Though Todd County schools remain closed until Wednesday, students are still getting in their daily lessons. Their district was one of 13 the Kentucky Department of Education approved last fall to count up to 10 non-traditional instruction days so they don’t have to make up snow days later on.
Superintendent Wayne Benningfield said these are the first 2 days the school has implemented alternative instruction. Teachers prepared online instruction units for 80 percent of students with home internet access and provided work packets to the 20 percent without.
“From what I can see from the interactions online between the teachers and students, it is going to take care of the things that we need and I think will continue and help the kids get ready to come back to school hopefully on Wednesday,” Benningfield said.
Teachers are assisting students online and by phone.
“You can see online as the kids are working and then we’ll see those students who didn’t have internet access, they have received a phone call or will today to kind of check on them and see how they’re doing and see if they have any questions,” Benningfield said.
Benningfield said KDE will audit the program to assess effectiveness and determine how many make-up days will be avoided.