About 31% of families said they would consider a virtual option.įor elementary students, that will include live daily instruction, while middle and high school students will follow a digital curriculum called Edmentum on their own. Pike received 3,281 completed surveys from late February to early April from parents and guardians about preferences for the fall. “Without that offering, we would potentially lose students who are enrolled with us,” she said.
So her district wants to afford parents more time to get comfortable with the idea of face-to-face learning again. “We thought maybe we would get less concern, but you know, it really didn’t happen that way,” Reichanadter said, noting lower reported COVID-19 positivity rates and vaccine eligibility for students 12 years and older. According to a districtwide survey, 41% of Spanish-speaking parents said they wanted a remote option. Pike Township’s Flora Reichanadter, who leads a predominantly Black and Latino district where 35% of its students are taking remote classes, attributes families’ concerns about returning to classrooms to the disproportionate harm the pandemic has had on those communities. The rest of the districts, including Indianapolis Public Schools, have not finalized instruction plans for the 2021-22 school year.
Wayne Township will expand its Achieve Virtual Education Academy to include K-8 students.
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