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Collected Item: “Distance Learning Parent Conferences”

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Distance Learning Parent Conferences

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Photograph

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Unable to resume in-person instruction, for the time being, the first day of school for students at Princeton Joint Unified School District in Princeton, California looked quite different this year. Instead of having students on campus, parents were asked to attend a scheduled conference to pick up supplies, technology, and information. The white papers hanging around the perimeter of the gym list every student in attendance, and the items placed below each sign were left for students to use at home.

Parents attending the meetings felt overwhelmed and frustrated by the inability to return in-person but recognized that the local school district did not make this decision. Over the summer months, distance learning strategies were completely overhauled to improve on the lackluster results of last spring. Teachers at Princeton Joint Unified School District will be offering live instruction throughout the day using several new platforms. Parent conferences will continue into next week before daily live instruction begins on August 20, 2020.

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#covidteaches, #school, #students, #parents, #distancelearning, #conferences, #backtoschool, #California, #ASU, #HST580

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Alex Hinely

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2020-08-13
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