Perspective | Beyond school as we know it: North Carolina districts lead into the unknown

Article by Joe Ableidinger and Mary Ann Wolf.

On Thursday, March 12, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) and Orange County Schools became the first district in the state to announce district-wide school closures due to coronavirus. Later the same day, Durham Public Schools joined them. Two days later, on Saturday, March 14, the governor announced the closure of all North Carolina schools for at least two weeks. This article describes some of the actions taken in CHCCS, Orange County, and Durham to prepare for the impact of closing their school buildings to students, almost overnight. What follows is both a window into these three communities’ first steps to come together to confront this crisis and a guidepost to others actively preparing to move beyond school as we know it.

Kansas has closed schools for the year and California has forecast the same; New York City and Boston have closed schools until April 20 and April 27, respectively; and the CDC and The White House have recommended against gatherings of more than 10 people for at least eight weeks. […]

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