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Richland board grapples with rapid asynchronous pilot as teachers warn of a 'watering down' of classes
Summary
Teachers and department heads criticized a proposed asynchronous pilot at Richland'''s high schools, saying it risks weakening PE and health classes; district leaders said the pilot targets credit-deficient students and is not intended to replace in-person instruction, but board members asked for a detailed implementation plan before rollout.
Teachers, department leaders and school board members spent much of the Dec. 9 Richland School District meeting debating a proposed asynchronous learning pilot that district staff say would be offered on a small scale next semester to students who are credit-deficient.
"This plan will ruin that," said Brian Palmer, a science teacher at Hanford High School, criticizing a proposal that he said would force PE and health teachers to build new fully online programs on a tight timeline.
District leaders, including Dr. Jones, presented the pilot as a targeted, supplemental option for seniors and other students who are behind on graduation credits. "The intent was really to try something on a small scale going into second semester, and trying to identify the needs of students that had credits that were credit-deficient for graduation,"…
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