What To Expect As School Begins For Gloucester Twp. K-8 Students

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Tuesday is the first day of school for students in the Gloucester Township K-8 Public School District. For students everywhere, school will be different this year, as learning will be mostly remote amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Some students will attend school and some will learn remotely, but all are eligible for free lunch, the district recently announced.

Students in school will get free breakfast and lunch twice a week, according to a letter posted on the district’s website on Friday. Students learning remotely can pick up grab and go meals at their school from 9 a.m. to noon each Friday. Specific locations are listed on the district’s website.

Parents are encouraged to apply for free or reduced price meals if they haven't already done so.

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The reopening plan presented in July includes a hybrid option that calls for students to be split into two groups. One group would attend school on Monday and Tuesday, and the other would attend on Wednesday and Thursday.

On the days in which their group is not in school, students will be learning remotely. All schools will learn remotely on Friday. Students who choose the hybrid option will have the same teachers all five days.

There will be a separate group of teachers assigned to remote learning than those who are assigned to hybrid instruction. The district will be ready to go to an all-remote option if they need to. Read more here: Gloucester Twp. K-8 Schools Still Plan For Hybrid Reopening

Last year, the district posted a reminder about the need to wear masks and what thehealth and safety protocols look like this fall.

The most important thing to expect is the unexpected. No one thought last year at this time that schools would close in March for the rest of the academic year, and school administrators remind residents the situation for this school year is fluid.