T/E School Board Discussing Instruction Model Change Tonight

TREDYFFRIN TOWNSHIP, PA — The Tredyffrin/Easttown Board of School Directors will discuss and likely take action on the district's school instructional model, in Monday night's meeting.

In its regular monthly meeting, the Tredyffrin/Easttown school board will discuss as a priority item the school instructional model plan, according to the meeting agenda.

Superintendent of Schools for T/E School District Dr. Richard Gusick will bring a presentation on the school instructional model plan, along with Wendy Towle, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, Staff Development and Planning, and Chris Groppe, Pandemic Coordinator.

This portion of the meeting will include questions from the board and comments or questions from community members, the agenda states. There will not be a vote by the Board tonight, the district said this afternoon.

The link to the live meeting will be posted here by 6 p.m., before the 7:30 p.m. meeting starts, the district website said.

The meeting comes on the heels of Feb. 19 updates on school guidance for COVID-19 from the Chester County Health Department. The guidance still recommends 6 feet of distance in schools but notes 6 feet is "recommended to the greatest extent possible," and "at no time is less than 3 feet permitted."

Those recommendations apply when COVID-19 metrics are under certain levels. Chester County's incidence rate is very close to the line that puts it below the high transmission mark, and the county is solidly in the moderate transmission level for positivity rate.

Read a full story on Chester County Health Department's guidance update here.

View the Feb. 22 Tredyffrin/Easttown District Board of School Directors meeting agenda here.

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