Elementary Schooling's Back
Nov 17, 2020 12:00AM ● By Folsom Cordova Unified School District
FCUSD staff initiates phased elementary instruction to the Hybrid Model. From left to right: FCUSD Representative and Principal Angi Carlomagno; Superintendent Dr. Sarah Koligian; and Angela Griffin Ankhelyi, APR Director of Communication and Community Engagement on November 12, at Williamson Elementary School, Rancho Cordova. Photo by Patrick Larenas
RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - Beginning November 9, Elementary schools in Folsom Cordova Unified School District have phased instruction to a Hybrid Model. The Folsom Cordova Unified School District has been planning for the safe return of students to campus for many weeks and in collaboration with bargaining team leadership from FCEA and CSEA, and health officials from Sacramento County Public Health.
Close to 4900 FCUSD students are back on elementary school campuses for in-person learning as of November 12. As part of the Folsom Cordova Unified School District’s phased approach to reopening, families who chose in-person learning for their elementary aged children (TK-5th grades) are returning to an AM/PM Hybrid schedule. All families who chose 100 percent virtual for their children will continue in the Virtual Academy.
The AM/PM schedule consists of students being divided into two separate 2 hour 35 minute on-campus learning sessions, four days a week from Tuesday-Friday, with the remaining minutes for each grade to be completed with virtual and asynchronous learning at home. Total instructional minutes will be: 180 for TK-1st grade, 230 for 2nd and 3rd grade, and 240 for 4th and 5th grade.
As part of FCUSD’s safe reopening plan, all in-person families are required to review daily, the District’s COVID Screening Tool, Symptom Decision Tree and sign a health and safety Family Agreement form.
As part of our Safe Reopening Plan, no visitors are allowed onto any school campuses.
Students will use their own supplies and will wash/sanitize their hands throughout the day. Families and students should screen for symptoms before arriving on campus. All students and staff will wear face covering while on campus. Custodial staff will sanitize classrooms and restrooms, including high touch points, before each AM and PM sessions of students. School meals will be grab and go as students complete their AM or PM session.
Students from all 20 Folsom Cordova Unified Elementary schools have now returned for in-person learning.
