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Sixth graders are back to school, others soon to follow
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by Donald Morrison
Sixth graders in the Redondo Unified School District returned to in person classes for two days a week on Wednesday, March 10, in a hybrid learning model with limited classroom sizes.
To comply with guidelines set by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, sixth grade students were broken up into two groups, or cohorts. Cohort One students attend in person classes for half the day on Tuesday and Thursday, while Cohort Two students do the same schedule on Wednesday and Friday.
Seventh and eighth grade students in the RBUSD are scheduled to return to campus on March 29, in one of two models, depending on whether or not LA County sees a drop in positive COVID-19 tests.
Redondo third, fourth, fifth graders returning to campus
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by Donald Morrison
Redondo Beach Unified School District third, fourth and fifth graders are on track to return to school by March 2, in two groups, with sixth graders quickly to follow, according to a plan reviewed by the school board during its Wednesday Zoom meeting.
On Monday, Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office announced that Los Angeles County has met the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health guidelines for elementary school reopenings, which require the County to go five consecutive days with fewer than 25 per 100,000 people testing positive for COVID-19.
“You know how this Covid return to school happens?” said Redondo Superintendent Dr. Steven Keller. “You get a random tweet on a Monday that you weren’t expecting, and then you get a firestorm of emails and news reports.”
Redondo Beach Schools Superintendent Steven Keller said at Tuesday’s school board meeting that the time’s not right to resume on-campus learning. Easy Reader file photo
Redondo Beach Schools Superintendent Steven Keller being facetious at a city award ceremony in 2015 honoring him as Man of the Year. Easy Reader file photo
The Redondo Beach Unified School District (RBUSD) has postponed the planned reopening of some classrooms from next week to Jan. 4.
The district received a TK-2 waiver — an exemption that allows students in transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, first, and second grades to return to in-person learning — from the L.A. County Department of Health on Nov. 24. Teachers and parents were subsequently informed that transitional kindergartners and kindergartners would return to classrooms on Dec. 14.