Citing worsening trends in health metrics, Frederick County Public Schools is delaying its plan to implement hybrid learning.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Where to get tested ||In its updated plan, the district said Wednesday that teachers will return to buildings Jan. 27, with students returning as part of an in-person hybrid model Feb. 16. The district said Feb. 3 and Feb. 10 will be asynchronous learning days."I feel confident about our hybrid model and we are looking forward to welcoming students back into our school buildings," Superintendent Terry Alban said in a statement. "We just need the right health metrics in place to make this happen."FCPS suspended small-group instruction and winter athletic practices Sunday after consultation with the Frederick County Health Department.In the hybrid model, students who return to school will be in one of two groups. Schools will operate at approximately 30% normal capacity. Families will continue to have an all-virtual model option.Next week, FCPS will release a dashboard with the number of COVID-19 cases in the school system and break down the data by school. The data will provide context for families during the transition to hybrid learning.District officials said that if they do not see positive trends in data by later this month, they will again delay hybrid learning, and teachers would return to schools Feb. 10 and students would return March 1. In this scenario, Feb. 17 and Feb. 24 would be asynchronous learning days.