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LANSDALEÂ â North Penn students got good news Thursday night: the masks can come off when they re outside.
The school board voted unanimously Thursday night to change their COVID health and safety plan, removing the mask requirement for students at certain times outside, and directing that those classes be held outdoors when possible. In this particular motion, it would say that masks would not be required during outdoor recess or during outdoor phys ed classes, said Superintendent Curt Dietrich.
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Since the board voted in March to reduce the amount of distancing in classrooms, talks have continued between the board and its various committees on how to further relax their COVID precautions, as state and county officials pull back too. The updated health and safety plan adopted Thursday night changes only two sentences from earlier versions, noting that Masks will not be required during outdoor recess or during outdoor physical education classes, and Ph
–The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District announced in a newsletter to parents, staff, and students Friday that the school district will remain teaching in the “hybrid model” for the remainder of the school year.
“After much discussion and public input, the board voted to remain in our current hybrid model for the remainder of the school year,” writes Superintendent Curt Dubost. “This decision was based on staff input and parent surveys.”
Dubost continues, saying that the district is hopeful that schools will be open next year for in-person learning. “We believe we will be able to and are unequivocally committed to operating summer school and opening next school year with 100-percent in-person instruction.”
–All Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees meetings are now being translated into Spanish, live during the meeting, according to a newsletter sent by the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District.
When joining the meeting on YouTube, select “Spanish” at the bottom to be routed to a live translator who will provide ongoing translation as the meeting progresses.
This means callers no longer need to speak in Spanish to reach the Hispanic community – all comments are translated into English as they are made. Non-English speakers may continue to speak in Spanish and their comments will be translated into English for the board and audience.
LANSDALEÂ â Two weeks after the North Penn School District allowed more students to return to in-person instruction five days a week, the numbers are coming in, and a small group of students is now the center of attention.
District officials and the school board gave an update Tuesday night on the breakdown of students staying at home versus coming to school, teacher vaccinations, and a big date coming soon. District-wide, we are at pretty much one-third, one-third, one-third: slightly higher are in five days, at 34.5 percent, 32 (percent) in hybrid, and 33.5 on virtual, said Superintendent Curt Dietrich.
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In late February the school board voted to allow students to return to five days of in-person instruction, stay fully virtual, or choose a hybrid mix of the two, after months that had alternated between fully virtual and partially hybrid instruction. On Tuesday night, Dietrich gave the latest statistics, as of March 5: roughly 46.7 percent of elementar