As COVID-19 cases are slowly decreasing across Colorado, Poudre School District has made a full return to in-person education.
Elementary schools moved to Phase 4 learning on Jan. 19, meaning they are completely in person. Middle and high schools transitioned to Phase 4 from hybrid learning on March 22.
PSD originally expected middle and high schoolers to return to in-person learning on Feb. 1 and Feb. 8, but Interim Superintendent Todd Lambert announced on Jan. 21 that the target dates to move to Phase 4 were being left open to allow the district to monitor trends and evaluate the prevalence of new strains of the disease.
On Jan. 29, Gov. Jared Polis announced educators would begin to be vaccinated on Feb. 8 with the goal of having all Colorado educators vaccinated by Feb. 28. PSD released a statement recognizing this development as “a positive move forward that supports PSD’s plans to keep schools open.