From the Principal
Family:
Friday evening, you and your family received a message from FCPS sharing the following information:
- Blackboard was temporarily shut down for upgrades
- FCPS is hopeful that Blackboard will be up and operating to accommodate all students by Monday
- The goal is to have all of our students following their virtual schedule on Tuesday, April 21
- If it becomes clear that the upgrades did not fix the problem on Monday, teachers will be ready to teach your students asynchronously - meaning students will be able to access lessons through Google Classroom or some other means for the week while additional adjustments are made.
- Lastly, students should make their default browser Chrome
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Here is a video on how to do that.
- Launch Chrome.
- Paste the following into the URL window chrome://settings/defaultBrowser.
- Click Make Default.
- If prompted to choose an app, click Google Chrome and close the window.
Our teachers are ready to engage with your students and teach them all in a virtual environment. Teachers have been working hard to finish up third quarter work and start new lessons for the 4th quarter. We are ready and we remain hopeful that we will see your child(ren) virtually on Tuesday.
I will update you on Monday should an alternative plan be needed.
Resources
FCPS has created a website for Mental Health Resources that is accessible on the main page of the FCPS website.
FCPS Mental Health Resources
Mental Health Emergency Numbers
Thank you for your continued patience and flexibility. #OneStallion
Gary
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