St. Tammany Parish Public Schools today announced an updated plan for the 2020-2021 school year beginning August 11th.
"At this time, the plan is for students enrolled in STPPS brick-and-mortar schools to begin the school year with students in grades Pre K-5 following the traditional learning model where they would attend school in person five days a week," Director of Communications Meredith Mendez said in a news release.
She explained that older students will split time in schools.
"Students in grades 6-12 would follow the hybrid model, which is a combination of distance learning and traditional in-person learning on the school campus. Under the hybrid model, students with a last name beginning with A-K would attend school for a full day in person Monday, Wednesday, and every other Friday. Students with a last name beginning with L-Z would attend school for a full day in person Tuesday, Thursday, and every other Friday."
She says the days they are not physically present in a school building, students will participate in required distance learning.
As of now, they plan to have 1/4 of students go to school for one day the week of August 11th.