{"id":823939,"date":"2026-03-20T22:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/823939\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:27:16","slug":"pittsburgh-public-schools-to-go-remote-during-nfl-draft-in-anticipation-of-events-logistical-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/823939\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Public Schools to go remote during NFL Draft in anticipation of event’s ‘logistical challenges’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh is hosting this year\u2019s NFL Draft, and it\u2019s gearing up for what\u2019s expected to be one of the largest events in the city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

In anticipation of a flood of visitors, and the possible obstacles that could accompany that kind of tourism, the Pittsburgh Public Schools district is planning to take instruction online. PPS students will be offered remote learning from April 22-24, while the draft will take place from April 23-25 at Point State Park and on the North Shore, as reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur priority is maintaining continuity of learning while recognizing the extraordinary circumstances the city will experience during the NFL Draft,\u201d PPS superintendent Wayne Walters said in a statement, via the PG.<\/p>\n

\u201cTransitioning to asynchronous learning allows us to support students academically while helping families navigate the logistical challenges expected across the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When ESPN reached out to NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy for a comment on that development, he reportedly said the league didn\u2019t play a role in PPS\u2019 decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the United States turned to remote learning to continue instruction safely. In the years since, some of those digital teaching techniques have still been deployed on occasion.<\/p>\n

Green Bay held the NFL Draft last year, and, per the PG\u2019s report, there were school districts in Wisconsin that shut down for the entire event or part of it. On the other hand, Detroit\u2019s public schools didn\u2019t deviate from their norm in 2024 when the city hosted the draft, according to the PG.<\/p>\n

PPS is acting out of caution, with an increase in traffic and other road restrictions expected, while attempting to preserve its academic calendar in a safe manner.<\/p>\n

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The NFL Draft has been on the move since 2015, which which it was long held in New York City. It\u2019s migrated to Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Nashville, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Detroit and Green Bay. Pittsburgh\u2019s up next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh is hosting this year\u2019s NFL Draft, and it\u2019s gearing up for what\u2019s expected to be one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[114220,7,6,15,520,113562,114221,113974,8238,68047],"class_list":["post-823939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-asynchronous-learning","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-public-schools","tag-pps-students","tag-remote-learning","tag-the-nfl-draft","tag-the-pittsburgh-post-gazette"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116263861880619491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}