Peters Twp Schools Keep With Schedule

Peters Township School Board members held to their schedule of opening schools on August 24. At their meeting on Monday night no mention of changing dates or even backing off of their full 5 day attendance schedule for students was made. Board members were updated on how their learning platform Canvas will work with students choosing a remote option for school and how teachers will be handling the additional duties of remote instruction. The program is interactive and teachers will be able to teach students in a live scenario. Superintendent Dr. Jeannine French indicated that a synchronous model is preferred by many parents because it will force students to get up each day and treat the remote learning vehicle as an actual school day. All live teaching will fall within the school day. The new facemask mandate issued by the Departments of Health and Education were no worry to the board. According to French, Peters Township was ahead of the curve and had that mandate in place before the commonwealth. Certain types of facemasks will not be allowed. According to new scientific research, masks with valves and gaiters have shown to be less effective face coverings for the prevention of Covid-19. The board will update its facemask policy by eliminating gaiters and masks with valves before the beginning of school. Those updates will come out on Tuesday.