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Volume 65, Number 42 • October 15, 2020
The road back
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Preparing for students’ return to classroom involves balancing act for administration
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At Reynolds, a push to aid students hurt by pandemic
29
Hours needed to transport all students by bus one way
Decrease in number of students enrolled this year compared to last year
2,600 Number of Goochland County families with children attending GCPS
his week, Goochland School Superintendent Dr. Jeremy Raley presented his team’s plan for transitioning county students back into the classroom. After beginning the school year with distance learning, a model that presented its own unique challenges for both teachers and students, “we are really excited to make this transition,” Raley told county Date by which students supervisors last week. “All in all it’s been a strong start in all grades may have the to the school year,” Raley said, adding that he was treopportunity for in-person mendously proud of the work that school employees education, according to put in to help students adapt. “We know we haven’t a plan presented to the always gotten it right,” he said, “but we are committed to school board getting it right.” this week The school board was expected to consider Raley’s proposal, which would allow all students who chose to return to the classroom to receive in-person learning at least two days a week, on Tuesday. For a full report on that meeting, visit www. goochlandgazette.com. Percentage of
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GHS students expected to return
20 Number of students who can ride on one bus
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
As Reynolds Community College approaches its 50th birthday, college president Dr. Paula Pando has plenty to celebrate. Now three years into her tenure, Pando presides over an institution that continues to offer opportunities to area residents seeking to advance their educations through the school’s many degree and certification programs. But, as Pando recently shared with the Goochland County Board of Supervisors, the school has not been immune to PANDO the struggles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of those issues are being felt at the national level — including the expected surge
550 Number of mobile hot spots distributed to local families to aid in distance learning
15 Number of bus drivers still needed as of last week w
12 Percentage of Goochland County students in grades K-12 who have been using the division’s Learning Labs on site since the start of the school year.
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