Christian County Public Schools continue to try and navigate a school year plagued by obstacles caused by COVID-19, and the school board heard updates at Thursday’s meeting.
Assistant Superintendent of Administration Laura Morris says they’ll still do those Non-Traditional Instruction days on November 23 and 24, have Thanksgiving break as intended, and then move into virtual learning from there. She says they will continue to offer services to students even while they’re not in the buildings—including therapy services, food and more.
Director of Technology Jason Wilson says they have now distributed 2,500 Chromebooks to students, and expect to hand 800 more to students in the coming days. They’re still waiting for around 1,250 devices to come in, but he hopes to have those in the hands of students sometime in January.
There are now around 36 hotspots installed throughout the county, including at volunteer fire departments and other locations, to help students who may not have reliable internet at home.
In a review of the district’s finances, Director of Finance Jessica Darnall says they’ll be discussing the monthly treasurer report from now on in an attempt to be more transparent. She says that the district has to date spent approximately $300,000 less than this time last year from the general fund.
In other action, the board approved the school calendar for 2021-2022, where the first day of school would be August 11 and the last day would be May 25th, with fall break to fall on the first week of October and spring break on the week of April.