High school back to online learning after COVID-19 outbreak
May 24, 2021
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BEND, Ore. (AP) A COVID-19 outbreak at a central Oregon high school that required nearly half its students and staff into quarantine has prompted school officials to send students back to online learning for nearly two weeks.
As of Friday afternoon, 15 staff members and students from La Pine High School had been diagnosed with COVID-19, The Bulletin reported.
A letter sent to families Friday by interim principal Anne-Marie Schmidt said that resulted in the larger quarantine. She told the newspaper that resulted in many classes taught by substitutes, and some students becoming nervous about getting sick.
The Pioneer does a Q&A with finalists Jay Mathisen, Dan Koopman and Jeffry Davis
Jefferson County School District 509-J Board members have selected their top three candidates for the superintendent position. Two candidates are leaders at Oregon colleges, and the third is from a Washington school district.
This week, the board of directors will begin conducting final candidate interviews with three superintendent finalists, Jay Mathisen, Dan Koopman and Jeffry Davis.
The district will host three public events for the community to meet the candidates. The first event is Tuesday evening, March 2 with Mathisen. A second event will be Wednesday evening, March 3 for the public to meet Koopman, and the final event is Thursday evening, March 4 for the community to meet Davis.