School Reopening Models (New Hampshire)

Over the past couple of months school communities have been planning how they intend to return to school in the fall. New Hampshire released return to school guidelines in mid-July, which maintained significant local control and emphasized flexibility. In the end, school districts developed a diverse set of reopening plans that fall (roughly) into three categories: In-person, Hybrid, and Remote. In-person means that the district intends to start the school year with students attending classes in the school building five days per week with health interventions in place (e.g. masks required, health screening). Hybrid means that the district intends to open with students attending school in-person some days or parts of days and remote the remainder of the time. Remote means that the district intends to open with students attending classes virtually from home. In some cases, districts are the starting the year with one model (Hybrid) but are scheduled to move to another shortly (In-Person). This is the case for Lisbon, which is starting the year Hybrid, then after two weeks moving to In-Person. Other districts are using different models for different groups of students. For example, Manchester is going back In-Person for K-2, but Remote for all others. Oyster River is going back Hybrid for K-4, but Remote for all others. The map below captures the model that most students will experience in the district when school opens this fall (also available here: https://www.edinnovationbox.com/reopening-plans). It misses some of the nuance of opening plans but gives a general sense of what is happening. In some cases, these plans have not yet been approved by the board. In some cases there appear to significant community movements to have the board reconsidering their decision.

If you see issues in the map (e.g. I got a reopening model wrong), please let me know.

You can use the tooltip to find a link to a reopening plan (if I could find one).