Friday, February 22, 2019

North Judson-San Pierre School Board Schedules eLearning and In-Class Make-Up Days

Posted on February 21, 2019
Author Michael Gallenberger, WKVI

In spite of weather-related cancellations, North Judson-San Pierre students will still end the school year before Memorial Day. But it will take a couple of Saturday eLearning days to do it.

Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin told the school board Tuesday that students have missed eight days of class due to weather, but only four eLearning days have been held so far to make up for them. That’s because school officials had originally planned to schedule eLearning days in advance this school year, but Zupin said they changed plans during last month’s stretch of cold temperatures. “The teachers and students are aware that moving forward, if we have inclement weather, on that day, they are ready for eLearning assignments,” she added.

To make up the remaining four days, the school board agreed to schedule eLearning days on Saturday, March 2; Saturday, April 13; and Good Friday, April 19. For those Saturdays, Zupin said assignments will be posted the afternoon before. “If they have busy weekends, they can get started,” she explained. “Then they can have all weekend and then three more days. So they don’t have to turn in it until Wednesday because we realize that they may have plans that weekend, so we’re trying to offer some flexibility there.”

Students will also have an in-class make-up day on Friday, May 24.

Zupin said that although eLearning isn’t perfect, teachers and students have generally been doing well with it. “eLearning, no it isn’t the same as having your teacher instructor, but days in May with 25 kids in a classroom, their effort and they behavior declines,” she said. “So how do we choose the most productive? And our teachers and even myself, we believe that this is the best way to get some productivity.”

She added that the eLearning days will serve as a good practice opportunity before the ILEARN test.

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