SALEM â With just two weeks until Oregon schools are expected to reopen for elementary students, the Oregon Department of Education has released new guidance for schools to follow. The guidance follows an announcement and executive order from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown that elementary schools resume in-person instruction by March 29 and middle and high schools resume doing so by April 19. The new changes include removing a limit on the number of people a single student can interact with at school. That limit had been set at 100 people per week. ODE still recommends student cohorts of no more than 36 students. The stateâs guidance also maintains a requirement of at least 35 square feet per person when it comes to room capacity.