Franklin Regional students return to class amid covid-19 restrictions

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Franklin Regional students return to class amid covid-19 restrictions

Patrick Varine | Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review

Faculty help guide students to their classrooms as they arrive outside on the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 at the newly renovated Sloan Elementary School on Sardis Road in Murrysville.

Students in the Franklin Regional School District returned to classes Tuesday, and elementary students got to check out the newly renovated Sloan Elementary School.

The board last month pushed back the start date to Sept. 8 after state guidelines changed regarding the coronavirus. Students through eighth grade had three options for classes this year — five days per week in-class, fully online through the Franklin Regional Online Academy or a hybrid model.

High school students did not have the option to attend in-person classes five day a week because of an inability to provide 6 feet of social distancing in classrooms, officials said. They had to choose between the hybrid and fully online models.

The $54 million renovation project at Sloan features Innovation Centers and STREAM classrooms; spaces designed to support the creative, performing, and visual arts; and specialized support classrooms.

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