Victoria Penate | Staff Writer
Erin Hartnett, whose sons attend first and third grade at Deer Creek Elementary School, said she is grateful for the way Nevada City School District has maintained a hybrid educational model since the start of the 2020-21 school year in August.
“I love their four-day model, because it helps to create some consistency and structure in their week,” said Hartnett on the elementary school’s a.m./p.m. cohort system, which allows each student to attend campus for a shortened school day, four days per week.
“It’s also just easier as a parent who works every day to know that they go everyday, and that we have a schedule around that,” said Hartnett, noting that the one full distance day Wednesday proves to be somewhat challenging to balance with her work.