Florence City Schools Expanding Virtual Curriculum

Breken Terry explains what the Florence school system is preparing after the state announced it's guidance.

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New at six -- florence city schools is preparing it's virtual curriculum and making changes to school buildings for the upcoming school year.

Waay31's breken terry shows us what the school system is working on after the state announced it's guidance, breken?

Look live: i am here in front of florence high school where the superintendent told me the district polled parents to see if they felt comfortable sending their kids back here.

So far the answer is an overwhelming "yes!"

He said only 10 to 15% of parents plan to choose florence's virtual school.

<shaw- the more information we have on students who choose virtual the better we can plan.

Florence superintendent jimmy shaw said the district's expanding its virtual school to all grades and making tweaks to give parents more options.

Shaw- if your a parent that wants a great deal of hands on you can choose that level or if your a parent that feels all you really need is our cirriculum you can choose that too.

Shaw said he believes a lot of parents will send their kids back to the traditional classroom.

Front offices will have plexi glass shields and more changes are being discussed.

Shaw- i'm not going to say that were going to have plexi glass around every desk in the classroom.

Shaw said it's not feesible to have every desk in a classroom spaced six feet either.

Shaw- you would either have to cut your class size in half or build new buildings to have 6 ft apart in your schools.

I think your desks are naturally 3 feet or more apart and we are looking at maximizing all the space we have.

Shaw who's also a father of triplets said he's going through this as a parent--and knows first hand what his kids missed the most when schools shut down.

Shaw- it's been heartbreaking to see my children want to be close to other children but as a parent it's been concerning to see the numbers rise and what does that mean for my own children?

Look live tag: shaw told me the school system is working with comcast to tackle the access to wifi students will need if they choose virtual school or if school systems are shutdown again.

He said they plan to have staff meetings over the next few days to get plans then backup plans in place.

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