DSUSD approves proposal to bring all students back to campus four days per week
The Desert Sands Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved a proposal to bring all students back to campus four days per week instead of two.
This will go into effect on May 3. This would not impact students who have elected to stay on distance learning completely.
There was plenty of input of parents and DSUSD staff during the two-hour special meeting. Board members said there were more than 300 written comments for this topic.
The meeting comes after the Board decided to bring
only seniors back four days per week instead of two. Some parents, teachers and students
Desert Sands Unified School District will send all students back to the classroom four days a week starting May 3.
After more than an hour of passionate public comments the majority of which were from those in favor of a return to in-person schooling the vote passed 5-0 during a special board meeting on Monday night.
The ruling eliminates the cohort concept in which half of the students that chose in-person learning attended classes Monday and Tuesday and the other half Thursday and Friday. Now all students at all grade levels can attend classes four days a week.
The school year ends on June 4, so the difference between the current two-day model and a four-day model would mean those students would have 20 days of in-person schooling instead of 10 over the final five weeks of the year.
DSUSD is currently enrolling students for preschool, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, the dual immersion program, and students new to our schools for the 2021-2022 school year. Parents are asked to call the school their child will be attending for information on how to complete the registration process including picking up a registration packet or completing the registration process online. The online registration for new students is available only to students attending their home school. Students attending school on an approved transfer must complete a paper registration packet. See below for information on how to contact your child’s school. Additional registration information, including a link for online registration, can also be found on the DSUSD website at www.dsusd.us under “News and Announcements”.
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