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With coronavirus cases subsiding and students poised to return to campuses for full-day instruction later this month, Newport-Mesa Unified officials are left to decide the future of remote-learning models many families had come to rely on during the pandemic.
Consequently, a cohort of students who for months have been livestreaming in-person classes at their home schools from the safety of their living rooms may have to reconsider their options come fall.
School board members in a special meeting last week decided they would continue a 100% virtual Cloud Campus for TK-12 students into the 2021-22 school year. The move, they reasoned, provides an online option for families hesitant to join the rush back to brick-and-mortar classrooms.