Denver Metro School Districts Announce Plans For Permanent Remote Learning

At least two Denver metro school districts will soon offer remote learning as a permanent option for students and families.

The Adams 12 Five Star and 27J school districts have announced they will be opening fully online schools, reports FOX31.

“We’ve had an interest in an online option pre-COVID. I think COVID gave us the spark to see how it would play out,” said Beau Foubert, the executive director of curriculum and instruction for Adams 12.

The district is in the process of hiring over 30 teachers and staff members where they will eventually all work out of the same building.

"We have to hire everything from first-grade teachers to high school math teachers and everything in between,” said Foubert.

According to FOX31, thousands of families have already enrolled their children in the new online program at Adams 12 Five Star.

“There are other families who have indicated their interest is not based on the pandemic. They prefer an online option because of the flexibility,” said Foubert.

As the new school establishes itself over the next few years, students will have to participate in extracurricular programs and sports teams at their current neighborhood schools while attending class online.

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