Greenville County Schools acknowledging and thanking the teachers throughout the district for their work so far during school shutdowns.
Since Governor McMaster ordered schools across the state to close on Sunday, teachers have done a lot to continue educating students and provide important school services to those who need it.
In a press release, GCS said their teachers have:
- Developed 10 days’ worth of instructional material for K-12 students while they’re at home
- Launched an eLearning website to provide important information to parents, teachers, and students with questions about eLearning
- Provided ongoing updates to families across all platforms
- Increased the strength of school Wi-Fi so students can access the district network from school parking lots (7-7)
- Worked with Charter Spectrum to open up public access points and remotely reconfigured student Chromebooks to automatically connect
- Created system to issue replacement Chromebooks when needed
- Made arrangements for pickup of items left in schools
- Obtained a waiver from USDA to operate Summer Feeding Program during COVID-19 shutdown
- Opened 15 feeding sites, then added 43 more to accommodate even more students
- Utilized school buses equipped with Wi-Fi to provide hotspots and meal deliveries for students
"At no time in modern history have we seen this many major accomplishments in such a short period of time," GCS Director of Media Relations Tim Waller said in the press release.
More work is still to come as long as schools remain closed.
