Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced Monday school classrooms in Arkansas will remain vacant, as Alternative Measures of Instruction (AMI) will be used to finish the 2019-2020 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hutchinson also announced Arkansas PBS will continue to broadcast streamlined, curriculum-based programming for the state’s pre-K through eighth grade students in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education through May 1. After May 1, districts using Arkansas AMI resources will continue to provide education through their local AMI plans until the end of the academic year.
Mountain Home Public Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Jake Long says he understands the decision, and educators will continue to be dedicated to their students. Listen:
In Monday’s news conference in Little Rock, Governor Hutchinson and Secretary of Education Johnny Key discussed the situation that members of the 2020 class are facing. Both men say most seniors in the state have met graduation requirements, but still need to remain involved in AMI. Dr. Long explains what the local district expects of its seniors.
The governor adds school districts may continue child nutrition services through meal delivery or meals-to-go methods, in congruence with the Arkansas Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for precautionary measures, handwashing and social distancing.
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