OREGON – After reviewing survey data from families, the Oregon School District has decided to give families a choice between in-person and remote learning this fall.

Details still are being worked out, but Superintendent Tom Mahoney wrote a letter to families Sunday with information on the plans that are in place so far:

The in-person option will include a modified five-hour schedule. Oregon Elementary School students will arrive at their regular time and be dismissed at 1:10 p.m., with after-shcool childcare available for up to 200 OES students until 3 p.m., by reservation.

Transportation will be provided at 1:10 and 3 p.m., although COVID-19-related restrictions may make ride times longer.

The district also is looking for ways to provide climate-control options at David L. Rahn Middle School; if that is possible, middle school will begin at 9:40 a.m. and end at 2:40 p.m. If not, students will arrive at the traditional start time and be dismissed at 12:45 p.m.

Oregon High School classes will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 3 p.m.

Times may be adjusted slightly depending on transportation scheduling. Students will wear masks on buses and in the buildings, but they will not be required when students are outside, eating or during teacher-approved mask breaks.

Social distancing will be followed to the best of the district’s ability.

There will be P.E.classes, but they will be “considerably different” than in the past.

Students with medical documentation may be excluded from wearing face masks but will be asked to use other forms of COVID mitigation, such as face shields or social distancing.

Those who refuse to wear a mask without medical documentation may be placed in the remote learning program.

Support will be available for students who choose remote learning when staff is not scheduled to work with in-person students, bit "it should be expected that much of the learning will need to occur through family support,” Mahoney wrote.

“We are asking that all students who opt for remote learning stay in remote learning for the first six weeks of the school year.”

More detailed information will be sent to families in coming weeks, along with a short form asking parents to commit to in-person or remote learning, Mahoney wrote.

“This information is vital for us to continue our planning process to provide all students with the best experiences possible.”