Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo acknowledged the stress of the restrictions. The important thing for me is to recognize how much kids are struggling and families in this environment, to be denied, prevented I should say, the opportunity to be in class, participate with their friends and schoolmates, said Gordo.
Pasadena Public Health Director Dr. Ying-Ying Goh said in order to reopen grades K-6, the county needs to reach a threshold of 25 per 100,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for five days. The figure currently stands at 38 per 100,000 cases. But Goh says she is hopeful that the threshold will be met soon. If we continue to trend downward and I hope people keep following the guidelines so we keep trending downward, I expect that we could be there in a week or two, said Goh.