Asbury Park Schools To Start With Full-Remote Instruction

ASBURY PARK – The Asbury Park School District will start with full-remote instruction in September.

The district moved forward with unanimous support from the Board of Education to utilize a full‐remote learning model for the first 30 days of the 2020‐2021 school year, officials said.

The plan will be in place from Sept. 8 through Oct. 20.

“Our priority is to educate the children and we want to do that in a way that ensures their health and safety. With the governor’s provision for a full remote opening, this allows for that flexibility,” said Angela Ahbez Anderson, president of the Board of Education.

Officials said they opted to err on the side of caution with this decision and will use the information gleaned from March and the most recent virtual summer school pilot to provide an enhanced remote‐learning environment

The district said it will utilize feedback from parents and staff who expressed concern about returning to in‐person instruction.

The district will reassess its plan at the end of September to determine whether Asbury will transition to the hybrid‐learning model as outlined in its “Road Back Restart and Recovery Plan.”