Natomas Unified parents will have option for in-person, remote learning Share Updated: 12:57 AM PDT Aug 4, 2021 Share Updated: 12:57 AM PDT Aug 4, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ALSO MAKING VIRTUAL ACADEMIES AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN. SCHOOL IS BACK ON. >AND 1 -- SOME PARENTS ARE ALREADY CONCERNED. HE HAD TO GET TESTED FOR CODVI AFTER HEAS W NOTIFIED BY SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS. >> IN THIS AREA, TREHE IS TESTING. >> SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GIVING THE OPTNIO FOR FAMILIES TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH. >> WE ARE LAUNCHING OUR FIRST VIRTUAL ACADEMY WHICH WERE A EXCITED ABOUT, IT IS CALLED THE LARRY MESEK ACADEMY AND IT IS A BLENDED SCHOOL WREHE STUDENTS WILL LEARN PRIMARILY ONLINE, BUT IT WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN PERSON ACTIVITIES AND INSTRUCTION. NATOMAS UNIED ISFI NOT REQUIRING VACCINATION BUT MASKS WI LL HAVE TO BE ON AT ALL TIMES DESPITE THE LESS RESTRICTIVE SAFETY MEASURES, SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY THEY FLEE SAFE AND CONFIDENT ABOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> I THINK IN PERNSO IS MORE BETTER AND INCREASE HIS SKILLS AND THEY SEE EACHTH OER AND TYHE LEARN BETTER THAN DOING IT VIRTUAL BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS BORING. THEY ARE NOT THAT ATTENTIVE. >> I THINK EVERYBODY IS DOING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN WITH WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO AND THAT’S ALL WE CAN ASK OF PEOPLE. IT IS MORE THAN WE HAD BEFORE. >> NATOMAS UNIFIED IS ALSO OFFERING COVID SITES TESTING TES.SI THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OPENING NEXT WKEE AND THEY SENT SEVERAL PROPOSALS TO OFFICIALS. >> REDUCING CLASS SIZES AND ADDITION MALENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AND INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS. I’M STILL WAITING TO HEAR MY RESPONSE. >> VACCINATIONS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED IN SACRAMENTO EITHER AN COVID TESTING WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES. VACCINATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED IN NATOMAS AND MORE THAN 70% OF THE STAFF IS FULLY VACCINATED.