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Alexandra Angarano, a first-grader at Westgate Elementary, uses a laptop to complete online assignments during the first day of online school this week in Pinellas County. Pinellas officials say they want students to spend a good chunk of each day doing school work, with much of it in front of a screen. Other Florida counties are monitoring attendance differently during the coronavirus crisis, saying they are mostly focused on the work getting done, whenever that happens. [Courtesy of Amelia Angarano]
Taking attendance: Not always easy when Florida schools are online.
It’s a simple part of the daily routine in normal times. But when teachers and students aren’t together, it’s harder to know who’s doing what.
Yesterday• Health
Why online learning is hard on students with special needs
Mandy Minor works with her 8-year-old daughter, Clara, on a class assignment at home. Clara suffers from learning and developmental delays due to DiGeorge Syndrome. Without peers and a teacher to propel her through the day, she burns out quickly, her mother says. [Courtesy of Alastair St. Hill]
Students who thrive on structure are stalling as the coronavirus crisis separates them from teachers and friends. Parents are seeing more meltdowns. “My stomach has been in knots.”
Yesterday• Health
Stay home order shakes up Pasco finals, food service, board meeting
Cassie Miller, Assistant Manager of Food and Nutrition Services, hands out pre-packaged meals at Fivay High in Hudson. District officials are looking for more workers to help with the service. [MICHELE MILLER | Times]
The district aims to keep people safe while also meeting needs.
Apr. 3• Education
Hillsborough Achievement Schools risk losing ground during shut-down
Meeting remotely, an advisory committee for Hillsborough County's Achievement Schools discussed how to connect with hard-to-read students while schools are closed for COVID-19. [Times staff]
Families are struggling, but COVID-19 makes outreach difficult.
Apr. 2• Education

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  1. Why online learning is hard on students with special needs
    Yesterday• Health
    Mandy Minor works with her 8-year-old daughter, Clara, on a class assignment at home. Clara suffers from learning and developmental delays due to DiGeorge Syndrome. Without peers and a teacher to propel her through the day, she burns out quickly, her mother says. [Courtesy of Alastair St. Hill]
  2. Taking attendance: Not always easy when Florida schools are online.
    Yesterday• Health
    Alexandra Angarano, a first-grader at Westgate Elementary, uses a laptop to complete online assignments during the first day of online school this week in Pinellas County. Pinellas officials say they want students to spend a good chunk of each day doing school work, with much of it in front of a screen. Other Florida counties are monitoring attendance differently during the coronavirus crisis, saying they are mostly focused on the work getting done, whenever that happens. [Courtesy of Amelia Angarano]
  3. Pinellas school district to add 13 new free meal sites
    Apr. 3• Health
    Pinellas County schools will expand its number of free meal sites for students while schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. [STEVEN SENNE | Associated Press]
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  5. Stay home order shakes up Pasco finals, food service, board meeting
    Apr. 3• Education
    Cassie Miller, Assistant Manager of Food and Nutrition Services, hands out pre-packaged meals at Fivay High in Hudson. District officials are looking for more workers to help with the service. [MICHELE MILLER | Times]
  6. As more Florida school activities cancel, access becomes critical
    Apr. 3• Gradebook
    Florida's spring algebra exam is among the things being canceled because of COVID-19.
  7. Hillsborough Achievement Schools risk losing ground during shut-down
    Apr. 2• Education
    Meeting remotely, an advisory committee for Hillsborough County's Achievement Schools discussed how to connect with hard-to-read students while schools are closed for COVID-19. [Times staff]
  8. Taking algebra this year? Don’t worry about the test, Florida education official says
    Apr. 2• Gradebook
    Teacher Kate Newell watches seventh graders Aaron Roxberry and Jacob Iovino practice the slope-intercept formula in one of her weekly visits to their Bayonet Point Middle algebra class. [JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK | Times Staff]
  9. Florida’s distance learning is in place. How long will it last?
    Apr. 2• Gradebook
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is seen during a news conference Wednesday, April 1, 2020. [The Florida Channel]
  10. Will Florida schools reopen in May, or just finish the year online?
    Apr. 2• Education
    Learning design coach Anna Condoleaon hands out computers and other devices Monday at Rushe Middle School in preparation for online learning, which began this week. Florida public schools are set to reopen May 1 as things stand, but it's easy to see that changing. [MICHELE MILLER | Times]
  11. YMCA childcare for essential workers now only $10 a day
    Apr. 1• Health
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  1. Can Florida schools conduct business as usual during coronavirus?
    Apr. 1• Gradebook
    Members stand during the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the Hillsborough County School Board meeting at the School District headquarters, 901 E Kennedy Boulevard, on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in Tampa.The five school board members present all sat at least six feet apart and only 10 people we permitted in the room at any given time, using social distancing because of COVID-19. Two other school board members were present via video conferencing. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  2. Schools using Zoom should be careful, security expert warns
    Apr. 1• Health
    As schools use platforms like Zoom to interact with students, parents might want to stay vigilant, experts say. “You don’t want your kids just clicking every link that comes in, thinking it’s from their teachers,” said Chris Hadnagy, an expert in online stalking and cybercrime. “Be really cautious with the links.” [ELISE AMENDOLA | AP]
  3. Hillsborough educators are “writing the playbook” as remote learning gets under way
    Mar. 31• Education
    The lectern is cleaned between each speaker during the Hillsborough County School Board meeting on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in Tampa.The five school board members present all sat at least six feet apart and only 10 people we permitted in the room at any given time, using social distancing because of COVID-19. Two other school board members were present via video conferencing. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  4. Will distance learning become Florida’s new status quo?
    Mar. 31• Gradebook
    Landon Rancke, left, and his big brother, Ryan Rancke work together to set up a computer for online learning. Both are students in the Pinellas County school system. [Kristin Rancke]
  5. Florida public schools to remain closed until May
    Mar. 30• Health
    Pasco County Schools distributed computer and technological equipment Monday for students needing technology to participate in distance learning beginning Tuesday. Here Rushe Middle School principal David Salerno provides a safe way for parents to drop signed paperwork. Public schools in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Hernando counties started distance learning on Monday. [MICHELE MILLER | Times]
  6. Day One for online learning in Tampa Bay: Eager students, slow computers.
    Mar. 30• Education
    Landon Rancke, left, and his big brother, Ryan Rancke work together to set up a computer for online learning. Both are students in the Pinellas County school system. [Courtesy of Kristin Rancke]
  7. Pasco’s online lessons will be more flexible and relaxed than a usual school day, officials say
    Mar. 30• Pasco
    Learning design coach Anna Condoleaon hands out computers and other technological devises on Monday at Rushe Middle School in advance of distance learning, which was to commence on Tuesday for Pasco County students. [MICHELE MILLER | Times]
  8. It’s distance learning day for Florida. Are you ready?
    Mar. 30• Gradebook
    Annie and June Leonard practice yoga, which is part of their structured home learning day as the Hillsborough County Public Schools shift to distance learning because of the coronavirus. [Times]
  9. Virginia students create virtual graduation in Minecraft
    Mar. 29• Health
    Minecraft logo on Android mobile device. [SHUTTERSTOCK | Shutterstock]
  10. Florida schools are responding differently to the pandemic than other states
    Mar. 28• Health
    Florida education commissioner Richard Corcoran disagrees with states like Michigan, which have closed schools in response to the coronavirus and will not count student work until they reopen. “That’s not who we are as Americans,” he said. [Times (2020)]
  11. Virus or no virus, the Hillsborough School Board will meet in person on Tuesday
    Mar. 27• Health
    Hillsborough County School Board members (from left to right) Tamara Shamburger, Melissa Snively and Steve Cona at a Jan. 21 meeting. The board plans to meet Tuesday, in person, despite the coronavirus pandemic. They will sit farther apart during the meeting. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
  12. We’re about to turn homes into school. Here’s how experts say it’s done.
    Mar. 27• Health
    With both offices and schools closed because of coronavirus concerns, parents can learn some tips from homeschoolers on how to manage the day. [Times (2019)]
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