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Less than week out from the planned reopening of Egan Junior High School and Blach Intermediate School in Los Altos, seventh and eighth graders can no longer resume in-person instruction under new state guidance released Thursday.
"They are not medical workers. They are not soldiers drafted to fight a war," he said. "They volunteered for a job in which they educate children in a relatively safe environment, and that environment is gone. We have to restore confidence in that environment." Trustee Debbie Torok suggested that the district bring teachers back to schools first, before students, to help them acclimate to in-person teaching during a pandemic. "I believe — and maybe I'm wrong — but as soon as a teacher feels comfortable in their classroom they're going to be willing to embrace more of what is ahead," she s...
LASD board hears from parents and teachers after union opposes reopening Zoe Morgan/Town Crier File Photo The Los Altos School District currently has students in fifth grade and below back on campus. In an emotional meeting Monday night, the Los Altos School District Board of Trustees heard from teachers and parents about whether the district should continue with its reopening plan, after the teachers’ union sent the district a letter last week advocating against in-person classes. LASD currently has students in fifth grade and below back on campus for part-time, in-person classes. Six...
A teacher talks with a student at Covington School last fall. The Los Altos School District reopened campuses and resumed in-person classes today (Jan. 11), despite the teachers’ union asking the district to stay remote. In the fall, LASD had resumed part-time, in-person classes for students in fifth grade and below. That reopening was paused in December, when the district reverted to being fully remote, due to a high number of staff absences. Students and staff complete a COVID-19 symptom tracker every day, and are required to stay home if they report any possible symptoms. The district re...
Los Altos School District students are scheduled to return to classrooms Jan. 11. The Los Altos School District has extended its pause on in-person classes until Jan. 11, from a previously planned return on Jan. 4. The district initially decided to put in-person instruction on hold last week, because of a high number of staff absences. Students were set to return after winter break on Jan. 4, but district administrators have decided to push that out by a week. “We are committed to in-person learning, as we have been from the very start, being one of the only public districts in the county o...