Students in the Rochester City School District will gradually return to physical classrooms beginning in January, under a plan rolled out Thursday night by Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small.
The plan delivered to the City School Board calls for students to use a hybrid part classroom-part online learning model beginning in January. The board approved it by a 4-2 vote, with Commissioner Beatriz LeBron abstaining.
The plan starts with returning children in specialized programs to physical classrooms, then works up over two more phases to most students.
Myers-Small says testing capacity, availability of protective gear and other factors will determine how long each phase takes.