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Pleasantville schools outline remote-instruction plan for emergency closures
Summary
A district presenter said the Pleasantville district maintains a state-required remote-instruction contingency and has staff and technology prepared to run remote days to protect limited instructional time during weather or other emergency closures.
Presenter said the district is preparing for the possibility of short-notice closures and emphasized the role of remote instruction as a contingency to protect limited classroom time. “Remote instruction is no one's favorite way of doing things... it's a fallback, not a first choice,” the Presenter said.
The Presenter noted that New York State now requires schools to include remote instruction in their safety plans and that the State Education Department allows remote instruction during emergency closures. To illustrate the stakes, the Presenter said students are in school about 180 days a year and typically spend roughly seven hours a day in school, making actual instructional minutes a relatively small portion of a year.
District staff have posted a remote-instruction day plan on the district website and the Presenter said the technology department and school staff are prepared to implement the plan if necessary. The Presenter described remote days as a way to "protect and augment" instructional time when in-person instruction is disrupted.
The Presenter closed the remarks by expressing hope that the plan will be unnecessary but stressed that readiness matters for maintaining continuity of instruction.
