Denair Unified makes plans for summer school
Even as the excitement associated with the first full week of in-person classes in more than a year still was being celebrated Thursday night, Denair Unified School District officials already were thinking about ways to enhance and expand summer school offerings to provide the most help to students.
Typically, summer school has been offered only to high school students who struggled with a particular class and needed to take it again to earn the required credits toward their diploma. Or, it has been a chance for other teens to receive extra help at a less stressful time.
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Denair Unified prepares for more students on campus The Denair Unified Board of Trustees sketched out scenarios in which about half the district’s elementary students and a portion of its high school seniors could receive in face-to-face instruction for the first time in nearly a year.
The Denair Unified School District continues to cautiously explore ways to return more of its 1,300 students to campus, possibly as soon as March 1.
At Thursday night’s Board of Trustees meeting, Superintendent Terry Metzger sketched out scenarios in which about half the district’s elementary students and a portion of its high school seniors could receive in face-to-face instruction for the first time in nearly a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus update, Feb. 1: Stanislaus County s key numbers at near two-month low
The Modesto Bee 2/1/2021 Brian Clark, The Modesto Bee
Feb. 1 Infection rates and total hospitalizations tied to COVID-19 continued to dip in Stanislaus County on Sunday at the close of what s been the deadliest month of the pandemic.
The county announced zero deaths for the fifth straight Sunday, leaving the total for the month at 212, ahead of the previous record of 188 in December. Nearly half of the 828 reported fatalities since the county s first in April have come in the last two months.
Despite that somber news, the county s 14-day positivity rate dropped to 13.8%, its lowest since Dec. 4, according to the state dashboard. The 6% decline from the previous 14 days outpaces the state s 4.8% decrease over the same period.
The Denair Unified School District is partnering with a renowned Stanford psychiatrist to make it easier to discuss mental health issues potentially facing staff, students and their families.