Wichita elementary schools welcomed students back for a new school year on Tuesday after a long break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Police officers greeted students outside the schools, handing out baseball cards and junior officer stickers. School district spokesperson Susan Arensman said the students and teachers and staff were excited to be back in the classroom.
Middle school and high school students are in remote classes for the first nine weeks, and Arensman said that was going well but there were a few issues with students having trouble with getting into the system. The district has created a help desk with the number of 973-HELP (4357), and it will be active from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The district was working to provide hotspots for all students involved in MyRemote learning.
From the Associated Press:
Technology issues are popping up in some Kansas school districts that opened with mostly online classes. The Olathe district experienced interruptions to service Tuesday morning when nearly 50,000 users with different devices tried to log on to a system that was meant for 30,000 students.
The district started Tuesday with middle and high schools learning remotely and elementary students using a hybrid of online and in-person classes. After more servers were added, the interruption was solved by mid-morning.
[ photo: Wichita Police Department – Facebook ]
