Santa Cruz schools look to return 5 days a week as classrooms cases stay low
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Updated: 7:11 PM PDT Apr 9, 2021
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Updated: 7:11 PM PDT Apr 9, 2021
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ITS ALL ON KSBW-DOT- COM AND THE KSBW NEWS APP. #### NOW RTOEOPENING SCHOOLS. BEGINNING APR IL 19TH, SANTA CRUZ CITY SCHOOLS ARE EXPANDING TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR IN- PERSON LEARNING. AS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MOVES FORWARD, WE WANTED TO KNOW HOW COVID-19 IMPACTED SCHOOLS DURING THE HYBRID LEARNING PHA. SE ACTION NEWS EIGHT REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ HAS THE ANSWER. DESPITE ALL THE HEALTH SAFETY STEPS TAKEN BY SCHOOLS.... COVID-19 REMAINS A CONCER N. "I think we're going to anticipate we're going to have more positive cas es that are going to be in the school syste m" THE SANTA CRUZ CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HAD 9 STAFFERS AND 9 STUDENTS INFECTED WITH COVID. BUT SCHOOL LEADERS SAY NO ONE WAS EXPOSED TO COVID DURING IN PERSON LEARNING. School districtsre a required to provide dashboards with information for pantres and others about covid cases SINCE OCBETOR THE SANTA CRUZ SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DASHBOARD HAS BEEN AVAILABLE ONLI. NE IT LISTS WHETHER AN ADULT OR STUDENT WAS EXPOSED. "And it will note if tre he was any on campus spread but at this point we've had none' THE PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT REOPEN ED SCHOOLS EARLIER THIS WEEK. IT TOO HAS A DASHBOARD ON ITS WEBSITE TO MONITOR COV ID CASES--AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO COVID CASES. "We have not really had any school outbreaks in Santa Cruz county and that includes the private schools that were open a ll the way through the height of the pandemic" RIGHT NOW, SANTARUZ C COUNTY HAS FEWER THAN 0 20 ACTIVE CASES--THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO COVID VACCINATIONS .. BUT ALSO ARWEING FACIAL COVERINGS OUT IN PUBLIC AND SOCIAL DISTANCINCOG ULD HELP PREVENT COVID- 19 FROM FINDING ITS WAY