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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.”
The first dose COVID-19 vaccine clinic scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 18 at the Lufkin Pitser Garrison Convention Center has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Nacogdoches officials: More COVID-19 vaccines are coming
Nacogdoches officials: More COVID-19 vaccines are coming By Donna McCollum and Christian Terry | February 12, 2021 at 7:06 PM CST - Updated February 13 at 9:51 PM
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - As people continue to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, spokesperson Jessica Sowell wants to assure people that there are vaccines in Nacogdoches.
“The vaccine is here, it is getting out, but as far as the percentage of vaccines we have compared to the percent of people that are eligible, there’s just not enough vaccines to go around right now,” she said.
Sowell says more vaccines will be arriving as quickly as the state can provide them.
Third graders in Redondo could return to campus by end of month
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by Donald Morrison
Redondo Beach Unified School District third graders could return to school in two groups, as soon as Wednesday, Feb. 24 and Thursday, Feb. 25, under a plan reviewed by the school board at its Tuesday, Feb. 9 meeting.
Redondo students in transitional kindergarten through second grade returned to school in two groups on Monday, Feb. 2 and Wednesday, Feb. 4.
“The first week of in-person instruction has been full of eye smiles, laughter and a sense of community, unlike any other year,” said Birney Elementary Principal Mira Baskaron in a Zoom comment posted during the meeting.