CLEVELAND, Ohio – Many school administrators have yet to decide how to respond to stay-at-home advisories issued this week by Cuyahoga and Summit counties that encourage schools to be cautious about bringing students into classrooms because of the spike in coronavirus cases.
Some were too busy Thursday to even answer questions.
Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer reached out to school districts in both counties to see whether the stay-at-home advisories will alter student learning or allow for more staff members to work from home.
Here is what we found out about whether their plans are changing, or what we knew about their plans prior to the advisory:
Cuyahoga County
Bay Village City School District – The district previously decided to do all-online classes the week of Nov. 30. Superintendent Jodie Hausmann said the district will announce its plans for the following weeks on Dec. 3.
Beachwood City School District – Did not respond to a request for comment. The district previously offered online and in-person learning.
Bedford City School District – All online, with some career-technical, preschool and special-needs students attending in person. Students will not be there the week of Thanksgiving, and the administration will make a decision in the coming days about whether staff – including office workers, custodians and teachers – will return after Thanksgiving. Teachers have been working from their classrooms.
Berea City School District – Did not respond to a request for comment. The district’s website says students will be all remote on Nov. 23 and 24, with in-person learning set to resume on Nov. 30.
Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment. Online and in-person learning.
Brooklyn City School District – Brooklyn City Schools Superintendent Ted Caleris wrote a letter to families Thursday saying the district would do remote learning from Nov. 30 to Dec. 18, the final day of classes before winter break. The district has used a hybrid model that will be in effect through Friday. The format consists of four days a week in-person, with Wednesdays being a remote day for students and staff. The district has been in that format since Sept. 28. Caleris told cleveland.com in an email that the district hopes to return to its hybrid schedule following winter break if conditions allow.
Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools - Did not respond to a request for comment. Online and in-person learning.
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment.
Cleveland Metropolitan School District - All online.
Cuyahoga Heights Local School District - Did not respond to a request for comment. Online and in-person learning.
Euclid City School District – All online with no plans to change through at least Dec. 17.
Fairview Park City School District - All online through winter break, and will evaluate the situation before resuming in January.
Garfield Heights City School District - The district has been all-online and recently phased back in some special-needs students, Superintendent Chris Hanke said. From Nov. 23 to Dec. 23, all students, including special-needs students, will be learning remotely. He said they’ll determine in December if they’ll do any in-person learning in the new year. The first day back from winter break is Jan. 4.
Independence City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment.
Lakewood City School District – All online with no plans to change.
Maple Heights City School District -- Superintendent Charlie Keenan said the district would be fully remote following Thanksgiving break and up until winter break.
Mayfield City School District -- Did not respond to a request for comment.
North Olmsted City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment. Online and in-person learning.
North Royalton City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment. All online.
Olmsted Falls City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment.
Orange City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment.
Parma City School District - Parma has been all-online since Oct. 19, and will be remote whenever Cuyahoga County is a “red” Level 3 on the state’s coronavirus advisory system, according to a district spokesperson.
Richmond Heights City School District – All online, and they plan to continue remote instruction, a spokesperson said.
Rocky River City School District – Did not respond to a request for comment. Online and in-person learning.
Shaker Heights City School District - To begin all-online learning Nov. 30 to Dec. 18.
Solon City School District -- Fred Bolden, superintendent from Solon: “We are currently evaluating the situation and will have more to share with our families tomorrow (Friday).”
South Euclid-Lyndhurst City School District – Did not respond to a request for comment.
Strongsville City School District -- A spokesman for Strongsville City Schools said Superintendent Cameron Ryba sent an email to families Wednesday acknowledging the county board of health’s stay-at-home advisory. Currently, Pre-K through 5th grade students are in-person five days a week, and middle school and high school students are on a schedule of two days in-person and three remote days. Ryba wrote that, “there will be no change in our learning framework through Thanksgiving.” The city’s school board meets Thursday and it will decide how to proceed after Thanksgiving should cases still be elevated, he wrote.
Warrensville Heights City School District- Did not respond to a request for comment. Online and in-person learning.
Westlake City School District – The superintendent won’t have a final decision until after speaking with the board of health on Friday, according to a district spokesperson. There’s currently online and in-person learning.
Summit County
Akron City School District – All online. The district plans to bring back small groups of students to in-person learning for extra support starting Nov. 30. As of Thursday, district spokesman Mark Williamson said there are no plans to change course.
Barberton City School District – Superintendent Jeff Ramnytz said the district currently offers online and in-person learning, with about a third of students all-online. Ramnytz noted the surge in cases after Halloween and said he is worried about a similar spike after Thanksgiving. The district is shifting to 100% remote learning for the first three days after Thanksgiving break - Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 - to allow families time to see if they experience any coronavirus symptoms. Barberton students enrolled in in-person learning are scheduled to return to the classroom on Dec. 3.
Copley-Fairlawn City School District – The district currently has in-person learning five days a week, and a spokesperson did not know if that would change after Thanksgiving.
Coventry Local Schools – The district plans to transition to remote on Nov. 12 thru Dec. 4, and resume in-person learning on Dec. 7. A district spokesperson did not respond to an inquiry about whether that would change based on the advisory.
Cuyahoga Falls City School District - The district currently has a K-12 online option, as well as in-person learning five days a week for students in kindergarten through fifth-grade and a two-day-a-week hybrid model for sixth- through twelfth-grade. Superintendent Todd Nichols told cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer that there’s currently no plan to change that, but the situation is being evaluated on a daily basis and may change based on coronavirus numbers.
Field Local School District – Did not respond to a request for comment.
Green Local School District – The district has in-person and online options for students, but all seventh- through twelfth-grade students will be all online on Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24, ahead of the Thanksgiving break, according to district spokeswoman Julie McMann. Students in K-6 will continue with their mode of learning – in-person or online – and teachers will continue to teach from their classrooms, including for online learning. The district plans to “solidify” and announce additional plans beginning Friday and in the coming days, she said.
Hudson City School District – No changes to the district’s current in-person, hybrid and online learning options, according to a district spokeswoman.
Manchester Local School District – About 80% of students are attending in-person classes five days a week, while the others have chosen a remote option, according to Superintendent James Robinson. An administrative meeting is scheduled for Friday to discuss the stay-at-home advisory and to review the district’s strategy.
Mogadore Local School District - Did not respond to a request for comment.
Nordonia Hills City School District – Currently, the district is in-person five days a week for kindergarten through fourth grade and has a hybrid model for fifth- through twelfth-grade, with students attending two days a week and doing online learning the other three days. Superintendent Joe Clark told cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer that classes are scheduled to resume as planned following Thanksgiving break, but if there is an untick in cases, the administration may consider making changes.
Norton City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment.
Revere Local School District – Did not respond to a request for comment.
Springfield Local School District - Did not respond to a request for comment.
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment. Online and in-person learning.
Tallmadge City School District - Did not respond to a request for comment. Online and in-person learning.
Twinsburg City School District - Students in preschool through sixth-grade are in-person five days a week, and seventh- through twelfth-grade is hybrid. The school board voted Wednesday to keep students at home for two weeks after winter break.
Woodridge Local School District - Did not respond to a request for comment. Online and in-person learning.
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