Secondary Hybrid/Cyber (Remote) FAQ

Students will be cohorted into an A group and a B group, based on alphabet, and will attend school in-person two days per week and online three days per week.  During online instruction, students will be virtually included in the class with the in-person students, and teacher-led instruction will continue. What is imperative is that this teacher-led experience that our students receive most resembles in-person classroom experience. Teachers will use the District’s online tools to facilitate teaching and learning, as well as synchronous and asynchronous instruction.  During the online component, synchronous experiences will vary in length each period of each day depending on the instructional objectives and activities as established by the faculty. To balance a student’s amount of time involved with synchronous learning activities, students will be expected to work on the asynchronous instruction provided by their teacher and complete/submit their assignments as directed. 
 

Students will learn from home five days per week.  During online instruction, students will be virtually included in the class with the in-person and virtual hybrid students, and teacher-led instruction will continue.  What is imperative is that this teacher-led experience that our students receive most resembles in-person classroom experience. Teachers will use the District’s online tools to facilitate teaching and learning, as well as synchronous and asynchronous instruction.  Synchronous experiences will vary in length each period of each day depending on the instructional objectives and activities as established by the faculty. To balance a student’s amount of time involved with synchronous learning activities, students will be expected to work on the asynchronous instruction provided by their teacher and complete/submit their assignments as directed. 

For clarity of communication, the Cyber Learning Academy will be referenced as continuation of Remote Instruction under the Cyber Learning Academy.

Yes, pending the HR processes.  Due to subject certifications and the special nature of many secondary courses, students in the secondary program will remain with their same teacher when the transition occurs. 

Yes.  Each student will continue to follow their bell schedule each school day.  Note that bell schedules may be adjusted in terms of length of the periods to account for students moving throughout the school. You will receive an updated bell schedule from your Principal. 
 

Yes. Faculty will continue to proceed through the Mt. Lebanon curriculum, adjusting the pace as needed to ensure students are mastering the course goals and objectives. 

All students will remain with their teacher, follow their school's bell schedule, and receive teacher-led instruction as has occurred in Remote instruction. 

Yes.  Universal masking is required as outlined in the District's Health & Safety plan.

Please review the Health & Safety Plan Overview on the District's web-site. 

Yes.  We will be asking people if they would like to make a switch at the 9 weeks mark by being resurveyed for any desired changes on October 16th.  If there is an extenuating circumstance for an individual family, we would consider those circumstances relative to making an adjustment at a different period of time.

For those faculty engaged in the HR process and are unable to return to the building at this time, we are looking at options to maintain Mt. Lebanon teachers delivering the Mt. Lebanon curriculum to their students.  To facilitate the impacted faculty member’s ability to continue delivering instruction remotely to their students, we are seeking to employ a “class monitor”.  This individual will partner with the Mt. Lebanon remote faculty to assist students in the classroom should there be an emergency,  to assist with classroom management, and to be responsive to student needs.  At this time, we do not have a firm number of faculty as to who can not return to the building or personnel that may be able to serve in this supportive role.  Our HR department is working diligently on this topic.

To assist faculty/staff to prepare for the transition to Hybrid/continuation of Remote Instruction under the Cyber Learning Academy, October 2, 2020 will be a fully asynchronous instructional delivery day for all students whereby the faculty will not be available for synchronous engagement with students on this day.

The middle schools and high school will employ a 10 am start bell schedule on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday to allow for an orientation to the building procedures for in-person students.  

• Hybrid (in-person) students would report at 8 am for orientation and join classmates for instruction using the 10 am bell schedule

• Hybrid (at-home) & continuation of Remote Instruction under the Cyber Learning Academy students would follow the 10 am bell schedule

Middle Schools

Monday, October 5:

• 8 am - Student Group A-1(Last Names A-E) - 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students (¼ of student body)

• 10 am - Student Group A-2(Last Names F-L), B-1(Last Names M-R), B-2(Last Names S-Z)

Tuesday, October 6:

• 8 am - Student Group A-2(Last Names F-L) - 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students (¼ of student body)

• 10 am - Student Group A-1, B-1, B-2

Wednesday, October 7:

• Remote Instruction for All Students

Thursday, October 8:

• 8 am - Student Group B-1(Last Names M-R) - 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students (¼ of student body)

• 10 am - Student A-1, A-2, B-2

Friday, October 9:

• 8 am - Student Group B-2(Last Names S-Z) - 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students (¼ of student body)

• 10 am - Student Group A-1, A-2, B-1

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High School

Monday, October 5:

• 8 am - Student Group A-1 (Last Names A-E) - Grades 9-12 students (¼ of student body)

• 10 am - Student Group A-2 (Last Names F-L), B-1 (Last Names M-R), B-2 (Last Names S-Z)

Tuesday, October 6:

• 8 am - Student Group A-2 (Last Names F-L) - Grades 9-12 students (¼ of student body)

• 10 am - Student Group A-1, B-1, B-2

Wednesday, October 7:

• Remote Instruction for All Students

Thursday, October 8:

• 8 am - Student Group B-1 (Last Names M-R) - Grades 9-12 students (¼ of student body)

• 10 am - Student A-1, A-2, B-2

Friday, October 9:

• 8 am - Student Group B-2 (Last Names S-Z) - Grades 9-12 students (¼ of student body)

• 10 am - Student Group A-1, A-2, B-1

Yes.  Students should plan to bring their personal device, charging cable, and headphones to class each day.  This will allow the faculty to maintain a classroom community between the in-person and remote students using available tools like Google Classroom, Edgenuity, and Google Meet/Zoom, as needed.  Should your child not have a portable device, requests can be sent using the request form https://mtle.bo/Remote2020.

Universally in the secondary buildings, students will be asked to wash their hands with soap and water or use hand sanitizer as they enter every classroom/lunchroom and as they exit.  The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) provided guidance to the District on September 21, 2020 that hand hygiene is one of the best methods to mitigate the spread of the virus.

The master schedule for each building will be designed to maximize space, including outdoor space, to the greatest extent feasible; 6’ of physical distancing will be accomplished in the classrooms where feasible. Additionally, UltraBoard Barriers or face shields will be utilized where 6’ of physical distancing can not be maintained between students in classrooms. 

As needed, the UltraBoard Barriers will remain stationary on desks, not transported by students.  The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) provided guidance to the District on September 21, 2020 that the cleaning or replacement of these Boards is needed only when a Board is visibly contaminated. Boards will be routinely cleaned with the District utilizing the Clorox360 machine. 

Six feet of physical distancing will be required during lunch to comply with the Universal Face Covering guidance in the District’s Health & Safety Plan.  

Should a student become ill (and capable) or isolated/quarantined, they can access their classes remotely on their in-person hybrid days and be considered present. 

The District’s Health & Safety Plan’s isolation protocols will be employed for the student not feeling well.  The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) provided guidance to the District on September 21, 2020 that students from a classroom where a student was not feeling well will only be quarantined if a positive COVID-19 test result occurs. 

An UltraBoard Barrier will be cleaned or replaced should it have been used by a student who does not feel well and exhibited symptoms.

Yes, at times.  The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) provided guidance to the District on September 21, 2020 that the best course of action relative to touching hard surfaces is for everyone to wash their hands before class/lunch and then again after.  Where available, students should be provided with personal instructional materials and/or disinfectant wipes (or soap/water as appropriate) to clean after use.

When school is closed, the students would miss that day of in-person instruction.  With the October 12 example, the A group of students would have in-person instruction only on Tuesday, and then the B group would start in-person instruction on Thursday. 

Yes.  Teachers are being provided with a microphone so that students at home can hear them.