Some Desert Sands Unified students will return to classrooms on March 15
Some Desert Sands Unified students will return to classrooms on March 15
Some younger students in the Desert Sands Unified School District can mark their calendars for March 15, less than two weeks from today, to return to their classrooms for in-person instruction two-days a week.
The school board voted Wednesday evening on the March 15 school reopening date for students in Pre-Kindergarten through the 5th grade under the hybrid learning schedule.
Students will be split into two groups. One group will be allowed on campus Mondays and Tuesdays, then continue with at-home virtual learning the rest of the week for the foreseeable future.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday morning a new incentive plan he hopes will spur public schools, even those in the purple tier, to return to at least some form of in-person instruction by March 31.
The agreement sets aside $2 billion for schools that return to on-campus schooling for at least grades kindergarten through second grade by the end of the month. California can’t order schools to return to in-person instruction, but state officials can offer a lot of money to those that do.
What Monday s proclamation by Newsom means to the school districts in the desert depends on the school district.
Four school districts set to reopen for in-person instruction in Riverside County
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. - Four school districts in Riverside County are set to reopen for in-person instruction with approved COVID-19 plans, officials announced in a statement Tuesday. In accordance with the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) reopening framework and, as Riverside County remains in the state’s purple tier, county schools and districts with approved COVID-19 prevention plans and checklists may reopen for the transitional kindergarten classrooms through sixth-grade education, the statement read. The pandemic has had a major impact on education, like everything else, and as case rates currently continue to decline we can start getting more kids back in class, said Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County’s public health officer. But this can’t be without safety precautions or monitoring. Our districts and schools are committed to ope