UpdatedFri, May 28, 2021 at 4:46 pm PT Reply Bay Area health officers expressed their collective support Friday for the full reopening of schools this fall for the 2021-2022 school year. (Shutterstock) SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase on Friday joined colleagues from across the Bay Area in a plea to school administrators, teachers and parents to work together now to plan for full classrooms for all grades this fall. The prolonged lack of in-person instruction since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 has disrupted education, weakened the social supports provided by school communities, negatively impacted mental health and prevented participation in the rituals and shared milestones that tie our communities together, according to health officers representing the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Sonoma, and the city of Berkeley.