All Gainesville students could be back in the classroom Jan. 27 Gainesville schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams told the school board on Tuesday that, if all goes according to plan, Gainesville students could be fully back in the classroom on Wednesday, Jan. 27. The board also approved the 2021-22 calendar, retaining a phased-in approach to the start of the school year. That approach was first brought on by COVID-19. Return to in-person class Williams told the school board the district’s COVID-19 numbers had come and stayed down after the school system delayed for two weeks a return to in-person classes at the start of the semester on Jan. 6.