Batavia Schools To Use Hybrid Learning Model Until Labor Day

BATAVIA, IL — Batavia schools are set to start the 2020-21 school year by rotating students between schools and home, before all students return to classrooms after Labor Day. Officials from Batavia Public School District 101 announced last week they hope to restart daily in-person classes for about 80 percent of students after the holiday.

District 101 will split students who opted for in-person learning into two groups — Crimson and Gold — which will rotate each day between class and home for the first three weeks of the school year, officials said in a letter to parents. Students whose last names start with the letters A-L will be in the crimson group, with all others placed in the gold group.

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All students who signed up for in-person learning will be welcomed back to schools starting Sept. 8. District officials plan to operate on an “everyday” model with all students in attendance full-time, “if local conditions allow.” Any BPS student who did not complete the learning-selection form will be enrolled in on-site classes, officials said.

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All BPS students who attend on-site classes will be required to wear a mask at all times inside school facilities, with limited medical exemptions, according to the district's reopening plan. Officials said they will not reduce class sizes, but social distancing will also be practiced "as much as possible."

The district will revert to the hybrid model if it becomes necessary to limit the number of students inside facilities due to the coronavirus.

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Officials announced two weeks ago that they would not offer a hybrid model, based on guidance from the Illinois State Board of Education that states hybrid learning "will likely increase the rate of infection and the demand for center-based and non-relative care" for school-aged children, increasing their potential exposure to the coronavirus.

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If a BPS student at one of the district's schools tests positive, they will be asked to self-quarantine for two weeks, along with anyone with whom they were in close contact. State mandates require parents to certify each day that their children are free of coronavirus-related symptoms before sending them to school.

About 20 percent of the district’s students have enrolled in full-time remote learning for the fall semester, officials said. The district serves about 5,700 students across eight schools.

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