Wappingers District Opts For Remote Learning

WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY — Schools in the Wappingers Central School District will be reopening classes remotely for the month of September. The district then plans to begin a phase-in model allowing students to enter school on a hybrid schedule during the month of October.

District officials made the announcement to the community in a posting in their website Tuesday.

During the transition from remote learning to hybrid instruction, parents will have a choice to continue having their children learning remotely.

In the district's reopening plan submitted to the state, officials said they could not allow for an in-person model, meaning 100 percent student attendance.

Reasons for ruling out total in-person classes included having to increase the bus fleet by about 40 percent, the need to have additional instructional space and social distancing constraints prohibiting maximum occupancy in almost all buildings.

With more than 10,600 students, Wappingers is one the top 10 largest school districts, outside of the state's Big Five districts.

Parent forums, which are part of the governor's orders, will be held as follows:

• Monday, Aug. 17: Kindergarten through grade four)
• Tuesday, Aug. 18: Grades five through eight and parochial/private schools
• Wednesday, Aug. 19: Grades nine through 12, and one session provided in Spanish

In advance of the meetings, parents are asked to complete the Parent Forum Survey so the district can present the most relevant information.

For more information, read the letter sent to the community.

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