Return To School Success In Times of COVID

Presenter(s)

Alyssa Newman

Abstract or Description

A big issue currently facing not just Colorado, but the whole world is how to send children back to face-to-face learning after a year or remote learning. Schools are looking at how to make improvements to the school over this summer to make next years experience safe and as successful as possible. In this project I am developing an optimization model that will aid schools in making difficult decisions on what policies to implement and changes to make in their school. This model will use integer programing techniques to make suggestions on policies and changes. This model will take into account many things, including the budget restrictions the school has, and the short term and long-term benefits to students learning and experience. The school administrators using the this tool will be able to specify which policies they are considering and also put in information like their budget to get suggestions tailored to them.