CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - All students in the Charleston County School District can choose an online option next school year even if in-person classes resume, school officials said.
Superintendent Dr. Gerrita Postlewait announced the moves Wednesday during a school board meeting., WCSC-TV reported.
“We will use the infection rates in our community and the advice of medical experts to determine how, when, and under what guidelines our schools reopen,” she said. “We want to try our best to serve students in person when its safe to do that, and if their parents want us to serve them in-person.”
The goal was initially to reopen schools one week earlier than previously planned, but on Wednesday, Postlewait asked the board not to vote on that based on the infection rates. That item was removed from the agenda.
She also said thousands of details still have to be worked out for the online option, and a committee tasked with doing just that is working to put a plan together by next month.
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