OCEANSIDE (KUSI) – In a unanimous decision Oceanside Unified School Board voted to begin returning only some elementary students to partial in-person learning by mid-March, leaving out the many hopeful middle and high school students.
The board passed a motion pre-approved by teachers and staff that will allow elementary students receiving SPED services to return to hybrid split-day learning on March 8. On March 15, general education students will then be able to return in the same hybrid learning model.
“They have $51 million right now that they could use to put our kids back in school and they aren’t doing it,” said frustrated parent Todd Maddison participating in a rally ahead of the meeting. “I’m here because the district needs to pay more attention to what works for parents and their kids not necessarily of what works for itself.”