Coronavirus Update: Aiken County Schools
Coronavirus Update: Aiken County Schools
CSRA Kids is commited to providing you the most up to date information concerning the Coronavirus and decisions made by the school district. This article will be update as announcements are made.
Update Via District Site!!
April 1st Update:
APRIL 14 IS PHASE ONE PACKET DUE DATE & PHASE TWO DOWNLOAD/PICK-UP – After Spring Break, on Tuesday, April 14th, the next phase of Distance Learning Packets will be ready. Packets will be available for downloading from our website and all schools will have a drive-through pick-up for learning packets from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Additional details will follow from individual schools regarding the pick-up process.
The first phase or Phase One of the Distance Learning Packets are due on Tuesday, April 14th. You have the following options for turning in packets from Phase One:
- You may drop off learning packets when you pick up new packets at your student(s) school on Tuesday, April 14th.
- Or you may choose to take pictures of assignments and submit them via email to the teacher or teachers.
- Or, if applicable, students may submit assignments through Schoology.
March 15, 2020
This afternoon, Governor McMcaster issued an executive order to close all public schools throughout the state for a minimum period of two weeks. Our District has been preparing for the potential of a closure, and, at this time, we are expediting Distance Learning and Nutrition planning to ensure continued student learning and nutritional service throughout this mandated closure.This school closure will begin immediately and is expected to continue at least through the end of the month. There will be no school for students in Aiken County beginning tomorrow. District leaders and school principals are asked to report to their work locations tomorrow morning to finalize planning. Teachers and other staff members should be on call tomorrow and prepared to report to work, as requested, to assist with planning.All staff members will be essential to the success of our Distance Learning and Nutritional Service and will be called upon, as needed, to support implementation. Aiken County Public Schools will meet its financial commitment to all employees.Additional details on the distribution of students’ printed Distance Learning Packets, remote teacher conferencing and virtual learning will be shared with parents/guardians on or before Wednesday, March 18.
Aiken County Public Schools’ has submitted required documentation to the State Department and we expect to be able to begin transporting grab-and-go student meals to students 18-years and younger throughout the county as early as Tuesday, March 17.
We can only imagine the impact that this announcement will have on our families. Please know that our school district family is committed to supporting the educational and nutritional needs of our community. We appreciate your patience in finalizing plans with essential staff members tomorrow and will have additional information after that time.
HOME COMPUTER & INTERNET ACCESS INFORMATION REQUEST (March 14, 2020)
To assist our teachers and staff in proactively planning for Distant Learning, should that be necessary due to a closure, please click on the link below and answer a few questions about home computer and internet access. Schools/Teachers may also be requesting the same through other communications. Please take a moment to complete this request. Paper copies of the same will be sent home with students on Monday, March 16. Please complete a separate survey for each of your Aiken County Public School students.ACPSD Student Home Computer & Internet Access Survey
