Coronavirus
Birmingham-Area Schools’ Plans for Reopening

Schools across the state are deciding when and how to reopen schools in the fall. The state Department of Education set out several options for systems to consider, including in-person learning, virtual learning and blended plans, and said all parents have the option to enroll their children in a virtual learning program.
Here is where Birmingham-area schools stand on planning for the start of school.
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- Alabama School of Fine Arts: will start Aug. 17, still considering options for in-person teaching such as half-days, two-week rotations of students. Core classes all will be remote and students can choose to take all classes remotely. https://www.asfa.k12.al.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=455601&type=d
- Alabaster: will start Aug. 19 with in-person learning for the first nine-week period, and will offer the option of complete virtual learning. Students may switch between in-person and remote learning at the end of the first nine weeks. https://www.acsboe.org/reopening
- Bessemer City Schools: will start Aug. 20 with virtual learning for at least the first four weeks. http://www.bessk12.org/Default.asp?PN=News&L=1&DivisionID=24326&LMID=1204607
- Birmingham City Schools: Will start Aug. 24 and will offer virtual learning only for the first nine-week period. https://www.bhamcityschools.org/cms/lib/AL01001646/Centricity/Domain/4/OpeningofSchoolsGuide.pdf
- Fairfield: will start Aug. 10 and will offer three options for students for the whole school year: traditional school, virtual or a combination of in-person and virtual. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/773572/reopening_fairfield.pdf
- Homewood City Schools: Will start Aug. 19, asks parents to decide if they want their child to have virtual or traditional school by July 24 https://www.homewood.k12.al.us/Page/4609
- Hoover City Schools: will start Aug. 20, parents can choose in-person or remote. https://www.hoovercityschools.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=11&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=18345&PageID=1
- Jefferson County Schools: will start Aug. 25. Surveys to be sent out July 27. Parents and students can choose traditional, remote or virtual. https://www.jefcoed.com/Page/4208
- Leeds: will start Aug. 6, will have traditional and virtual learning. Virtual students can return to traditional learning if they want at the end of the first nine-week grading period or subsequent nine-week grading periods. https://www.leedsk12.org/
- Midfield City Schools: will start Aug. 25, first nine weeks virtual https://www.midfield.k12.al.us/domain/108
- Mountain Brook City Schools: will start Aug. 11, option of traditional learning or virtual learning. https://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/
- Shelby County: Will start Aug. 13, will have traditional learning and a remote learning option. Students can switch to remote learning for a student if that student has to quarantine or schools are shut down. https://www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/doclibrary/2020-2021-Reopen-Plan-Overview.pdf
- Tarrant: will start Aug. 25, have not decided how it is going to look. https://www.tarrant.k12.al.us/Trussville City Schools: will start Aug. 12, plan on educating students in-person. 20% of Trussville City Schools are doing online education. https://www.trussvillecityschools.com/domain/883
- Vestavia City Schools: Will start Aug. 13, asked parents to decide by July 22 whether they wanted traditional, blended learning in special cases, or virtual. https://www.vestavia.k12.al.us/Page/4079
At the state level, Gov. Kay Ivey sent $70 million to the Alabama State Department of Education’s Education Health and Wellness Grant Program. She also allocated $100 million to the Education Remote Learning Devices Grant Program.