Reminder: Wednesdays will be remote

In response to the COVID-19 closure from March through June 2020, a team of 20 stakeholders developed the HCSD Reopening Plan to ensure a safe return to the 2020-21 school year. The plan recommended a "soft reopening" – a five-week transition period – to ensure that students and staff had the opportunity to adapt to a hybrid instructional environment and to multiple infection-control protocols/procedures. The five-week "soft reopening" concluded October 9, 2020.

• PK-4 students will receive asynchronous instruction on Wednesdays. PK-4 teachers will communicate with families as to how to access these recorded lessons.
• 1:1 devices for Grades PK-6 are to remain at home. Please do not transport to and from school.
• Grades 5-12 students will attend full-day, synchronous remote instruction on Wednesdays.
• Deep cleaning will continue in all school buildings on Wednesdays.
• The Hancock Community Education Foundation will continue to provide daycare for participating families on Wednesdays.

• Traditional grading will begin on October 14, 2020, and first-quarter report cards issued in November will follow the traditional format.
• Student grades recorded prior to October 13 will identify at-risk learners or students who indicate significant learning loss. Those grades have not been published in SchoolTool. Parents of at-risk students will be notified by the teacher.
• Remote attendance is verified through evidence of participation (via Zoom) in the teacher's synchronous or asynchronous instruction and through completed assignments in Seesaw or Schoology.
• In compliance with the New York State Education Department, student attendance is taken daily, whether in-person, hybrid, or fully remote.