District not anticipating full in-person schooling

Winter sports will go on even though full-time in-person classes are not planned for next semester

Unless changes occur regarding the spread of novel coronavirus, Clearview Local Schools will not be returning to in-person classes for a five-day week for the second semester.

Superintendent Jerome Davis said during an Oct. 12 Board of Education meeting that it looks like the current wave of COVID-19 spread will make its way well into January.

For that reason, the district did not include a question regarding full-time inperson schooling in a survey released to parents Oct. 7, Davis said.

“Right now, we don’t see that as possible,” he said. “So, that was not one of the questions we put on there.”

Before sending out the survey, district administration met earlier that week to discuss options.

The district implemented a hybrid learning plan for its current school semester, and will reassess results from its survey before implementing it for the next semester.

Davis said in the first day the survey was released, 400 people filled it out.

As of earlier in the day Oct. 12, over 730 people completed the survey, he said.

Questions for district parents to answer include their satisfaction with the current plan and virtual learning thus far, Davis said

Currently, there is a 20 percent variance between people who prefer completely online learning and those who do not, he said.

As for happenings for this semester, Davis said parent-teacher conferences are to continue at Vincent Elementary School and Clearview High School in the near future.

Conferences, which were held completely online, were successful for Durling Middle School, he said.

As for winter sports, Davis said in a recent conversation with Lorain County Public Health Commissioner Dave Covell, they are still on for the coming season.

Davis said the main sport of concern is basketball, since the entire starting lineup would need to be quarantined should a player contract COVID-19.

Meanwhile Davis said he thought wrestling would be more of a concern. However, according to Davis, Covell did not see the sport as an issue.