deep cleaning of facilitie s. Another schedule change - in a year that has already seen so many change s - may be difficult; however, students will undoubtedly benefit over the f inal six weeks of the school year. Increased in-person learning will better support students' social emotional well-being and academic development. Th is change will reduce the amount of asynchronous learning expectations and afford more opportunities for enrichment, academic recovery, and increased student engagement. Additional information will be communicated by your chi ld's school in the coming week.
Students in grades 7-12 will remain i n hybrid learning for the duration of the 2020-2021 school year. There will be no change to the daily start and end times. While we explored options f or increasing the in-person days for our middle grade and high school stude nts as well, the difficulties of physical distancing with limited classroom capacity, scheduling constraints, cohorting, and safely managing student l unches are challenging with large groups of older students at this time.
READ MO RE ON THE BESD WEBSITE...
Update 02/21/2021 Regarding BESD's High School Reopening Plan:
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
B- ESD Families,
This week we welcome back students in grades 6-8 for in -person, hybrid learning. We are now serving students from Pre-K through 8t h grade with learning experiences in-person with our amazing B-ESD teachers . We continue to keep students and staff safe by following the recommended health and safety guidance, wearing masks and other personal protective equ ipment, maintaining physical distancing, and conducting regular health scre enings. It is so wonderful to have students back in buildings.
We are excited to continue the work of developing a schedule and timeline for re- opening in- person learning for our high school students. Last night, our S chool Board offered their support for bringing our 9-12 students back for h ybrid, in-person learning on Tuesday, April 13th. Thi s allows the high school staff to continue planning, address any schedule m odifications, and avoids disrupting the current quarter. This date also ali gns with the start of 4th quarter classes for students. Additionally, the h igh school plans to bring 9th grade students onto campus in late March for an orientation. While we will share specific details once they are availabl e, we know that cohort sizes will be kept small and within Department of He alth guidelines. Like the younger students, high schoolers will complete he alth screenings, practice physical distancing, and wear cloth face covering s while at school. Classrooms will be structured to accommodate physical di stancing and maximize the use of space between student desks.
If fami lies choose to opt students out of in-person learning, we will continue to offer a fully remote, home-based learning model. Families will receive a su rvey within the next day that will provide us valuable information to help us refine our reopening plan. Please complete this survey by Friday, Februa ry 26th.
While we monitor local health updates daily and regularly co llaborate with our partners at Skagit Public Health, we remain encouraged t hat data continue to show that, with reasonable health and safety precautio ns, schools are not driving virus transmission.
Thank you for your co ntinued partnership and support for B-ESD schools. With appreciation,
Laurel W. Browning, Superintendent
December 21, 2020
Dear B-ESD Families,
As students and teachers begin Winter Break and look forward to the
holidays, I want to provide an update on the latest information from the Sk
agit Public Health and what it means for us in the Burlington-Edison School
District.
As I am sure you know, the virus rate in Skagit Coun
ty remains high. Recently, Governor Inslee extended his restrictions on man
y Washington businesses and activities through January 4th. He also updated
the state recommendations and the decision tree for reopening schools to i
n-person learning. Thanks to the diligence of our Burlington-Edison staff,
we still have had no evidence of virus transmission in our schools. We know
that a few of our students and staff have contracted the virus, but "no tr
ansmission in our schools" means that they did not get the virus at school,
nor did they pass it to anyone else at school.
Looking forward
to January, our goal is to bring back students in grades K-5 for in-person
learning in a hybrid model. We will begin January with remote learning for
all students, planning to keep the majority of students in remote, Home-ba
sed Learning for at least two weeks after the winter break. We will resume
on-site services for students currently receiving in-person special service
s and for students accessing Learning Hubs on January 11th. Based on the su
rvey data we received from K-5 families, we have created a reopening plan.
In concert with Skagit Public Health, the school board will review local he
alth data and the impact of the holidays, process the updated decision tree
, and make a determination as to the exact date in January that K-5 student
s will return for in-person learning.
When we do resume hybrid
learning, we will continue to follow all of the recommended safety precauti
ons, which include regular screening of both staff and students, wearing ma
sks and other PPE, maintaining physical distance, cohorting and avoiding la
rge groups.
We are encouraged that the data continues to show t
hat, with reasonable health and safety precautions, schools are not driving
virus transmission. When the pandemic began, we were afraid they would. Ho
wever, the science has not played out that way. Small outbreaks (defined as
just two or three people transmitting the virus to one another) have occur
red in some schools across the nation; although, as we have reported, not i
n any Burlington-Edison schools to date. And large outbreaks have been unco
mmon in all schools where safety measures are in place. Our protocols work;
our families and staff are doing an excellent job implementing them; and,
as a result, we are successfully minimizing risks.
I appreciate
all of your flexibility, patience, and partnership throughout this uniquel
y challenging school year. I continue to encourage everyone to follow the h
ealth guidelines and hope that you and your family have a safe and happy ho
liday.
With appreciation,
Laurel W. Browning
Superin
tendent, B-ESD
B-ESD Website: https://www.be.wednet.edu/
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Update 10 /20/2020 Regarding Delaying the Return of Grades 3 & 4 to In-Person Lea rning:
October 20, 2020
Dear B-ESD Families ,
This week we welcomed back many of our Kindergarten, 1st and
2nd grade students to in-person, hybrid learning. Teachers, administrators,
and support staff across the Burlington-Edison School District are working
hard to ensure a welcoming, smoothly operating, and safe learning environm
ent for students. It is such a welcome sight to see students in classrooms
learning and following the health and safety processes so well.
Addit ionally, our remote home-based learning model continues to flourish. We see high levels of daily student engagement and innovative instruction from ou r teachers. Instructional staff work hard each day to engage students and m ake learning fun and exciting. With both the home-based learning model and the in-person hybrid learning model, we remain so grateful for your continu ed partnership and support for your child's learning.
While we are ha ppy to welcome back many of our K-2 students for in-person hybrid Learning, we also continue to closely watch the health metrics in the Skagit County region. We had tentatively planned to bring back grades 3 and 4 on November 9th, however, we plan to delay this a few weeks to continue t o monitor the local health developments. It is important that regional health data are stable and remain in the moderate range before we bring more students into our buildings. We will share a return date for in -person hybrid learning for grades 3 and 4 as soon as it is available. To h elp inform our planning, we will send a survey out to parents of students i n grades 3 and 4 today. This survey will be open for a week and will help t o shape our processes moving forward. If you have a 3rd or 4thgrade student, please check your email for a link to the surv ey.
In the coming weeks, we will share additional updates and informa tion via email, our website (www.be.wed net.edu) and social media channels. Please contact 360-757-3311 or emai l This email address is being protected fro m spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for additional information. Again, we are so grateful for your flexibi lity and understanding and ongoing support of the Burlington-Edison School District.
Please continue to be well,
Laurel W. Browning Superi ntendent, B-ESD
B-ESD's Home B ased Learning Resources for Parents: https://www.be.wednet.edu/fa milycommunity/parents
B-ESD's Home Based Learning Guide: https://bit.ly /31jTECI
The Burlington-Edison School District plans to present a remote home-based learning plan for beginning the school year to their boa rd on Monday, August 3rd.
You can read the letter from B-ESD Superint endent, Laurel Browning here: http:// ow.ly/pgVt50ALL2O
The plan will include: