Minuteman High School To Use Hybrid Model

LEXINGTON, MA — Minuteman High School students will be back in the classroom this school year... sort of. The School Committee unanimously voted last week to approve the hybrid reopening model for the fall.

All districts in the state were required to put together three possible models of learning for the fall — a completely remote model, a completely in-person model and a hybrid of the two. Under the hybrid model, students will split their time between remote and in-person learning.

The school conducted a survey of Minuteman parents, which garnered more than 500 responses as of Aug. 11, 92 percent supported a hybrid model.

Along with the approval of the hybrid model, new guidelines issued this month by state education officials has moved the first day of school for Minuteman has been changed to Sept. 16. Only grade 12 students will begin school in-person on Sept. 16. Students in grades 9, 10, and 11, will begin school that day remotely.

The plan is to have the grades rotate for in-person learning each week for their vocational programs — that will give each grade one week per month of career vocational education.

Here is a list of important dates for students:

• Wednesday, September 9: Freshmen Orientation I (Half of Students Attend In-Person)
• Thursday, September 10: Freshmen Orientation II (Half of Students Attend In-Person)
• Wednesday, September 16: First Day of School (In-Person Learning for Grade 12, Remote Learning for Grades 9, 10, and 11)
• Thursday, September 17: In-Person Learning for Grade 11, Remote Learning for Grades 9, 10, and 12.
• Friday, September 18: In-Person Learning for Grade 10, Remote Learning for Grades 9, 11, and 12.
• Monday, September 21-Friday, September 25: In-Person Learning for Grade 9, Remote Learning for Grades 10, 11, and 12.
• Monday, September 28-Friday, October 2: In-Person Learning for Grade 10, Remote Learning for Grades 9, 11, and 12.
• Monday, October 5-Friday, October 9: In-Person Learning for Grade 11, Remote Learning for Grades 9, 10, and 12.
• Tuesday, October 13-Friday, October 16: In-Person Learning for Grade 12, Remote Learning for Grades 9, 10, and 11.

The school's full reopening plan can be found online.