Yes, Parents Want to Go Green.
October 14, 2020
The plan to go “Code Green” is already happening at JC Booth Middle School as The sixth-grade class went back to 4 days per week on September 28th.
Fayette County Board of Education had a plan for students to return gradually to 5 days a week, which is code green, by the end of October.
JC Booth started out 2 weeks later than the original start date of August 10th on Code Yellow. This is a combination of both virtual and face to face learning. The face to face instruction occurs with a small group of students two days a week. Parents had mixed feelings about it. “I would have been happier if school could have started on ‘Code Green’, but sadly increasing positive cases made that unsafe,” said Holly O’Clair, JC Booth parent.
Other parents like Athena Frederick said, “I was very much in favor of school getting back to Brick and Mortar. I think the way they did it was a good idea just to gradually have kids come back and to split the school into groups. I think it was a smart plan.”
Fayette County intends to monitor the number of students and faculty diagnosed with Covid-19. The plan is to return to code green if there is not a high increase in diagnoses of Covid Virus.
According to the parents, some students have done well with hybrid learning, while some have struggled. “I feel my students have adapted and made the ‘Code Yellow’ schedule work, but as a parent, I have concerns about how much learning has actually taken place,” said Holly O’Clair. “I think that the challenge has been more with the new technology from Schoology,” Katie Hausner said.
There have been a few cases of COVID-19 at JC. Booth. However, most parents think it is time to transition to Code Green. Amy Kelso said, “I feel Booth is ready to go Code Green due to the successful start of the school year and lack of increase in cases.”
“I am cautiously optimistic that Booth is ready to move to Code Green. My hopes are one of a semblance of normalcy can return to us with minimal risk,” 8th-grade parent Doug Sturbaum said.
Parents feel that Fayette County made the right decision. The overall consensus was to return to a five-day school week. “It is understandable that we need to be cautious but living in fear and not resuming normal routines will have a far greater impact psychologically on our children,” Shannon Curtin said,
JC Booth has done a good job enforcing the plan that Fayette County had in place to encourage everyone to wear a mask correctly, wash hands frequently, and social distance as much as possible. The parents are hopeful that this success will continue once all students have returned. “I think the Fayette County Board of Education has done a great job. It’s never easy having to accommodate so many people with so many concerns on so many levels,” Laura-Lyn Preble said.
Dori Karafanda • Nov 16, 2020 at 12:20 pm
This is an interesting article because it shows the different perspectives of parents. I like the green schedule better because it’s easier to get work done.
Elijah Bowen • Nov 12, 2020 at 1:04 pm
I think it is a great idea to go green. It has been so much better than before. My parents also agree that it has been better.
Aran Anuraj • Nov 12, 2020 at 12:59 pm
I think that Booth made the correct choice because I want to green and so do my parents. I think this article represented what most students and parents want because they included what people said about going green.
Emily Veerman • Nov 12, 2020 at 12:48 pm
I love going green and my parents do too because we get to get more physical activities instead of relaxing in bed on our phones.
Addison Rinkiewicz • Nov 12, 2020 at 11:33 am
It has been a few weeks of being in green and I really enjoy it. I think the school system made a good decision to go green because students are enjoying it and so are parents. This article is really informational and it helps show the parent’s appreciation for going green, good job!
jackson mccurry • Nov 12, 2020 at 11:28 am
My mother thinks we should stay in green because we get in trouble when were home alone.
Taryn • Nov 11, 2020 at 3:33 pm
I think that this is a good article. I like that you’re asking the actual parents about what they think. I also think it would of been nice to hear from the parents that wanted us to stay yellow though, maybe that can be for a different article though, but I think it is important to mention that too. Overall I liked it though.
River Boyle • Nov 11, 2020 at 1:06 pm
I think it was a great idea to go green and my parents want us to stay green and they think it was a great idea to go green. Thank you.