RI School Reopening: Take The Patch Survey

It's back to school week in Rhode Island, and students and teachers across the state are returning to classrooms and logging into distance learning from their homes.

Gov. Gina Raimondo, Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Greene and Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, the director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, all supported a fully in-person return to class for students, except for Central Falls and Providence, which did not meet the threshold for a full return.

"It is our expectation that all kids are back in school by Oct. 13," Raimondo said the day in-person classes were approved, encouraging schools to take a slow approach to the return.

This survey has been closed. Results will be posted soon.

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Nevertheless, several districts have chosen to take an all-distanced approach to the start of school, citing concerns about airflow, proper distancing and more.

So Patch wants to know: How are things going in your students' district? And how are parents and students feeling about the new policies and procedures?

The survey is not meant to be a scientific poll, with random sampling and margins of error, but is meant only to gauge the sentiments of our readers in an informal way.