Rocky Boy Schools pick graduated re-opening plan

Rocky Boy Public Schools Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre said the district Board of Trustees took action today to approve his recommendation to start the school year off on August 26 via a remote/distance learning model for all PreK-12 students attending our schools.

St. Pierre said the remote or distance learning option would run through Sept. 30.

Oct. 1, the district would switch to a blended/hybrid learning model, where students would be grouped into odd and even grade levels and attend school for two days per week and participate in remote or distance learning for the other three days per week.

This could run thru the end of the quarter or semester, St. Pierre said.

"Of course, all plans are contingent upon the current status of the local and state COVID-19 rates in our area," he added. The board could make appropriate school option adjustments according to the health threat levels."

St. Pierre said parents also said parents have the option to keep their children at home for the entire school year and participate in remote or distance learning.

"Long-range, we could plan for a full in-person option at the start of the spring semester in January 2021," he said. "We will be working on a final, more detailed operational plan on Thursday and Friday of this week to establish common protocols of how our schools will function daily."

Watch for more in upcoming editions of the Havre Daily News.