Natomas Unified parents will have option for in-person, remote learning Share Updated: 12:57 AM PDT Aug 4, 2021 Share Updated: 12:57 AM PDT Aug 4, 2021
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Show Transcript ALSO MAKING VIRTUAL ACADEMIES AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN. SCHOOL IS BACK ON. >AND 1 SOME PARENTS ARE ALREADY CONCERNED. HE HAD TO GET TESTED FOR CODVI AFTER HEAS W NOTIFIED BY SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS. IN THIS AREA, TREHE IS TESTING. SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GIVING THE OPTNIO FOR FAMILIES TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH. WE ARE LAUNCHING OUR FIRST VIRTUAL ACADEMY WHICH WERE A EXCITED ABOUT, IT IS CALLED THE LARRY MESEK ACADEMY AND IT IS A BLENDED SCHOOL WREHE STUDENTS WILL LEARN PRIMARILY ONLINE, BUT IT WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN PERSON ACTIVITIES AND INSTRUCTION. NATOMAS UNIED ISFI NOT REQUIRING VACCINATION BUT MASKS WI LL HAVE TO BE ON AT ALL TIMES DESPITE THE LESS RESTRICTIVE SAFETY MEASURES, SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY THEY
Sacramento parents have a new school option: Virtual academies for kids who want to stay home
Sacramento Bee 1 day ago Sawsan Morrar, The Sacramento Bee
May 7 The pandemic sent thousands of public school students in the Sacramento region home. And some will choose to stay there in the fall, even as schools prepare for more robust in-person instruction.
Virtual academies are beginning to pop up across the state, establishing full online campuses with schedules that resemble a traditional school day, along with live, daily interactions with teachers.
About 40 school districts in California have applied to register virtual academies with the California Department of Education. Locally, Rocklin, Natomas, Folsom Cordova, Davis, Washington Unified in West Sacramento and the Dry Creek Joint Elementary school districts have applications that have been approved.