Carlsbad middle and high schools, previously set to open this week, will remain closed in compliance with a new state health order, the school board decided Wednesday.
“We had approved the middle and high school (reopening) but new (California Department of Public Health) directives changed that,” Superintendent Ben Churchill said, explaining that the district’s secondary schools cannot open until the county reaches the “red tier” of COVID-19 restrictions.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the new health order last week, which established new requirements for face coverings, distance between students’ desk and “stable cohorts” of students. It also clarified what qualifies as a reopened school, defining it as a a school that has offered in-person instruction to all students in at least one grade level.