AND JUST LAST FEW HOURS BRANDON THIS INCLUDES ROGERS FAYETTEVILLE, UH, SPRINGDALE BENTONVILLE AS ASYLUM SPRINGS ALL GOING. VIRTUAL TOMORROW AND THAT INCLUDES OTHER SCHOOLS AND YOU CAN CHECK AT THE BOTTOM OFHE T SCREEN AS WE MENTIONED TO GET AN UPDATE NOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS WENT INTO MINAKG THESE DECISIONS INCLUDING THE WEATHER THAT EVEN INCLUDES BUS DRIVERS THE LACK THEREOF AND EVEN SOME ELEMENTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THERE ARE MANY VOICES AT THE TABLE WHEN IT CESOM TO CALLING OF F SCHOOL. IT’S AN IMPORTANT DECISION WHEN YOU HAVEO T CONSIR DE31 SCHOOLS AND TWENTY THOUSAND STUDENTS LIKEN I SPRINGDALE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM THE SUPERINTENDENTHE T DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE WILL ASSESS WITH LOLCA EXPERTS RIGHT SUCH AS OUR WEATHER FOLKSND A THEY WLIL ALL SO GO OUT AND AND PERSONALLY CHECK THE ROADS. IT’S A DECISION THAT COMES WITH CHALLENGES. A SCHOOL DISTRICTS HEAV TO CONSERID STUDENT SAFETY WHILE FACING BUS DRIVER SHORTAGES ENVELOPE UDSE TO BE TWO HOURS, BUT NOW WITH OUR BUS DRIVERS SHORTAGE IS THREE TO THREE AND A HALF HOURSOR F US TO COMPLETE ALL OF OUR ROUTES SINCE SOME OF OUR DRIVERS ARE HAVING TO REID TO DRIVE DOUEBL AND TRIPLE ROUTES, BUT THE PANDEMIC HAS ALSO GIVEN SCHOOLS AN ADVANGETA ALMOST ALL ARE SET TO PIVOT TO VIRTUAL LEARNING IN THE EVENT OF AN OUTBREAK BEFORE 2020 A SNOW DAY MEANT NO SCHOOLOD TAY SCHOOLS CALL AN AMI DAY, WHICH STANDS FOR METHOD OF INSTRUCTION TODAY. I MAKES A HUGE DIFFEREENC IN THE ABILITY TO BASICALLY NOT LOSE THOSE DAYS BY ARKANSAS LAW STUDENTS HAVE TO COMPLETE 178 DAYS OF SCHOOL PIVOTING TO AMI HELPS ENSUREHE T SCHOOL YEAR ENDS ON SCHEDULE 2014. WE MISSED 14 DSAY OF SCHOOL AND THE STATE WEIGHED ONE OF THOSE DAYS, BUT WE HAD TO MAKE UP THE OTHER 13 AND SO WE WERE IN SCHOOL UNTIL JUNE 10TH NOT GETTING A DAY OFF MAY NOT BE GOOD NEWS FOR STUDENTS, BUT SOME TEACHERS TRY TO MAKE IT FUN. WE DID SOME MATHEMATICS EXERCISES FOR KSID WHEN TYHE WERE SLEDDING AND SCIENCE EXERCISES WERE KIDS WOULD MEASURE THROWING WATER OUTSIDE TO SEE HOW QUICKLY IT TURNED TO STEAM. DAN THEY MAY HAVE ATTH CHANCE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SO AINGA SOAR F ROGER’S BENTONVILLE, FAYETTEVILLE, SPRINGDALE ASYLUM SPRINGS AT HOSTF O OTHER SCHOOLS PIVOTING TO AMI, OTHERS ARE MONITORING PARTICULARLY IN THE RIVER VALLEY. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN FOR ALL THE UPDATES THROUGH OUR LEIV AT ROG
Northwest Arkansas school districts move to virtual learning Wednesday due to weather forecast
Students in the Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale school districts are among those who will learn virtually Wednesday due to the severe weather forecast. Follow this link to a list of closings and delays.Debbie Jones, Bentonville’s superintendent, made the announcement in an email to parents and guardians Tuesday afternoon.”We’ll closely monitor road conditions to determine plans for Thursday and Friday,” Jones wrote in the email.Students in both districts will follow AMI protocols to learn. The Fayetteville School District included a note in its email:”With the possibility of power outages in the area due to the winter storm, students will be able to make up any work assignments on AMI days that are missed or cannot be turned in due to power outages.” A forecast of snow, sleet, and freezing rain has put the state on high alert, including Northwest Arkansas.Bentonville is the first public school district to announce a closing or change in plans due to the winter weather. Northwest Arkansas Community College listed itself as closed Wednesday as well.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. —
Students in the Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale school districts are among those who will learn virtually Wednesday due to the severe weather forecast.
Follow this link to a list of closings and delays.
Debbie Jones, Bentonville’s superintendent, made the announcement in an email to parents and guardians Tuesday afternoon.
“We’ll closely monitor road conditions to determine plans for Thursday and Friday,” Jones wrote in the email.
Students in both districts will follow AMI protocols to learn.
The Fayetteville School District included a note in its email:
“With the possibility of power outages in the area due to the winter storm, students will be able to make up any work assignments on AMI days that are missed or cannot be turned in due to power outages.”
A forecast of snow, sleet, and freezing rain has put the state on high alert, including Northwest Arkansas.
Bentonville is the first public school district to announce a closing or change in plans due to the winter weather. Northwest Arkansas Community College listed itself as closed Wednesday as well.
