![In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, custodial workers clean a classroom at an elementary school in Missouri. On Feb. 9, 2021, the Montgomery County [Md.] board of education voted to bring students back into classrooms starting March 1. (Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File) **FILE**](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2020/11/12/virus_outbreak_us_surge_40557_c0-0-6507-3793_s885x516.jpg?dffb57e9bfe4935ad62fa7ea896c7e7513ff86bc)
The Montgomery County Board of Education on Tuesday approved a plan to begin bringing students back into classrooms on March 1.
The county’s school system, the largest in Maryland, has provided online-only instruction since March due to the pandemic.
Students in select special education programs will be the first group to return on March 1, followed by a phased return of all students no later than April 26.
Children will be given the option to choose between a hybrid of in-person and online learning or to remain online-only.
The tentative timeline coincides with Gov. Larry Hogan’s recent push for schools to offer some form of in-person learning by March.
• Emily Zantow can be reached at ezantow@washingtontimes.com.
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