View list: Michigan school district return plans for 2020-21

Many districts offering hybrid model with in-person, virtual learning options

A student gets her face mask prepared by her mother at a school in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Students in North Rhine-Westphalia will have to wear face masks at all times due to the coronavirus pandemic as they return to school this Wednesday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (Martin Meissner, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Here’s a table of select Michigan districts listing how each plans to start the 2020-21 academic year, and a link to their website or official plan.

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Please contact us with updates on districts or information from districts that we are missing.

For more details on what these districts are planning, go here: What Michigan school districts have planned for the fall amid the pandemic

For the table below:

“Primary start plan type” explains what the district’s primary plan is for students in the fall: In-person start, virtual only start and/or hybrid start.

An “in-person start” means just that: schools will return to full-time, face-to-face learning in the fall.

“Virtual only start” means schools will begin the year online -- though many expect to transition to traditional in-person learning at some point in the fall.

“Hybrid start” means that schools will carry out a combination of both in-person and remote instruction in the fall.

Many Michigan school districts are also offering a completely virtual learning option for the 2020-21 school year for students, regardless of the schools’ primary plan -- schools offering this option are labeled “Yes” in the third column.

For more details on what these districts are planning, go here: What Michigan school districts have planned for the fall amid the pandemic


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Cassidy Johncox is a senior digital news editor covering stories across the spectrum, with a special focus on politics and community issues.