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After two weeks of reviews, teachers are now presenting new material in their Google Classrooms, taking attendance, tracking participation and grading assignments.
Superintendent William Hite says students learning online shouldn't be punished for circumstances beyond their control.
"We don't want it to be punitive. We actually want it, as best we can, it to help young people," Hite said.
The grades given won't bring down a student's final average.
"We are beginning a phase of distributing mobile hotspots. Those mobile hotspots cost as much as the machines do, and so we don't have the ability to purchase those for every child," Hite said.
He says some schools have distributed the laptops to all of their students, and others to as little as three percent. The average, he says, is 71 percent. He says the district still has students and families that for whatever reason, they just haven't located during the coronavirus closure.