{"id":14901,"date":"2020-08-03T23:52:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T06:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/?p=14901"},"modified":"2020-08-08T01:29:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T08:29:22","slug":"schools-to-keep-online-format-for-fall-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/14901\/news\/schools-to-keep-online-format-for-fall-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools to keep online format for fall semester"},"content":{"rendered":"

College campuses across the country reconsider in-person classes as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn California, health data will determine when a school can be physically open and when it must close, but learning should never stop,\u201d California Gov. Gavin Newsom said during the press conference. \u201cStudents, staff and parents all prefer in-classroom instruction; but only if it can be done safely.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

San Jose City College plans to continue online learning into the fall 2020 semester.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll of our classes are going to be back online, and our football season is also getting canceled for now. It is what it is,\u201d said San Jose City College student athlete D.J. Combs. \u201cThere is only so much we can do. I think the smartest way to approach this semester is to stay home.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many educational institutions had announced an in-person or hybrid fall semester, but they have now re-adjusted those plans to being entirely online.<\/span><\/p>\n

“After weeks of developing a very elaborate plan for a hybrid model in the fall, we decided after a serious fraternity outbreak (of COVID-19) that it was just too risky to teach face-to-face,” Chancellor Carol Christ said at a Chronicle of Higher Education event on July 20.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, some U.S. universities still plan to hold in-person classes on campus despite rising coronavirus infections.<\/span><\/p>\n

South Florida is quickly taking its place as the epicenter of the nation’s COVID-19 surge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With reports of record numbers of COVID-19 infections, the University of Miami is leaving it to their students to decide if they would like to study on-campus or have a fully remote instruction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe choice before us is not a binary one \u2014 keep campus closed or just open it,\u201d University of Miami President Julio Frenk wrote in a July 21 statement. \u201cInstead we must creatively devise intermediate solutions that are both adaptive to the current circumstances and responsive to the varying needs of our students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am more nervous than excited to go back to campus in August because as much as the university is describing the ways they are going to stay safe, I don\u2019t know what that is going to look like,\u201d said Collette Thomas, a sophomore at the University of Miami, one of the schools that plans to move instruction back on campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Most schools and universities, planning to reopen, have health and social distancing regulations in place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Center for Disease Control, some regulation considerations that schools should have are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n