
“We’ve kept them fed and we had some remote learning, but a lot of those students don’t have the resources and support at home to help them with their academic learning. “Our kids have been out of school for five-plus months, and 3/4 of our students are students living in poverty,” Rollo previously told the Avalanche-Journal. If LISD’s enrollment remains at 27,000, which it was last year, that’s 18,900 students returning to campuses next Monday. Rollo said she believes LISD schools can be a safe place and that there’s students who need to come back to school. Rollo said about 70% of students are taking in-person classes next week.

Parents and guardians have the option to enroll their student for in-person or virtual classes. The school district was given the option to begin the year with just virtual learning, but chose to offer in-person classes. Next Monday, Lubbock ISD and many of the school districts in the state will be reopening campuses for the start of the 2020-21 school year. Babcock added students will be following the health guidelines because they know schools will close again if they don’t. The congressman asked Babcock and Lucero if students want to return, and the two answered yes. Lucero, two students who attend Coronado High School. He was guided by McKenna Babcock and J.J. Representative Jodey Arrington walked the halls of Coronado High School on Wednesday after having a round-table discussion with administrators, principals and teachers at Lubbock ISD.Īrrington was there to show his support for reopening schools. Kathy Rollo said teachers are being briefed on this week when it comes to best practices prior to classes beginning next Monday. These are just some of the physical changes Lubbock ISD superintendent Dr. There’s mobile check-in stations at each cafeteria table for the purpose of contact tracing, should a positive case occur.

Inside Coronado High School, hallways are marked as one-ways, water fountains are covered up, hand sanitizing stations line the walls and desks are distanced inside classrooms.
