New State Requirements for School Reopenings Take Effect This Week
“Starting February 1, it has to be a minimum of four feet between students, so we were able to hire additional teachers to make it happen,” said Principal Rafael Olavide. Before this week, they said the ratio was 34 to 1 in fourth and fifth-grade students. Now, it is 20 to 1. “With 34 to 1, it was probably three feet away and very tight actually, so right now it’s at least four, and you can see in the classroom we have maximized the space to make it five feet from students, and six feet between students and the teacher,” olavide said. Olavide said the district has been s...
Source: nbcsandiego.com