While the Peoria Unified School District has announced a start date of Wednesday, Aug. 5 for all-virtual learning for all grades kindergarten through 12th, the governing board will host a special session streamed live online 8 a.m. Friday, July 24.
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While the Peoria Unified School District has announced a start date of Wednesday, Aug. 5 for all-virtual learning for all grades kindergarten through 12th, the governing board will host a special session streamed live online 8 a.m. Friday, July 24.
Students will begin the year from home in an all-virtual learning environment as planned.
Students will have early release Aug. 5, 6 and 7. These will not be full days of learning in order to allow students to acclimate into the virtual environment and to allow staff to have continued professional development and assess students’ technology needs, the district announced July 16.
Peoria Unified will remain all-virtual until it is safe to move into the district’s My School, My Way model to give parents a choice either for returning to classroom instruction or continuing with virtual instruction.
Laptops may be available for students who do not have technology available at home through a checkout process provided by their individual school prior to the start of the school year, on a first come-first served basis, as resources permit. Peoria Unified is exploring options to provide resources to families on WiFi capabilities, should they be needed.
The next regularly-scheduled board meeting is 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, also streamed online.
Steve Stockmar has been with the Independent Newsmedia team since 2017. An NAU alum and Peoria resident, Steve’s community journalism pursuits focus mostly on arts & culture, education, and profiles of neighbors making a difference. In his spare time Steve plays in a vintage baseball league using uniforms and rules from the 1860s, and also acts (badly) in community theater. In addition, he has an unhealthy obsession with baseball and the Chicago Cubs.
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