Moorestown School Board To Discuss Reopening At Special Meeting

MOORESTOWN, NJ — The Moorestown Public School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting next week to discuss its restart and recovery plan for education.

The meeting will take place on July 28, and opens to the public at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held via Zoom. The Board of Education will also discuss routine and personnel matters during the meeting.

The district previously said it was exploring options to reopen in the fall. It has already announced that the beginning of school will be pushed back six days, to Sept. 8. Read more here: Moorestown Set To Push Back First Day Of School Due To Coronavirus

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Boards of education were given flexibility that "recognizes and respects" the differences between districts, he said.

This includes the option to rearrange schedules and implement a hybrid of in-person and remote learning. He also cautioned districts should be ready in case they need to move back to an entirely remote learning environment. Read more here: Gov. Murphy Issues NJ School Reopening Rules Amid Coronavirus

On Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy said the Department of Education will provide guidance later this week for parents to allow for them to opt for all-remote learning for their children this fall. Read more here: NJ To Offer Remote-Learning Option For Schools Amid Coronavirus

"This is about as complex a step as we will take or as any American state will take, and we want to get it right," Murphy said. "We want to do it responsibly. We want to respect public health, but we also want to do everything we can to try to recapture that magic of some semblance of in-person education that no state does like New Jersey."

New Jersey teachers, meanwhile, have developed what may be considered a strict set of possible ground rules for getting kids back to school in the fall. Read more: NJ Teachers Develop Possible Back-To-School Coronavirus Rules