Every student enrolled in the Denver Public Schools will continue remote learning into 2021, but a tentative schedule posted on the school district’s website outlines how the district plans to return to in-class learning by Feb. 1.

The timeline says:

Jan. 5 to Jan. 8:

• All K-12 students begin the semester in remote learning
• Discovery Link will provide Remote Learning Support Centers at 30 sites. 
• Schools may choose to run Remote Learning Support Centerrs

Jan. 11:

• All ECE-5th grade students, including SPED Centers and Newcomer Center students, return to in-person
• All secondary SPED Centers and Newcomer Centers return to in-person
• Other secondary students continue in remote learning

Jan. 19 to Jan. 29:

• Other secondary students begin gradual phase-in to in-person learning.
• Schools bring secondary students back at their own pace, including health and safety orientation days to help students acclimate to the required health protocols for in-person learning. 
• Some smaller high schools may be able to return to in-person five days a week, while some larger schools may return on a hybrid schedule. This is based on the latest guidelines from our health partners on how many students can be in the same group, or cohort.

Feb. 1:

• All students whose families selected in-person learning are back in schools.

“We believe this timeline prioritizes students who need in-person learning most, while also givings schools the opportunity to plan and prepare for a full-scale return to in-person learning,” the post read. 

Students enrolled in remote learning will continue to be offered after Feb. 1 for families that chose the option, according to the post.

DPS previously announced in mid-November that the district was transitioning back to remote learning due to a surge of COVID-19 cases that caused “severe staffing shortages.

Denver Public Schools to move all students to online learning

The district returned to remote learning fully on Nov. 30.

Initially the goal was to return to in-person learning follow the end of the district’s first semester and winter break, but over the past few weeks, officials decided to amend that goal.

Officials from the school district along with the district’s health partners will continue monitoring the situation and changes to the schedule could be made, according to the post.