Todd Sesker and Tracy Corcoran debriefed our club Wednesday on the roller coaster which was the end of last school year. How the district is working to prepare for the upcoming school year still within a pandemic. Tracy Corcoran is the Director of Curriculum for Faribault Public Schools; she started July 1st and was tasked with leading a task force to tackle all the challenges the pandemic offers when bringing students back to the classroom together.
Each age group will see different models from in-class models for K-5th, hybrid 2 days in class for middle grades, to full distance learning if needed. Class sizes are being reduced to 12-15 per class instead of 24. “Covid-19 has been a disruptor, but you can choose to let disruption be a positive way of looking at old concepts in new exciting ways” Tracy expressed. Mr. Sesker admitted the district learned a lot last spring; teachers did their best with what they could in such a short, rapid switch into distance learning. With the summer to prepare and develop 3 learning models which can be pivoted from if needed due to the increase or decrease of Covid-19 this fall and winter. The Faribault School System is ready to do what they love, educate our growing youth.
