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VUSD to reopen middle schools and high schools on March 25
The announcement followed Tulare County entering the red tier of the state’s COVID-19 monitoring system Tuesday
“Middle school and high school students will attend classes in the morning or the afternoon. Students whose parents selected full-time distance learning will remain on distance learning,” according to a release from VUSD.
VUSD officials said they prepared for students to return by:
Revising the COVID Safety Plan (CSP). These were posted on March 3, 2021.
Revising the 2020-2021 Return to School Planning Guide
Inspecting safety preparations conducted at all secondary sites
“Families of secondary students who will return for in-person learning should familiarize themselves with the 2020-2021 Return to School Planning Guide and school waiver, which provide detailed information on VUSD’s health and safety protocols before their students return on March 25,” the district advised.
Tulare County officially entered the state’s red tier on Wednesday morning. This means California health officials are now allowing middle and high schools to reopen for in-person learning.
Visalia Unified School District scheduled a March 25 return a date many teachers have prepared for despite uncertainties about teaching in-person during a coronavirus pandemic that has caused widespread disruption for all stakeholders involved.
Teachers are working to ensure secondary students are equitably and safely taught in-person and online, even though some have lingering concerns, they said.
“I think teachers are excited to have kids back in many ways,” said Greg Price, the president of the Visalia Unified Teachers Association. “Teachers in general want to see us return to some semblance of normalcy.”
But only one made the jump.
Tulare County met the metrics to move from the purple, or widespread risk tier, to the red, or substantial risk tier.
Kings County remains in purple, despite the state s indication last week it could move to red as well.
All other Valley counties are still in purple except Mariposa, which is in the orange, or moderate risk category.
In Tulare County, businesses are getting ready to enter the red tier, including Maximo s Taqueria.
The restaurant finally opened its doors in Downtown Visalia during the winter surge of COVID-19 cases. We were a little behind, finally got the approval, opened the doors, and nobody was around, really, General Manager Alex Guerrero said.
Tulare County Office of Education is celebrating arts education and the creativity of students all March long.
TCOE gets educators and their students directly involved as U.S. schools celebrate National Arts Education Month each year.
More than 35 Tulare County schools contributed over 1,000 pieces of art since January. The paintings, drawings, photographs, songs, dances, films, plays and poems are now on display in a virtual gallery created by TCOE.
Many of the contributed works of art come from students within the Visalia Unified School District, both Tulare city school districts and more.
One such work came from El Diamante High School, which submitted choreography from dance teacher Megan Skadan. Individual students from the In Motion Dance Team put on socially distanced, outdoor performances perhaps a sign of how they ve been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.