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Board reviews inclement-weather remote learning plan that preserves five remote days
Summary
Warren County Schools staff presented a remote-learning plan that relies on the state's allowance of five remote days, requires teacher on-call windows and uses Google Classroom offline features; the plan is posted on the district website and staff invited parental feedback.
Mr. Jones, a district staff presenter, outlined the Warren County Schools inclement-weather remote learning plan, telling the board that "according to North Carolina State Law, each school district is awarded or allowed to have at least 5 remote days." He described how the plan is structured by grade span and how the district will record attendance during remote days.
The plan breaks expectations into grade bands. For pre-K the district will provide packets and require evidence of completion; K–8 teachers must maintain Google Classrooms and be available for set "on call" windows (Mr. Jones said teachers will be on call from 9–10 a.m. and again from 1–2 p.m.). The K–8 setup uses Google Classroom’s offline-download feature so students without continuous internet can access assignments and upload work later.
For grades 9–12, Mr. Jones said the primary difference is that some students take community college courses; those students must coordinate with their college instructors to record assignments and daily attendance. On attendance accounting, Mr. Jones told the board that students are given five days to return work and that completed work submitted within that window will be used to record attendance.
Interim Superintendent Monica Davis thanked parents and staff for their support during two recent remote days and said the plan is posted on the district and school websites. "If you have questions or concern on how it worked, please feel free to reach out to us so we can make some adjustments," she said, directing parents to start with their school principal.
The board did not take formal action on the plan at this meeting; staff indicated they will continue to refine the plan based on feedback and that the document is available online for review.
The next procedural step noted at the meeting was continued outreach to principals and stakeholders to collect feedback before any formal adoption or amendment of the plan.
