It would be an understatement to say that the end of the 2019-2020 school year has been unconventional, but for at least one local school district it’s been productive and enlightening.

The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn School District has been utilizing voluntary learning opportunities since the COVID-19 shut down of classes began in mid-March. Superintendent Greg Dufoe is excited to report that they’ve not only had strong participation in the program at all grade levels, but that it’s also been improving as the closure has continued. Dufoe says the administration has spent a lot of time ensuring students and families have the technology and connectivity needed to take part in the online learning available. Now, he believes they’ve reached a point where the foundation is laid to continue online learning if it becomes necessary in the fall.

“That has been our approach to this, really from when we entered into the second closure period, and we knew this would be longer than the initial three weeks. We were developing a plan that we wanted to be able to improve upon over the course of this spring, that if we need to utilize distance learning in the fall – whether it’s at the start of the year, whether it’s at some other point in case there’s another spike or another need for closure – that we can do it, and do it really well. So we really feel optimistic in the midst of this really difficult time that if we need this, we can do it again in the fall and do it even better.”

To learn more about this and other ADM topics, click the link below to listen to the recent Perry Fareway Let’s Talk Dallas County program with Dufoe.

https://www.raccoonvalleyradio.com/2020/05/15/lets-talk-dallas-county-5-15-2020-greg-dufoe/