Brick Schools Set To Open With Hybrid Schedule

BRICK, NJ — The Brick Township School District will be putting its planning into action Tuesday as half of its students board buses for in-person classes for the first time since March.

The district is opening with its hybrid instruction plan for the 2020-21 school year, as the state and nation continue to grapple with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Three-quarters of the district's parents wanted some form of in-person instruction, and 95 percent of the staff members were able to return to school, Superintendent Thomas Farrell said.

"The staff wants to come back as this pandemic has been stressful on them as well," he said.

The first week of school will be focused on student orientation days to review and acclimateget used to the new health and safety protocols, as well as handing out Chromebooks and making sure students and families understand how to access the remote instruction.

Some of the students will have in-person classes on Mondays and Wednesdays, and remote instruction the others; a second group will have in-person classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and remote instruction the others. The third group will have remote instruction Monday through Friday.

Special education students will have in-person instruction Monday through Thursday, with remote instruction on Fridays.

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