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Updated: 10:21 AM PST February 1, 2021
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, children around the country have been out of classrooms and learning at home with help from technology.
Here’s a breakdown of all the school districts in Spokane County and which students are back in class or learning virtually as of Jan. 22.
Central Valley School District
Kindergarten through sixth grade students, along with preschoolers and all levels of special education, all have the option of attending school in person all day every school day.
Seventh through twelfth grade began a phased hybrid model on Feb. 1.
Cheney School District
Kindergarten through third graders are back to in-person learning. Third graders are phasing back into classrooms. All third-graders will be back in-person on Jan. 25.
Credit Doug Nadvornick/SPR
The Spokane School District says it will soon offer Covid testing to staff and students who show symptoms and want to be tested.
Health Director Rebecca Doughty says Spokane is one of 10 districts participating in a pilot program originated by the state Department of Health.
“All of our health rooms will have the capacity to do testing for students who come to the health room door sick, Doughty said. Outside of that, our goal is to have four central testing sites that staff can come and be tested if they are sick as well as students who are home sick and who aren’t at school and being seen in the health room.”