Huntington Beach district returning from winter break to all distance learning [The Orange County Register]
Jan. 1 The Huntington Beach Union High School District will temporarily return to 100% distance learning when its classes resume Monday after the winter break.
The school district announced the decision Thursday.
Distance learning will remain its exclusive method of education through the end of the semester, Jan. 29. Students had been learning under a hybrid of some in-person instruction and some distance learning.
The rate of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Orange County has been increasing in recent weeks and several school boards have recently made the same or similar decisions.
It’s been tough for students this year.
With schools closing in March and remaining that way through much of the rest of the calendar year, parents, teachers and students have grappled with what is the best way to learn in the midst of a pandemic and how to bring kids back into classrooms safely.
But, in spite of the obstacles, people have found ways to still celebrate the accomplishments of their children this year.
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Corona del Mar High School was closed, along with all other Newport-Mesa Unified School District campuses, in March. Secondary schools didn’t reopen until November.