FPS Board of Education votes 6-0 in increase in-person instruction for students
On Tuesday, March 9, the Farmington Public Schools’ Board of Education voted 6-0 to relax the six foot social distancing mitigation measure in order to increase in-person instruction for students and be more in alignment with updated guidance on COVID-19 protocols. The District will continue with all of the other layered mitigation practices that are in place such as mask wearing, hand washing, cleaning and sanitizing practices, air filtration, and student partitions.
With their vote, they also granted the Interim Superintendent Dr. Bobbie Goodrum to make decisions for the District on how this can be done. It was announced on March 11, that the increased learning opportunities for students will begin on Monday, March 22. The District will be providing five four-hour days of in-person instruction for elementary schools with no in-person lunch and middle and high schools are looking at four full days of in-person instruction. The new schedule does not include Visions Unlimited, Pre-school, self-contained ASD, 1832 (3&4), ECSE, and SXI Programs. These programs will continue to follow their current schedule until after Spring Break. All other students will receive asynchronous remote instruction March 17, 18, and 19th as teachers prepare their classrooms for the return. This also applies to students who are completely remote as these new schedules will impact them as well.
As noted, in order for this to occur the District is unable to fulfill a full six-foot social distance between individuals in the new face-to-face schedule. However, we will be utilizing three feet where possible per CDC guidelines.
It is important to note that those families who have chosen the remote and learning at a distance options can continue to have their children learn in these models.
