{"id":1319239,"date":"2020-04-02T18:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=995242"},"modified":"2020-04-02T18:30:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:30:03","slug":"k-12-schools-ramp-up-to-start-e-learning-as-facilities-closure-order-is-extended-through-april-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/k-12-schools-ramp-up-to-start-e-learning-as-facilities-closure-order-is-extended-through-april-30\/","title":{"rendered":"K-12 schools ramp up to start E-learning as facilities closure order is extended through April 30"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ross Montessori teaching coach Mandi Franz, foreground, and Silvia Ramos, the school’s business manager, distribute a Chromebook and other student learning materials to parent Maria Bustillos outside the school Thursday.<\/strong>
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A new era of \u201clearning from home,\u201d as some schools are starting to call it, hit home for real with the state\u2019s decision Wednesday to keep public and private primary and secondary schools closed through April 30.<\/p>\n

Gov. Jared Polis had been forewarning for the past week that, since the COVID-19 crisis has yet to peak in Colorado, mandated school and business closings and strict limits on the size of public gatherings were likely to be extended. <\/p>\n

In light of that reality, Garfield County schools began formally rolling out plans that have been in the works for the past three weeks to provide instruction online.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a whole new, strange world in which educators who chose to teach children are now effectively educating adults on technology platforms and getting a sprint into 21st-century tech skills,\u201d noted Sonya Hemmen, principal at the state charter Ross Montessori School in Carbondale.<\/p>\n

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