Twin Rivers joins a growing list of reopened schools
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Updated: 7:28 AM PDT Apr 6, 2021
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Updated: 7:28 AM PDT Apr 6, 2021
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6:00 UNTIL 7:00. TY: NOW TO THE REOPENING SCHOOLS COVERAGE. ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE WELCOMING BACK STUDENTS THIS MORNING. TONI: BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY LOOK DIFFERENT. MIKE TESELLE IS JOINING US LIVE FROM FOOTHILL FARMS WHERE HE GET A SNEAK PEEK. MIKE: WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I AM GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE HERE IS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS FAMILIAR. THE PUTTING UP OF THE FLAG TO START THE DAY BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT MARCH 13 IS THE LAST TIME STUDENTS WERE ACTUALLY HERE ON CAMPUS IN CLASS LEARNING FROM A TEACHER. BUT AT 8:00 THIS MORNING THAT FINALLY CHANGES. WHILE THE OVERALL CAMPUS AT THE TWIN RIVERS SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL LOOK NORMAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENT. STUDENTS ARE RETURNING TO A HYBRID LEARNING MODEL WHERE STUDENTS ARE GROUPED INTO TWO COHORTS AND THEY WILL BE ATTENDING IN PERSON CLASSES TWICE A WEEK FOR UNDER THREE HOURS A DAY. LIKE MANY DISTRICTS INSIDE THE CLASSROOM THERE ARE SIMILAR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHERE DESKS ARE SPACED FURTHER APART AND SPECIAL PROCEDURES PUT INTO PLACE FOR THINGS AS SIMPLE AS USING THE RESTROOM. LUNCH SERVICE ALSO WILL NOT BE SERVED ON CAMPUS. STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO PICK THEM UP TO TAKE HOME AT THE DISMISSAL. REGARDLESS OF THE CHANGES BOTH TEACHERS AND PARENTS TELL US THEY ARE EXCITED TO RETURN TO FACE TO FACE AND IN PERSON INTERACTION YOU JUST CAN’T GET OVER ZOOM. >> IT FEELS GREAT. THIS IS WHERE WE WERE MEANT TO BE. >> I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THEM JUST TO GET BACK TO THEIR FRIENDS AND GET IN THE CLASSROOM AGAIN AND BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND TALK TO THEIR TEACHERS. MIKE: THE DISTRICT DOES SAY THAT THEY KNOW SOME PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE NOT YET COMFORTABLE SO THEY ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER THAT THIRD OPTION WHICH IS ALL DISTANCE LEARNING WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE LAST YEAR. BUT THE PRINCIPAL SAYING TWO THIRDS OF ITS STUDENTS AND PARENTS AT THE SCHOOL ARE OPTING TO COME BACK TO CLASS STARTING THIS MORNING FOR TOMORROW FOR PTHE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH 13 O LAST YEAR. MIKE TESELLE, KC