Skip to Main Content
District Home
Sign In
Search
HELP
  • Help
  • Anonymous Fraud Hotline
PORTALS AND TOOLS
  • Employee Action Center
  • Finance Infor Lawson
  • Office Professional Portal
  • Principal Portal
  • Teacher Portal
  • User Override
USER OPTIONS
    Our DPS
    The Commons
    Conversations @ The Commons Conversations @ The Commons
    • Team DPS
      • About DPS
      • Employee Directory
      • Master School List
      • Vision and Values
      • Denver Plan 2020
      • Superintendent
      • Equity in Action
    • News
      • All News
      • Share Your Good News
      • Photo Galleries
      • Newsletter Submissions
      • Newsletter Archive
    • Human Resources
      • About
      • Daily Health Screening
      • COVID Leaves and Accommodations
      • Benefits
      • Compensation
      • Wellness
      • Growth and Performance
      • Talent Acquisition
    • Department Directory
    • DPS Calendars
      • Board of Education Calendar
      • District Calendar
      • Master Calendar
      • School Year Calendars
      • Work Year Calendars
    • COVID & Return Resources
    Conversations @ The Commons Conversations @ The Commons
    Return to Headlines

    Our DPS Weekly: Important Updates on Our Return to School

    7/15/2020 Comments (-1)-1

    Dear Team DPS,

    As we continue to plan for the upcoming school year, I want to share an update with you on our ongoing work. Our DPS leadership team has been responding to the changing realities of COVID with proactive, health-based plans for education since March. We have heard many questions and concerns about returning to school, and truly appreciate the feedback we continue to receive.

    COVID in Colorado and across the nation

    As we have emphasized throughout the past several months, we remain ready to adjust our plans based on changing health conditions and risk factors within our community. We are making contingency plans should the rates of COVID infection increase to a point where health officials recommend that in-person attendance is not feasible. Like many states around the country, we have seen an increase of COVID-19 cases in Colorado. Fortunately, our increases have not been as high as other states such as California, Arizona, and Florida.

    As many of you have seen, this increase in community spread has led several school districts, including Los Angeles and San Diego, to decide to start next school year with fully remote learning. In consultation with our health partners, we believe that the current rate of spread in our community does allow us to continue forward with a plan for in-person learning, but please know that we are monitoring the ever-changing environment daily.

    Building a responsive plan with safety in mind

    We are striving to make our plans as responsive to changing health conditions as possible. For example, we are considering a “staggered start” schedule, in which schools would all begin virtually and phase in in-person attendance gradually.

    We have also developed plans with health officials to safely run a hybrid or fully in-person model as health data allows. And of course, every family will still have the opportunity to choose a fully virtual program.

    Delaying start of school to mitigate heat concerns, allow for teacher preparation

    We are also considering pushing back the day school starts for students by one week to Aug. 24 (for most schools, as original start dates vary for some). This delay would increase the amount of time teachers have to prepare for a highly unusual school year -- and decrease the number of hot August days that our students and staff will be in classrooms. 

    We expect to be able to share more details with you about these decisions on Monday, July 20.

    These conversations are ongoing, and we are grateful for the many partners who are making this possible. We will continue to update you on details. In the meantime, we encourage you to review the Frequently Asked Questions and visit our Return to School page on The Commons, and email us your questions and feedback at CoronavirusInfo@dpsk12.org.

    Warm regards,

    Susana 



    To add a comment, you must be signed in.

    Our DPS
    Every Child Succeeds
    • Students First
      We put our kids’ needs at the forefront of everything we do.LEARN MORE
    • Integrity
      We tell the truth, and we keep our promises.LEARN MORE
    • Equity
      We celebrate our diversity and will provide the necessary resources and supports to eliminate barriers to success and foster a more equitable future for all our kids.LEARN MORE
    • Collaboration
      Together as a team, we think, we work, and we create in order to reach our goals.LEARN MORE
    • Accountability
      We take responsibility for our individual and collective commitments; we grow from success; we learn from failure.LEARN MORE
    • Fun
      We celebrate the joy in our work and foster in our students a joy and passion for learning to last their whole lives.LEARN MORE
    Every Child Succeeds
    SCROLL TO TOP   

    FOLLOW US

    Facebook
    /DenverPublicSchools
    YouTube
    /DenverPublicSchools
    Twitter
    /dpsnewsnow
    Instagram
    /denverpublicschools
    Pintrest
    LinkedIn

    FOLLOW US

    Facebook
    /DenverPublicSchools
    Twitter
    /dpsnewsnow
    Pintrest
    YouTube
    /DenverPublicSchools
    Instagram
    /denverpublicschools
    LinkedIn

    FOLLOW US

    Facebook
    /DenverPublicSchools
    Instagram
    /denverpublicschools
    YouTube
    /DenverPublicSchools
    Pintrest
    Twitter
    /dpsnewsnow
    LinkedIn

    Portals and Systems

    • Employee Action Center
    • Finance Infor Lawson
    • Infinite Campus
    • Office Professional Portal
    • Principal Portal
    • Teacher Portal
    • True Pay

    Tools

    • DPS Google
    • Request a Substitute
    • RICOH Service Center
    • Spam Filter
    • User Override
    • Webmail

    The Commons

    • Contact Us
    • FAQ
    • How To Access The Commons
    • Share Feedback
    Our DPS
    1860 Lincoln Street
    Denver, CO 80203
    720-423-3888
    thecommons@dpsk12.org
    • Questions or Feedback? |
    • Blackboard Web Community Manager Privacy Policy (Updated) |
    • Terms of Use
    Copyright © 2002-2021 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved.
    Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved.
    CLOSE
    CLOSE