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New guidelines prompt changes to NP high schools’ fall seasons
By JAKE DREILINGER jake.dreilinger@nptelegraph.com The North Platte Public School District Twitter page posted a video from Jordan Cudney, the activities direc- tor, on Thursday to answer some questions about the up- coming season. The fall season for NSAA-affiliated schools NSAA allows first games to begin Aug. 27
begins on Monday. That’s when football teams are of- ficially allowed to practice. The first games are set to begin August 27. That much is known. What isn’t known, and what Cudney’s video is try- ing to clear up, is how this season is going to be differ- ent due to COVID-19. The first thing he said was that athletes are being asked to wear masks. “The biggest why is to pro- tect our student athletes, but even on a bigger picture, pro- tect our teams from getting shut down,” Cudney said in
the video. “One of the big- gest guidances that we’ve received from West Central as well as Great Plains is we can protect teams from get- ting shut down if we can have athletes in masks when they can’t maintain that six feet of social distancing.” Cudney’s message covers a few of the recommendations made by the latest NSAA guidelines that were released on Tuesday. North Platte High School and St. Patrick’s High School are making use of these guidelines as the
Telegraph file photo New guidelines from the NSAA mean changes for North Platte high schools when it comes to fall sports. Football prac- tice can start Monday, according to recent NSAA guidance.
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mote learning for nine weeks.” At the end of the first nine weeks, the student then will choose ei- ther to continue remote learning or to return to the classroom. High school students will have the same schedule for remote learning as if they were attending in person. “That will be monitored by our administrators, coun- selors and also the classroom teachers,” Carlson said. Other classes will be strictly Google Classroom courses, such as college algebra. “That’s already on- line,” Carlson said. “We’ve had a number of teachers over the years upload their con- tent already to Google Classroom.” Students who take science classes have a new curriculum so they can complete their labs virtually in the on- line platform. “All of our elective classes at the second- ary level will also have
Google Classroom so students will still be expected to com- plete their formative and summative work,” Carlson said, “wheth- er they’re in art class or physical education or whether they are in math, science or social studies.” She said expectations don’t lessen because the student chooses to go remote. “The expectation re- mains the same because all the way through high school we need to keep the student on track to graduate,” Carlson said. Some aspects of re- mote learning will be limited. “The reality (at the elementary level) for those choosing to go to remote learning is that they are just go- ing to miss out on (the hands-on experience),” Benjamin said. “It’s un- reasonable to think a kid can sit on Zoom for five hours and watch it, so we are only pro- viding reading, writing and math to be filmed.”
need during the school day,” Benjamin said. But students need to contact their teacher during school hours. “Teachers shouldn’t be expected to have to work from 5 to 8 o’clock at night,” Benjamin said, “because that’s not part of the contract hours.” At the secondary level, teachers are be- ginning the year with hybrid learning. “All students, wheth- er in the classroom or online, will have access to the teacher through Google Classroom,” Carlson said. In all grade levels, Carlson said, students who elect to go with re- mote learning at the beginning of the year will be making the de- cision by term. “Students won’t be floating in and out,” Carlson said. “If they made the decision to do remote learning, then they will stay in re-
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