July 23, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
For the past month the DeKalb County School District has been seeking a response from parents on whether they want remote learning for their children due to COVID-19 with the reopening of schools on August 3.
Of the district’s 2,873 student enrollment, a total of 533 (18.6%) have been signed up for remote learning as of Tuesday, July 21. For the five individual schools, the numbers break down as follows:
*DCHS: 824 enrollment (143 remote learners) 17.4%
*DeKalb Middle School: 578 enrollment (109 remote learners) 18.9%
*Northside Elementary School: 573 enrollment (134 remote learners) 23.4%
*Smithville Elementary School: 502 enrollment (83 remote learners) 16.6%
*DeKalb West School: 396 enrollment (64 remote learners) 16.2%
Unlike this past school year, the school district will use the same digital platform for all grade levels and parents should be prepared to understand how to make use of it and to practice its operation with their children.
Director Patrick Cripps has announced that all DeKalb County students in grades K-12 (almost 3,000) will be provided a chromebook (computer) for the 2020-2021 academic school year for use in the classrooms and at home.
“Every student in the school system will get a 1:1 device (computer) to take home. We will expect our teachers to not only communicate with our parents digitally but be prepared to assign lessons through the Edgenuity platform,” said Cripps.
The DeKalb County School District is offering a “Parent Digital University” for those with children in the school system.
Parents are urged to view the videos below (available in English and Spanish) to better educate themselves on the use of the digital educational platform being offered by the school district in preparation for remote learning from home .The videos will equip you with the tools necessary to help make your child successful in the DeKalb County School System.
(Video below in English)
(Video below in Spanish)