Check which Monterey County Schools have a reopening plan
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Updated: 3:23 PM PST Mar 1, 2021
Check the status of your school district with our complete list of covid safety plans
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Updated: 3:23 PM PST Mar 1, 2021
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HOTELS IF THEY GET COVID AND HAVE NOWHERE TO ISOLATE. ## SCHOOLS MOVING FORWARD WITH REOPENING IN MONTEREY COUNTY. BUT DON'T EXPECT KIDS TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM ON MONDAY.... ACTION NEWS EIGHT REPORTER CAITLIN CONRAD JOINS US LIVE FROM MONTEREY WITH MORE ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FIRST. DAN/ERIN-- MONTEREY COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE THE GREENLIGHT TO REOPEN FROM THE STATE BUT IT WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. ON TUESDAY MONTEREY COUNTY HIT A BIG MILESTONE ON THE ROAD TO REOPENING SCHOOLS. 1040 DR. PK DIFFENBAUGH 00:20 IT'S VERY EXCITING NEWS SO WE GOT UNDER THE 25 PER 100 THOUSAND WHICH MEANS YOU CAN BRING BACK TK THROUGH 6TH GRADE IT WAS DAY MONTEREY PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT PK DIFFENBAUGH HAS BEEN WAITING FOR... BUT BEFORE HE CAN THROW OPEN THE DOORS MPUSD HAS TO SUBMIT COVID SAFETY PLANS TO THE STATE AND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. 1040 DR. PK DIFFENBAUGH 1:02 SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS, WE'RE DEVELOPING OUR PLAN, FINALIZING IT AND DO PLAN TO SUBMITT TO THE STATE THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED A PLAN TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS CARMEL UNIFIED. OTHER DISTRICTS INCLUDING BRADLEY AND BIG SUR UNIFIED ARE ALREADY OPEN UNDER THE OLD WAIVER SYSTEM... AND LIKE THE OLD WAIVER SYSTEM ONCE A SCHOOL OPENS IT CAN STAY OPEN REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH COUNTY COVID RATES... YOUTUBE DR. DENEEN GUSS 12:43 NOW IF THEY DIDN'T REOPEN AND THE METRICS GO WRONG DIRECTION THEN THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO OPEN FORTUNATELY HEALTH OFFICER DR. EDWARD MORENO IS NOT PREDICTING A REVERSAL OF THE CURRENT DOWNWARD TREND OF CASES... AND SCHOOL LEADERS SAY IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO PUT SAFETY PLANS INTO ACTION. 1040 DR. PK DIFFENBAUGH 4:29 DOING IT RIGHT IS BETTER THAN DOING IT FAST AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE INTEND TO DO. THE PLANS FOR WHAT REOPENING WILL LOOK LIKE ALSO VARY FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT. SOME ARE LOOKING AT BRINGING BACK K THROUGH SIXTH RIGHT AWAY OTHERS LIKE MPUSD ARE PLANNING TO START WITH THE YOUNGEST LEARNERS FIRST. DAN/ERIN CAITLIN -- WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM EACH DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY ABOUT PLANS TO RETURN KIDS TO THE CLASSROOM? ERIN WE'VE REQUESTED A STATUS UPDATE FROM EVERY DISTRICT IN MONTEREY COUNTY AND WE'VE HEARD BACK FROM LESS THAN HALF. ALISAL IS HAVING A TOWN HALL TONIGHT AND IS PLANNING FOR A GRADUAL REOPENING. GRAVES, GREENFIELD UNION, KING CITY UNION AND LAGUNITA ARE ALL STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE. REPORTING IN MONTEREY KSBW ACTION NEWS EIGHT FOR A LIST OF ALL 24 MONTEREY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEIR RESPONSES ON CURRENT REOPENING PLANS... YOU CAN GO TO KSBW DOT COM