Teachers and students across Florida are in the last couple of weeks of the 2019-2020 school year, which pivoted to distance learning back in March in response to the pandemic.
Many are now wondering what the future of Florida public and private schools will look like as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis works his Safe, Smart, Step-by-Step Plan to reopen the state’s businesses, industries, and schools.
On Wednesday morning, the Florida Board of Education members met by a conference call for their regularly scheduled board meeting.
They discussed various ideas on what reopening schools could look like in the fall, and how to avoid what school leaders are calling “The COVID slide”. “We’re going to open schools with a moral purpose and that is closing