COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Among the many challenges school districts are learning to adapt to during the coronavirus pandemic, riding the school bus is coming with new procedures. In all districts across Colorado Springs, students are now required to wear masks on the bus, undergo health screenings before getting onboard, and sit in a
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MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — Lewis-Palmer District 38 is preparing to head back to in-person and online school this week, but the middle school will now start classes next week. The school’s principal, Seann O’Connor, was tested for COVID-19 and according to district spokesperson Julie Stephen, it came back negative. “Thursday night our Lewis-Palmer Middle School
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Freshmen moved into the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus this week, packing a few more dorm essentials than in past years. Hand sanitizer and face masks seem especially important as the private school across town, Colorado College, quarantined 155 students in a dorm after one student tested positive
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – COVID-19 could push back to school spending to record levels, according to an annual survey by the National Retail Federation. 88 percent of people surveyed by the National Retail Federation said COVID-19 will impact the way they go back to school shopping this year. Many parents plan to do more
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Charter Schools in Colorado Springs that are allowing in-person learning the first week of classes say they are seeing more enrollments. Surveys done by school districts in Colorado Springs show that the majority of parents want their students to return to the classroom. Officials with New Summit Charter Academy say
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Academy District 20 has been working closely with the El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH) to monitor COVID-19’s impact and it’s influence on reopening schools in El Paso County. In a recent change, District 20 now will start the year in a remote, synchronous classroom environment 6th – 12th-grade students
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Schools in Falcon District 49 will officially be starting the upcoming school year remotely. According to the announcement on the district’s Facebook page, the plan is for students to return to campus after Labor Day, but not all at once. District leaders say they plan on doing a staggered start
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Elementary schools in Academy District 20 are expected to return to in-person learning on August 24th for the fall semester — but things won’t be the same as last year, especially when it comes to school supplies. Usually, elementary schools in District 20 have communal supplies for their classrooms. This
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As many students return to remote learning for the upcoming school year, parents are looking for effective ways to keep students engaged and manage their child’s behavior. Widefield School District 3 Principal, Shane Skalla, outlines several steps for creating the optimal work-from-home scenario for your children. He recommends finding a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Education has released guidelines for schools to reopen this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but not all districts have the same exact plan.Take a look through this list of school districts in southern Colorado for information on their reopening plans: Harrison District 2 Widefield District 3
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — District 11, Colorado Springs 2nd largest school district, announced plans to start the school year mostly remote. Under the new scheduling model, the district will offer mostly remote learning, with some hybrid scheduling August 24th through October 15th. Students with the greatest needs who need additional support, specifically students receiving
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs School District 11 announced Wednesday that it will mostly be doing remote learning when the school year starts on August 24. A hybrid schedule with in-person classes will only be targeted for “students with the greatest academic need for levels of in-school support,” a spokesperson said. The
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — District 49’s Remington Elementary School is slated to have students return to in-person learning on Monday, August 17th with a mix of E-learning and in-person options. Teachers returned to school last week in preparation. Amid the pandemic, the school teachers devised plans to keep the classroom as safe as possible
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As back-to-school approaches for students across Colorado, tutoring services are seeing an influx in interest from parents working to catch their kids up to speed. Huntington Learning Center in north Colorado Springs tells KRDO the phones have been busier with clients wanting ACT and SAT prep heading into the new
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado educators are growing concerned about a lack of substitute teachers willing to work during the pandemic. New guidelines from the Colorado State Health Department require teachers to be sent home for 14 days if any student in their class tests positive. That makes having substitute teachers on hand that
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A couple of nonprofits are partnering to provides thousands of students in El Paso County with backpacks and school supplies. Pikes Peak United Way and COSILoveYou held a “Backpack Bash” drive between July 6 and 24 to collect backpacks and school supplies in bins throughout the county. EPC families
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released new guidance Thursday on how schools should respond to COVID-19 outbreaks after reopening. CDPHE is encouraging schools to use cohorts in which students maintain the same group and schedule at all times during the school day, thus limiting how many people are
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The first day of school is changing for many districts in Colorado Springs. On Wednesday evening, Colorado Springs District 11 announced they were pushing their state date to August 24th, from the original date of August 17th. Now, school administrators are discussing starting the year off remotely, instead of in-person.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — District 11 in Colorado Springs decided during a special board of education meeting Wednesday that students will start the fall semester one week later than previously planned. According to D11, the start date for all students, both in-person and online, has been changed from Aug. 17 to Aug. 24. The
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — College students are preparing for the upcoming school year by considering the uncertainty COVID-19 brings. The national average cost of tuition is about $42,738 per year and often is nonrefundable, so students are now considering all their options. GradGuard is a tuition insurance company offering aid to college students who completely withdraw for medical
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