Barrera told News 8 the district plans to open up classrooms to all grade levels starting April 12 on a hybrid model. Teachers would return a week prior on April 5.
Escondido
The Escondido Union School District board unanimously rejected a five-year renewal for Epiphany Prep Charter School last week, concluding that the school failed to meet performance criteria required to stay in operation.
Epiphany Prep, however, is challenging that denial with county and state officials, claiming that the school district relied on narrow criteria to evaluate its achievements, and failed to account for growth in student learning.
“Our growth is dramatic, and they’re not recognizing that at all,” said Epiphany Prep President David Rivera.
Epiphany Prep opened in Escondido in 2016, with the aim of serving low-income students in the city center. It now serves 750 students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade, and offers an extended eight-hour school day, with additional before and after school programs. About 53 percent of its students are English learners, at least 91 percent are from low-income families, and 98 percent are Hispanic,
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San Diego County’s elementary schools could start getting the go-ahead to reopen soon, now that the county has fallen below a key COVID case rate threshold. But it may take more time for schools to begin opening in droves.
The county’s case rate dipped Tuesday to 22 cases per 100,000 below the 25 per 100,000 threshold that prohibits elementary schools from reopening.
If the case rate stays below 25 for five consecutive days, then schools serving grades K-6 would be allowed to reopen, if they get their reopening plans approved by county and state officials.
San Diego County is not yet accepting applications to reopen, said Music Watson, spokeswoman for the San Diego County Office of Education, which provides support to schools but does not enforce state or local COVID guidance.
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San Diego Unified has said it will not reopen until coronavirus case rates in its school communities fall and vaccines are made available to all its school staff.