Culver students back in classes
Culver School District leaders frustrated with unclear state-level opening guidelines
Culver School District students went back to class full time this week, after administrators, staff and families gave the green light.
On Jan. 1, the Oregon school reopening metrics that determine when schools could open became advisory, not mandatory, explained Culver School District Superintendent Stefanie Garber during the Jan. 14 board meeting.
Since September, most Culver students have attended class two hours each school day in small cohorts and did remote learning the rest of the day. On Jan. 5, Oregon Department of Education started to urge schools not to open against the metrics – essentially, don t do what the governor has recommended, Garber reported. I was in a tangle last week because the governor said on Dec. 23 that she wanted all students in Oregon in school by Feb. 15. Our district began preparing for the governor s direct