Local elected officials, educators and developers gathered the morning of Aug. 22 to mark the groundbreaking of a 110-unit educator workforce housing development at 231 Grant Ave. in Palo Alto.
Vaccine allotment for teachers ease worries as Los Altos Schools return to class
Vaccine allotment for teachers ease worries as Los Altos Schools return to class
It’s back to the normal routine for roughly 1,100 middle school students in the Los Altos School District. In-person learning resumed Monday, as part of the districts overall plan to return to normalcy.
LOS ALTOS, Calif. - It’s back to the normal routine for roughly 1,100 middle school students in the Los Altos School District. In-person learning resumed Monday, as part of the district s overall plan to return to normalcy.
The LASD had already brought back special education and elementary school students.
They are not medical workers. They are not soldiers drafted to fight a war, he said. They volunteered for a job in which they educate children in a relatively safe environment, and that environment is gone. We have to restore confidence in that environment.
Trustee Debbie Torok suggested that the district bring teachers back to schools first, before students, to help them acclimate to in-person teaching during a pandemic. I believe and maybe I m wrong but as soon as a teacher feels comfortable in their classroom they re going to be willing to embrace more of what is ahead, she said.
A teacher talks with a student at Covington School last fall.
The Los Altos School District reopened campuses and resumed in-person classes today (Jan. 11), despite the teachers’ union asking the district to stay remote.
In the fall, LASD had resumed part-time, in-person classes for students in fifth grade and below. That reopening was paused in December, when the district reverted to being fully remote, due to a high number of staff absences. Students and staff complete a COVID-19 symptom tracker every day, and are required to stay home if they report any possible symptoms.
The district reopened campuses Monday for students in fifth grade and below, as scheduled. Sixth- through eighth-graders are slated to return Jan. 20.