Allen County districts announce synchronous and eLearning day
Jan 20, 2025
ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Multiple school districts in Allen County have announced closures as temperatures reach dangerous lows Monday and Tuesday.
Northwest Allen County Schools (NACS) announced that schools in their district will be implementing a synchronous learning day on Tuesday.
East Allen County Schools (EACS) announced they will be having an e-learning day on Tuesday, with students expected to be online by 9:45 a.m. for classes and attendance according to the district's Facebook post.
The EACS website lists the determination for closure based on hourly temperature and wind chill predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service. If frostbite occurs within 30 minutes or less, a delay or closure may be issued.
Southwest Allen County School (SACS) announced on Facebook Monday that they would be holding a remote learning day Tuesday, due to extreme weather conditions. In the post, SACS said, "Remote Learning Day is an UNPLANNED student learning day at home but requires students to login from home during a specified time to receive direct instruction from teachers (SYNCHRONOUS Learning) via ZOOM when school is canceled."
Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) announced on their website Monday evening that they would also have an eLearning day Tuesday, asking students to log on to Schoology for assignments.
Photo shows an announcement on FWCS's website announcing their eLearning day.
As of April of 2022, the state of Indiana issued the HB-1093 bill, which legislates the requirements for virtual student instructional days alongside other education-related legislation.
“This bill establishes: (1) a definition for “virtual student instructional day”; and (2) requirements for virtual student instructional days. It provides that a public school may conduct not more than three virtual student instructional days that do not meet the established requirements. It provides that a public school that does not comply with these provisions may not count a student instructional day toward the 180-day student instructional day requirement. It also allows the DOE to waive these requirements.
This bill defines and sets rules regarding virtual student instructional days, limiting schools to including a maximum of three such days toward their required 180 days of student instructional time each school year. However, upon request from a school, the DOE may waive this HB 10932 requirement upon review of the request. Any school not meeting the required 180 days of student instructional time will have their tuition support revenue reduced according to state law. Any reduction in funding provided to schools will revert to the General Fund. The State Board of Education must work with the DOE to implement rules that define asynchronous and synchronous learning.”
You can find more information regarding each district's asynchronous versus synchronous learning days below.
EACS eLearning and Weather-Related Learning Information
SACS eLearning and Weather-Related Learning Information
NACS eLearning and Weather-Related Learning Information
FWCS eLearning and Weather-Related Learning Information
Find the full closure list on the 'Closing and Delays' tab on wane.com.