Dearborn Public Schools is excited to announce the district has met the COVID measurements set by the Board of Education and will start phasing students and staff back to in-building learning.<\/p>\n
Face-to-face learning labs for special education students who are part of the Act 18 program will start on Tuesday, Feb. 16.\u00a0 Learning labs for other students will start later next week.\u00a0 Most staff will report to their buildings starting Feb. 16.<\/p>\n
The second week after learning labs start, schools will start reopening to all students for blended learning.\u00a0 With blended learning, students will be in school two days a week \u2013 either Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday \u2013 and will work from home the other days.\u00a0 Wednesdays will be live online classes for all students.<\/p>\n
The reopening schedule will go as follows:<\/p>\n
March 1\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The first students return for blended learning, including grades kindergarten, first, second, sixth and ninth.<\/p>\n March 8<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 More students start blended learning including preschool, third, fourth, fifth, seventh and 10th grades.<\/p>\n March 15<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The rest of students start blended learning including eighth, 11th and 12th grades.<\/p>\n There are a few other date changes to note.<\/p>\n Dearborn Public Schools was able to arrange COVID vaccinations for all the remaining staff who want them on<\/p>\n Thursday and Friday of this week.\u00a0 Thursday will now be asynchronous for all students to allow teachers time to get the shot.\u00a0 Friday, Feb. 12 through Monday, Feb. 15 were already days off school for mid-winter break.\u00a0 Students will now have a half day of school on Feb. 16, and teachers will use the other half of the day to prepare to return to teaching students face-to-face. The district earlier canceled the remaining late starts to allow for this half day.<\/p>\n Parents can look for information soon from their child\u2019s school about which days their students will attend and other details specific to the school.\u00a0 Every effort will be made to have siblings attend on the same day. This will be easier to accommodate at the elementary level but may be more difficult across school buildings. Parents can learn more about blended learning on the district\u2019s\u00a0back-to-school website<\/a>.\u00a0 Busing and food service will be provided during blended learning.<\/p>\n In October, the Dearborn Schools Board of Education set two COVID measures for when the district would return to in-school learning.\u00a0 First, Dearborn was required to improve to at least a D grade on the\u00a0COVID risk matrix<\/a>\u00a0put out by the Wayne County Health Department.\u00a0 The community improved to that grade in mid January and maintained it on the newest report issued on Monday.<\/p>\n