While the coronavirus shut schools down in Washington state in March, small amounts of data are shared in the following Seattle Times article to show what various school districts are doing during the LFH closure of services. The reports are not mandatory and the questions asked on the surveys vary from week to week. With the uncertainty of school buildings opening in the Fall, the changes coming for schools may be massive.
[gview file=”https://publicservicesalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/How-Washington-school-districts-are-succeeding-and-struggling-since-coronavirus-shut-them-down-The.pdf”]What the data tell us
Compared with other services, transitioning school lunch and breakfast to curbside service has been the easiest
switch. Many districts still struggle with child care and Wi- Fi. That might be why paper packets were the remote learning tool most often cited by districts. Google Classroom far exceeds other platforms preferred for online learning.