Tri-Cities and Yakima School Closures/Delays For 2/16/21
This page will be updated as we get more delays and closures throughout the day and morning.
Please drive carefully and let s keep our kids safe on days like today.
This is the current list of closures and delays that we ve got:
Benton Franklin Head Start: Closed but operating remotely. Tuesday food distribution is postponed until Thursday. Please check Class DoJo for new meal pick up times.
Athena-Weston SD: In-Person Instruction Closed
Christ the King Parish/School: Closed but operating remotely, No preschool. In order to allow adequate time for snow removal and de-icing. K-8 will transition to virtual instruction for Tuesday, February 16th.
As schools across the nation finish their first term of the 2020-21 school year, drastically more students are receiving failing grades than the typical number in pandemic-free years.
The Associated Press recently reported that schools nationwide are seeing up to three times as many students receiving Fâs than in a normal year.
Here in the Walla Walla area, students are not immune.
Local school officials have confirmed a sharp increase in the numbers of their students who have received at least one F.
Moreover, said Milton-Freewater Superintendent Aaron Duff, itâs not just the number of students getting Fâs that is alarming, itâs also who is earning them.