.
. >>
. >> TODAY I'M 4@CALLING AND ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO
SUBMIT REOPENING PLANS TO G4@IV
PARENTS THE OPTION TO SEND
THEIR CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL
FIVE DAYS A
4@WEEK. OR PARENTS CAN CHOOSE TO KEEP
THEIR CHILDREN HOME AND RECEIVE
VIRTUAL
INSTRUCTIONS. >> GOVERNOR McMASTER'S REMARKS
TODAY 4@AND THE REOPENING OF
SC4@HOOLS IN THE 4@FALL HAVE LE
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HEADING
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AS A
FINALIZE
PLANS. AS YOU JUST 4@HEARD THE GOVERNO
SAID HE WANTS ALL PUBLIC
SCHOOLS TO OPEN THEIR DOORS BY
SEPTEMBER 8 TWO LOW IN PERSON
4@ LEARNING FOR STUDENTS HOWEVER
THE GOVERNOR 4@SAID PARENT SHOU
ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO HAVE
THE KIDS STAY HOME AND LEARN
4@
ONLINE. NEWS 19'S ALICIA NEAVES AND
LAUREN THOMAS SPENT THE DAY
CONTACTING OUR LOCAL
SCHOOLS. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
4@4@LAURE. LAUREN, WHAT DO THE DISTRICT
HAVE TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO THE
GOVERNOR'S
REMARKS? >> HE KNEW GOING INTO THIS WE
WO4@ULD NOT BE ABLE TO REACH AL
OF THE MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICTS
THAT WE KNOW THIS IS BEEN A
VERY FLUID SITUATION FOR THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE
4@ MIDLANDS BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS
THEY ARE TRYING TO FINALIZE THE
4@PLANS AND TRYING TO GET READY
FOR THE SCHOOL 4@YEAR AND WE GE
A CHANCE
TO. >>Don: SOME OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS4@ AND I GOT A CHANCE
SPEAK WITH DOCTOR WITHERSPOON
OF RICHLAND ONE WHO SAID THEY
REWORKING THEIR PLAN RIGHT
NOW. >> WE WILL LOOKING AT SEVERAL
DIFFERENT MODELS AND 4@SEVERAL
DIFFERENT NOT TH4@IS OR THIS OR
DIFFERENT MODELS AND 4@SEVERAL DIFFERENT NOT TH4@IS OR THIS OR@ THIS BUT COMBINATIONS, AGAIN
VIRTUAL BEING AN
OPTION. ALONG WITH HYBRID AND 4@POSSIBL
FOR EXAMPLE WITH SOME OF HER
SPECIAL 4@POPULATIONS MORE
TIME. SO WE WERE LOOKING THE VARIOUS
@ OPTIONS OR COMBINATIONS OF
OPTIONS
4@BEFORE. I CANNOT TELL YOU WE WERE 4@NOT
LOOKING AT A FULL EVERYONE FIVE
DAYS A WEEK AGAIN GIVEN THE
COMMUNITY SPREAD AND GIVEN THE
CONDITIONS HERE IN RICHLAND
COUNTY. SO AGAIN THAT IS 4@SOMETHING NE
THAT IS BEEN PUT OUT THERE
RIGHT
4@NOW. AND WE WILL HAVE TO EVALUATE
THAT. >> BRIDGE LOAN ONE ORIGINALLY
WANT TO START IN LATE AUGUST
BUT NOW THERE REWORKING THEIR
4@ PLANS AND THINKING ABOUT
STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 4@8 WHICH
IS THAT SUGGESTED DATE BY
GOVERNOR HENRY
McMASTER. AND WHEN IT COMES TO SUMMER
SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY ORIGINALLY
AND WHEN IT COMES TO SUMMER SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY ORIGINALLY@ HAD A PLAN THAT WAS FINALIZING
SAYING HAVEY WILL HAVE A
VIRTUAL MODEL WILL BE VIRTUAL
STARTING ON AUGUST
17. BUT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO REWORK THEIR PLANS AND THEY
SENT A STATEMENT SAYING THERE
ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT WE
HAVE NOT TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR
STUDENTS AND STAFF WHEN
DECISIONS ARE BEING
4@MADE. DIALOGUE IS CURRENTLY TAKING
PLACE REGARDING THIS MATTER
BECAUS4@E AGAIN WE HEARD FROM
GOVERNOR 4@McMASTER THE CITY
WANTS TO SEE THE STUDENTS
HAVING AN IN PERSON OPTION IN
FIVE DAY IN PERSON OPTION AS
WELL. I ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO HEAR
FROM LEXINGTON 4@TWO THEY SAY D
NOT RELEASED ANYTHING 4@YET BUT
THEY'RE PLANNING ON RELEASING A
PLAN AT THE END OF THE
WEEK. CLEARED IN ONE 4@GOT BACK TO ME
AND SAID THERE PLANNING ON
MAKING SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS
MOVING
FORWARD. I DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM
LEXINGTON ONE, FAIRFIELD
COUNTY, CLARENDON TWO OR LEE
COUNTY AT THIS TIME BUT 4@AGAIN
WE WERE NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR
FROM ALL OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TODAY BUT WHAT WE DO
KNOW IS THAT THEIR WEBSITES
HAVE BEEN 4@PROVIDING UPDATES F
FAMILIES AND WHAT THEY'RE
WORKING ON RIGHT 4@NOW WHICH AR
DIFFERENT MODELS WHETHER IN
4@ PERSON OR THE HIGH. 4@MODEL WHE
STUDENTS CAN BE TAUGHT
VIRTUALLY AND IN
PERSON. SO WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR
BACK FROM THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. ALICIA NEAVES, WHO DID YOU GET
@ A CHANCE TO TALK TO
TODAY? >> LET'S TALK WITH CLARENDON
4@
THREE. WE LEFT HIM A MESSAGE TODAY BUT
ON MONDAY WHEN WE REACHED OUT
TO THEM FOR A SIMILAR STORY WE
LEARNED THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS
OF DEVELOPING THEIR PLANS FOR
REOPENING 4@SCHOOLS AND THEY AR
IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING
THEM AS
WELL. WE WILL OF COURSE KEEP EVERYONE
UPDATED. NEXT UP KERSHA4@W COUNTY SCHOOL
AND THIS IS
INTERESTING. KERSHAW COUNTY SCHOOLS, THEIR
PLAN IS ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH
WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS
RECOMMENDING. THEY ARE GIVING FAMILIES THREE
LEARNING
OPTIONS. >> OPTION ONE IS KIND OF
TRADITIONAL BRICK-AND-MORTAR IN
>> OPTION ONE IS KIND OF TRADITIONAL BRICK-AND-MORTAR IN@ PERSON AND THE OTHER TWO
OPTIONS, OPTION TWO AND THREE
ARE BOTH VIRTUAL LEARNING AND
OPTI4@ON TWO WOULD BE IN REAL
TIME AND OPTION THREE IS MORE
OF AT YOUR OWN 4@PACE AND OPTIO
THREE APPEALS TO A FAM4@ILY MAY
WHOSE PARENTS WORK DURING THE
DAY BUT THEY WANT TO BE
4@ AVAILABLE WHEN THEIR STUDENTS
ARE GIVEN
LESSONS. >> IN A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
LAST NIGHT THE BOARD APPROVED
SEPTEMBER 8 START DATE TO GET
MORE TIME FOR PLANNING AND MORE
TIME TO PUT THOSE PLANS INTO
ACTION. NEXT UP LEXINGTON
THREE. THEY 4@DETAILED REOPENING PLAN
AND THAT WOULD SEND OUT LAST
4@
NIGHT. A FORMAL BE MET WITH PARENTS
CAN SELECT THE LE4@ARNING MODEL
THAT CAN BEST FOR THEIR CHILD
FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE
2020, 2021 SCHOOL
YEAR. FOR TH4@E UP4@COMING SCHOOL YEA
THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE OPTIONS
FOR STUDENTS INCLUDING VIRTUAL
@ LEARNING AND GOING BACK INTO
THE
CLASSROOM. THERE WILL ALSO BE A HYBRID
OPTION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ONLY GO
TO SCHOOL IN THE CLASSROOM 2 TO
3 DAYS A
WEEK. FOR LEXINGTON FOR LEFT A
MESSAG4@E WITH 4@THEM TODAY BUT
EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN WE WERE
WORKING ON THE 4@STORY THEY TOL
US THERE PLANNING TO SEND OUT A
SURVEY TO PARENTS AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE THE
VIRTUAL OPTION AND THEY HAD A
MEETING ON MONDAY TO DISCUSS
BUT THEY TELL US THEY ARE STILL
FINALIZING THOSE
PLANS. NEXT UP LEXINGTON RICHLAND
SCHOOL DISTRICT 5. DISTRICT
OFFICIALS TELL US THEY HAVE A
PL4@AN IN 4@PLACE THAT ALREADY
INCLUDES A FIVE DAY TRADITIONAL
OPTION AND ALSO THAT VIRTUAL
OPTION WE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT. THE FULL PLAN WILL BE SHARED
WITH PARENTS THEY SAID LATER
THIS 4@4@WEEK AND THEY'RE ALSO
CONSID4@ERING A CHANGE TO THEIR
SCHOOL
CALENDAR. BUT THEY SAID THAT CHANGE CAN
ONLY 4@4@HAPPEN AS SOON AS THE
SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES AND THEY
WILL LET US KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS. IN NEWBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT NEW
WITH NEWBERRY COUNTY HAD A
MEETING TONIGHT AND WORKSHOP
SESSION TO DISCUSS THEIR PLANS
FOR THE 2020, 2021 SCHOOL 4@YEA
AND THEY PLAN TO RELEASE THE
OPENING PLAN THEY TELL US BY
NEXT
4@WEEK. FOR ORANGEBURG CONSOLIDATED WE
LEFT A MESSAGE TODAY BUT ON
MONDAY THEY TOLD US THEY ARE
STILL TRYING TO WORK 4@OUT
DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THE
UPCOMING SCHOOL
YEAR. THE SUPERINTENDENT DID TELL US
HE HAD SPOKEN WITH ALL OF THE
PRINCIPLES AS THEY TRY AND
FIGURE OUT A PLAN THEY WILL LET
US KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS. IN VIRTUALLY TWO WE'RE STILL
4@ EXPECTING IN AUGUST 19 START
DATE FOR RICHLAND TWO AND THEY
WILL HAVE A THREE-PHASE
4@
APPROACH. WHICH INCLUDES E-LEARNING IN
THE FIRST
PHASE. HYBRID MODEL IN THE SECOND AND
TRADITIONAL CLASSES IN THE
4@
THIRD. IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT WILL CONTINUE TO
@ UPDATE THEIR PLANS ON THEIR
4@
WEBSITE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE PUT AN
ARTICLE AT 4@WLTX.com LISTING A
OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND A
LINK TO THEIR
4@WEBSITE. SO YOU CAN ACCESS THE MOST
UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AT ANY
TIME.4@4@ >> WE WILL TRY
AGAIN. THANK YOU BOTH SO VERY
MUCH. REACTION BY PARE4@NTS TO THE
GOVERNOR'S REQUEST HAS BEEN
MIXED
4@TONIGHT. MANY PARENTS POSTING COMMENTS
TO HER FACEBOOK PAGE FOR AND
AGAINST THE
4@IDEA. ONE VIEWER 4@SAID FINALLY A
GOVERNOR WITH SOME
GUTS. TH4@E CHILDREN NEED TO BE IN
SCHOOL FOR THEIR
EDUCATION. BUT ANOTHER SAID I TRULY THINK
THE SCHOOLS NEED TO STAY CLOSED
UNTIL WE GET THE VIRUS UNDER
CONTROL. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SAY