{"id":3680,"date":"2020-08-14T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?page_id=3680"},"modified":"2020-08-14T14:46:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:46:48","slug":"gearing-up-for-a-first-of-its-kind-start-to-the-school-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/gearing-up-for-a-first-of-its-kind-start-to-the-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Gearing up for a first-of-its kind school year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the coronavirus pandemic flared locally in March, Durham Public Schools shut down elementary, middle and high schools. Teaching, for the most part, simply ceased.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the district&#8217;s nearly 33,000 students get back to classrooms, this time online for at least nine weeks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3693\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3693 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/9thstreetjournal\/files\/2020\/08\/200812_RiversideHSReopening_HenryHaggart4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riverside High School librarian and media specialist Kate Nester scanned serial numbers of Wi-Fi hotspots before students without stable internet access picked them up. Photo by Henry Haggart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>9th Street reporter Michaela Towfighi describes the steps needed to start this <a href=\"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2020\/08\/14\/with-help-durham-schools-prepare-to-start-the-school-year-online\/\">massive undertaking<\/a> in a county where home computer and internet access are not yet universal.<\/p>\n<p>Making digital learning work for nine weeks \u2014 and maybe longer \u2014 will require persistent community involvement, say Durham Public Schools Foundation leaders and other public school allies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3694\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3694 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/9thstreetjournal\/files\/2020\/08\/200812_RiversideHSReopening_HenryHaggart7-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unpacked charging carts are stored in the Riverside High School library too. Classrooms will need them when students resume in-school learning. Photo by Henry Haggart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Photo at top: Riverside High School students waited six feet apart Wednesday to pick up Google Chromebooks to start online classes on Monday. Photo by Henry Haggart<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the coronavirus pandemic flared locally in March, Durham Public Schools shut down elementary, middle and high schools. 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