DOE Town Hall & Update on Blended Learning Opt-In Window

102620 MS54 Special Email: DOE Town Hall & Update on Blended Learning Opt-In Window

#NYCOfficeHours Telephone Town Hall, Tues, Oct 27 at 6:30pm

Join the NYC DOE on Tuesday, October 27 from 6:30-7:30pm, for their #NYCOfficeHours telephone town hall. Whether you have questions about COVID-19 testing in schools, ventilation, PPE and cleaning, or more, dial 1-800-280-9461 on Tuesday, October 27 at 6:30pm to ask and listen.

Dr. Jay Varma, Senior Advisor for Public Health in the Mayor’s Office, and DOE Deputy Chancellor for Community Empowerment, Partnerships, and Communications Adrienne Austin will be taking questions from callers.

Update on Blended Learning Opt-In Window

We want to share information from the NYC Department of Education on the blended learning opt-in window for families. The process outlined below will be the only opt-in window for families this school year, through the last day of the 2020-2021 school year.

Monday, November 2 – Sunday, November 15: Blended Learning Opt-In Window for Families

Families requesting to change from 100% remote to blended learning should complete and submit the Learning Preference survey during this window.
Schools will be able to review individual students’ updated learning preference on a rolling basis during this window.
During this time, Superintendents, Executive Superintendents and Central DOE will begin supporting schools to ensure as many students as possible are accommodated for blended learning.

Weeks of November 30 & December 7: Students Begin In-Person Learning

We will be sharing additional information on this process as it becomes available from the NYC DOE. Updates can be found at https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-year-20-21/return-to-school-2020.