School board receives update on in-person learning, communications efforts Posted: March 13, 2021 483 At the March 9 Edmonds School District Board of Directors meeting, Superintendent Gustavo Balderas (center) explains plans for in-person learning. Just days after announcing plans to return more students to school buildings, the Edmonds School District is scrambling to change pace following a new directive from the governor to offer in-person learning to students at all grade levels by mid-April 2021. “We know our students and families have been struggling for nearly a year, as it was March 13, 2020, when we were ordered to close all schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Superintendent Gustavo Balderas said in a statement to the news media Friday. “We will share more information about next steps to meet the governor’s mandate soon.”