Next week marks the beginning of in-person learning for most of our youngest learners. As each week passes, over a hundred additional students will be reunited with their teachers and classmates. We are thrilled!
This is possible through the culmination of almost a year of hard work from all parts of our community. Our parents supported us as we recreated remote learning into the multi-faceted experience it is now. The District provided training and support as we continually improved a brand new way of teaching. Teachers continued to put their heart and soul into their passion – their students. We should all be proud of this work.
During this time, the District created reopening task force committees with parent and board member input, schedules were discussed at board meetings, and our bargaining team worked incredibly hard with the District to create a viable plan for hybrid teaching in Albany. This collaborative effort focused on three main tenets: keeping students with their teachers, allowing a robust option for families that needed to stay remote, and providing students and staff a safe and healthy place to teach and learn. This plan provides all of those things and is supported by over 95% of our voting members. We have a plan, let’s put it to work.
Albany students are the center of everything we do. We appreciate the collaborative effort that has provided us the opportunity to safely bring our educators and students back to the classroom. We are confident that we can provide the best for our students with the support from our community partners.
Sincerely,
Stephen Naiff & Chris Knight