Washington School District Changes Start Date

The Washington School Board held a 5 minute special voting meeting on Thursday afternoon. The purpose of the meeting was to change the start date for school from August 20 to September 8. Superintendent, Dr. James Konrad said the change was needed for several reasons. The extra time will be used to train teachers on the learning platforms the district will use for its Prexie Cyber program and remote learning days in their hybrid reopening plan. According to Konrad, participation in the full time cyber option has doubled since the announcement of the hybrid reopening plan. Extra care will be given to sanitization of district buildings. The change will also allow families to make arrangements for child care if parents will be at work when students will be in the cyber phase of their school week. Parents can check for updates at www.prexie.org