Some Cherry Creek School District Students Falling Behind During Hybrid Learning: ‘It’s Frustrating And Heartbreaking’

From CBS Denver:

By Kati Weis

October 19, 2020

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Some parents and students in the Cherry Creek School District are frustrated with the district’s hybrid model, saying kids are falling behind. While the superintendent says teachers have been given several support tools for hybrid lessons plans, some parents feel the school district should be doing more to help students and teachers.

“I see both kids have to not only teach themselves the subjects, but then do all the work by themselves. Teachers are supposed to be there on Mondays, remotely, and we are seeing them not there to answer questions,” said Chandra Proch, a mom of two Smoky Hill High schoolers. “It’s frustrating and heartbreaking.”

Like all who chose the hybrid model, instead of full-time online learning, her kids are in school only two days a week, and are at home the other three days.

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