MN Dept. of Education asks districts to plan for next year

Could your kids be going back to the classroom in the fall? Maybe.

Coronavirus forced moms and dads across the country to take on teaching duties... as schools switched to online learning.

So many parents are eager to know... will kids go back to class this fall?

Kimt news 3's nick kruszalnicki looked is breaking down the latest information from the minnesota department of education.

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"* what are te plans?xxx live yes amy ?

"* it is possible learning from home could continue next school year ?

"* but minnesota districts will have to plan for other possibilities as well.

The minnesota department of education saying today ?

"* school districts will have to come up with plans for online learning, traditional classroom education, and a combination of the two.

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"*d*e says they will decide on a preferred plan by july 27th.

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"*person learning would have to adhere by social distancing guidelines ?

"* keeping students and teachers six feet apart.

And even if one plan is chosen by the state, there is a possibility it all could still there are recommendatio ns based off of an outbreak or a surge in one part of the state or in a community or in a school, that school would be in a hybrid model or distance learning model and at another school in a neighboring county who is not experiencing that would not be in a hybrid model.

In the hybrid model ?

"* school capacity would be reduced to fifty percent occupancy ?

"* and that six foot separation would also still be in place.

Live in mason city, nick kruszalnicki, kimt news 3./// thanks nick.

We reached out to rochester public school about the m?

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The they've been planning and preparing for the start of the school year for the past several weeks ?

"* putting together their three plans for those scenarios.// a spike in coronavirus cases in mower