Decatur schools planning for next school year

City Schools of Decatur ended their school year at the end of May, and Superintendent David Dude is working on how the school year will operate in 2020-21.

The general consensus is that schools will still open on 4th August. Dude is looking at three scenarios for opening schools, which are:

• Schools reopen as usual with students attending classes in person
• A hybrid system is implemented where students alternate between going to class on one day and Distance Learning the next
• Continuing with online instruction 100%

Dude spoke in an interview, where he said:

“We will keep updating the community as we know more, but at some point we need to have some certainty. We will do it as soon as we feel we have sufficient information to be able to make a decision.”


Dude has mentioned that he is getting a lot of help in making the decision. There is even talk of making improvements to how they offer their online classes if they have to be used next year as well. A major issue with online instruction was the extra burden placed on parents who are ill-equipped to ensure that their kids are following up with classes. One of the solutions offered was a system that makes it easier to track their assignments. Local businesses can provide Promotional Products such as exercise Books.

In some cases, substitute teachers will be assigned to families that require extra assistance with monitoring their kids and their work.

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