From Staff and Wire Reports
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) Classrooms in some New Mexico schools were scheduled on Monday to allow in-person education for the first time this semester.
In-person classes were temporarily suspended by the state for two weeks earlier this month to prevent a feared increase in COVID-19 cases, the Albuquerque Journal reported Sunday. Small groups of students with disabilities were allowed to attend classes, but schools offering other in-person classes had to shut their doors and teach remotely.
The New Mexico Public Education Department was unable to provide a count of schools planning to reopen in-person classes Monday.
Schools were able to restart schedules that were planned before the pause, including those mixing in-person and remote lessons. Previously, about 60 schools were operating on a hybrid model and four districts, each with 100 students or less, were allowed to hold in-person learning with five students per teacher.
Small pods of Special Education classes and Athletics training resumed Tuesday for students in Las Cruces Public Schools, while staff members lined up to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Under guidelines established by the New Mexico Public Education Department, in-person learning for some special education students will start this week at Centennial High School, Conlee Elementary, East Picacho Elementary, Fairacres Elementary, Hermosa Heights Elementary, Jornada Elementary, Las Cruces High School, Lynn Middle School, MacArthur Elementary, Mesa Middle School, Mesilla Elementary, Sonoma Elementary, Sunrise Elementary, Tombaugh Elementary, Valley View Elementary, White Sands Elementary, Zia Middle School, Vista Middle School and University Hills Elementary School.