Students in grades 7 through 12 will phase back into the classroom on February 1st. Author: Brandon Jones (KREM) Updated: 9:08 AM PST January 20, 2021
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. Phasing students back into the classroom has been a challenge since the beginning of the pandemic. School districts throughout the region have moved on different schedules and some have more students in their buildings than others.
On Tuesday, nearly 40 parents and students of the Central Valley School District protested the current protocols that are in place.
“I went to Utah to do school there because I couldn’t do school here,” said Brieanna Riddle, a senior in the district.
Here are the schools that are closed in the Spokane, Mead School Districts Friday
Select schools in the Spokane and Mead School districts will not be holding classes Friday. The Medical Lake School District remains closed. Author: KREM Staff Updated: 10:42 AM EST January 15, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. Some schools in the Spokane and Mead School Districts will remain closed, or closed for in-person learning Friday due to ongoing power outages in the Inland Northwest.
The Medical Lake School District remains closed for all in-person and distance learning Friday.
Evergreen Elementary in Mead remains closed for in-person learning because there is no power at the building. The school will resume classes online, but absences will be excused for families who are still without power.
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Seniors didn’t picture their final year in high school to be anything like this.
“I was really excited to be a lead in a play for my senior year and things like that,” said Maddie Owens, a senior at Central Valley High School. “The whole year I’ve just been praying just one day. Just one day a week. That’s all I need.”
University High School senior, Tavin McAllister, echoed the same thought.
“I guess going into it I was picturing a fun senior year like my brother had two years ago and like football games,” McAllister said.
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That doesn’t mean things will just go back to how they were before the pandemic.
“It’s definitely been tough,” said Brian Caldera, Senior at University High School.
This pandemic has been hard on all of us, especially students.
“It’s much harder to learn the online way, too,” said Caldera.
Not only has Caldera spent most of his senior year learning from home, but he also hasn’t been able to do the one thing he loves most – play basketball.
“We’re on the brink of possibly getting our season canceled and that also has never happened,” said Caldera.