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I can’t get the link to find out about distance learning next year that was sent in the email this afternoon. How can I get signed up so I can find out that information.

I would like to know how the high schools are going to be handling the student who have received an "incomplete" as their grade?

Do students automatically go to the next grade or how does that work

Hi!
so i was wondering how you can find out what school boundary you are in?
Have an amazing day :)

MY granddaughter has been using Dreambox as part of her daily lessons. I asked her teacher if this access would be available through the summer break. She thought the contract may expire at the end of June, biennium budget perhaps? Will this be renewed in July? If not, is there another way to utilize the program?
Thank you for your assistance.

What happens when a student in 7th grade fails Washington State History?

I was wondering when do I have to turn in my books? Because I've been getting emails of "over due books" but am I even allowed to go to LC and turn them in? When would I do that?

How will summer school work?

If a Senior doesn't go to there Graduation how do they get there Doploma?

Hello, I will be a Freshman next year, and I was wondering about lockers do you have to share a locker with someone or can you get a single person locker. And if we do have to share a locker can we pick who we share it with or is it random.

Elisa Wilbur

I would like to know if the district and/or state have seriously thought about a modified year round schedule. I was a teacher for 3 years in AZ which had that schedule. The teachers, parents and students loved it. We started school in early August, took a 2 week break in October, 2 weeks late December/early January and 2 weeks in March with the school year ending late May. With a learning gap that develops anyways with the existing schedule this may be an ideal way to help prevent the gaps and really address the gap that the Covid 19 reaction of closures has caused. I'm truely concerned about how the traditional schedule cannot meet students academic and social needs post Covid 19.

Can individuals who now reside outside of D81 still participate in the school naming process (https://www.spokaneschools.org/younameit) or do you have to be a resident of D81 to submit a vote? Thanks!

I see that only one vehicle per child is allowed for the graduation ceremony. Who decides what family gets to go when it comes to divorced, separated, or just not getting along with each other? Most family's are not as fortunate as my Sons 2 families.

Hello. As we near the end of this semester, my family is trying to decide if we will stay at LC, or move forward with an established, online homeschooling program for the duration of this pandemic. Does the district envision a similar online experience to what our student currently is doing, when we reopen in the fall? I have heard possibilities of halftime online with halftime in person instruction this fall. Thank you.

Is it up to the elementary schools or the district what the online learning looks like. I am finding the software somewhat frustrating. I find it absolutely ridiculous that my child does an assignment online and then I have to take a picture with my phone and email it to the teacher. There has to be an easier and better way of learning. My child should be able to do some assignments independently.

My son is Graduating on the 9 of June I was wanting to Fly in cus I am residing in a different state and wanted to know what is the Guest amount he may have?

Which positions have been furloughed? Currently, which positions are still actively getting paid as if it were a regular school year? I know that there are budget concerns.

I'm a little unclear as to why the school year has been extended to June 19th from June 11th. I have searched my past emails thinking the answer was in them but have not had success. Can you please clarify?

Hello I'm just wondering when or how I can submit the paperwork to enroll my youngest child now? I have all the papers my oldest goes there but since this covid-19 idk how to enroll her now. Thank you for your time.

I am currently going through the first steps to enroll my child for 2020-2021 school year. What percentage ethnicities should I claim for my child? I have in the past gotten his DNA tested with Ancestry. I know DNA and culture is a bit different, so I thought I would ask what minimum percentage ancestors "count" in the enrollment/primary school environment.

Why are you saying you have a budget crisis , Patty Murray just secured 216 million dollars (cares act) for washington schools?

The way you have secondary subjects set up for online learning is very frustrating. My daughter can not plan her week because each subject information comes on a different day and the weeks for each class are not monday-friday. If all weekly information could come on friday for the next week, or even monday morning for all subjects it would be so much easier.
It is also frustrating that each teacher posts things differently so the kids have to search for information and try to remember which teacher posts thing where. Teams, their website, email, onenote, etc. It is easy to miss something.
Hopefully this is something that can be done to unify this to make it easier for these kids to be successful and be less frustrated.

What Sex Education curriculum has Spokane Public Schools adopted in compliance with Governor Inslee's law? May we see sample lessons?

With new guidelines for schooling, would it be possible to run school year round with 2 weeks on for half the students and 2 weeks off for them with the other half going at that time, and so on throughout the 13 years?

i got logged out of power school i need help with my password

My Daughter is a Senior At Rogers High School she has stuff in her locker still wondering if she will be able to get it Thankyou!

Wondering about Rogers High School cap & gown if we can get them please & when because we paid for them already Thankyou!

Why do we have to do online school if nobody is really doing it?

Will the TV lessons be available online? On YouTube or SpokaneSchools.org? We do not have a TV antenna or Comcast Xfinity.

Good morning,

I am very glad to hear that SPS has finally gotten onboard with a distance learning program. I am excited to hear that each child will have individual tasks and lessons to complete over the course of the week that will then be evaluated and graded by their teacher.

Is there a place where the parents can view all of the information pertaining to our children? One log in, one site that we can visit each child's classroom and view the information that they need? I have five children in three different schools and I am still working full time, from home. My husband has been logging in with the children every morning to view their assignments and guide them through their day, but he is back to work full time, so is now unavailable during the day.

Can you please point me toward the single access point? I have Class Dojo, PowerPoint and my students log into Clever, Team Meetings, Blackboard and there is probably somewhere else they are needing to log in that I don't have the information for. Please help.

Sincerely,
Sarah Tracy

If there will not be a graduation who do I talk to about getting reimbursed for the graduation I paid for on 2 on my children??

The seniors had there names painted on the football field a picture was taken it wasn't finished it was only to letter J in the picture didn't have all the Seniors names, I was wondering if they could take another picture of it finished so it can recognize the other students names also?

I am currently “homeschooling” five SPS students in grades 4 through 12. Every day I receive multiple emails saying that Spokane Public Schools will have more information “soon” or “after the meeting on Wednesday” or “on Sunday”. My question is what is taking so long? We have been out of school for over a month. Teachers and administrators are being paid for full-time work and if they are really working full-time we should be up and running a little better.

My daughter still has her PE gear (including new shoes) in her PE locker. When can we get those items since school is closed, and no one is answering?

This is a challenging time and I appreciate that this is not at all how any of us thought the school year would go. I am an instrumental teacher in Spokane and hear from many of my students that they are not getting instruction time with teachers; the grade schoolers have received "activity packets", but the parents definitely feel left on their own. I continue to teach my students online and I know of a private school where the class has two or three Zoom sessions each week and the teachers also have daily office hours, another school is using Google Classroom, and a third has a 1-1 1/2 hour Zoom session with students 2-3 times per day. I am concerned, as a teacher and taxpayer, about the apparent loss of teacher-student interaction. I know we have a Virtual Learning program in this state; I've seen the ads in previous years and know a District #81 teacher who taught those online classes. It seems these resources----the already set-up VL and our certificated, dedicated teachers---are not being used to their fullest extent. In addition, the verbiage in the descriptions of student expectations at this time indicates that all of the work is optional, that for high schoolers, it doesn't even count towards a grade. The District has been truly conscientious about providing all students with a laptop and internet access. There really are no excuses at this point for families not to have access to Virtual Learning resources. I surely do think that more student-teacher interaction would benefit the students and their parents. Filling 2-4 hours daily with instruction without much teacher input is very challenging and the parents who still have jobs may not be able to support their children's learning in this way. Another consideration: without frequent, instructional student-teacher interaction, I wouldn't be surprised if many families choose homeschooling next fall; being bereft of the daily expertise of certificated teachers may well lead many to think there's not an academic reason to return to school. To summarize: could the District offer Virtual/Distance Learning with their regular teachers to all students? Thank you for all your thought and effort.

Is there a reason the warning bells continue to run at Hamblen Elementary? Please have someone turn them off. Also, last summer the staff let them run the whole summer...

What is the deal with grading for quarter four? I assume that the rule that things that weren't previously assigned prior to the initial closure of school can be counted against your quarter three grade, but will that be the case for quarter four as well?

I have a preschool daughter and am limited on resources. I was wondering if there was a way to get pattern pages for the alphabet, numbers and shapes and any other material that would be beneficial for my daughter's learning among this lockdown? Thank you

Has the district considered expanding or modifying the times when meals can be picked up during the closure? Having every site only open for one hour each day is very limiting to families that may still be working or have another obligation. (ie: I had a doctor's appointment today at 10:30am and was not finished until 12:15pm) If a secondary location was still open from 12pm-1pm, that would have been an option for us, but it isn't available.

Are non essential salaried employees still going to be payed all year? Wouldn't it be more fiscally more prudent to lay them off and they can go on unemployment like the rest of us..

Is my son able to go and buy a new Student ID at the office while schools are closed? He attends Shadle Park.

Why are schools funding lunches while school is out of session? Care for children is a parents responsibility not the school districts. Food stamps and other programs are funded to provide for the needy.

Hello, when will the kids have spring break? I want to be able to give them a date so they realize that home school is not a vacation and just school at home. Thanks

Does North Central have a school newspaper or writing group for the 7 graders and up.

If school reopens at the end of April will there still be spring sports?

Hi it's Cody again... Went to go running at Ferris this evening... All gates are still locked please advise... Thank you!

Why are all the Shadle Park classes on different platforms. This is ridiculous. I work full time and now I'm supposed to track down log in information for 5 different classes? Please please please, figure out a way to make this a better process. One of my son's teachers gave 20 different assignments. This is beyond my capability in a time of huge stress and change and upheaval. Please talk to your educators. Help our kids by being consistent for heavens sake.

I would like to know what the expectation should be of teachers during this closure
My son who is a a Junior at LC in many AP classes has only had one teacher with any plan or communication. I am very frustrated but realize I don’t know what is expected of these educators so let’s start there
Sincerely
Jeanne Robison