TUCSON (KVOA) - Tanque Verde Unified School District canceled Wednesday s school board meeting at the recommendation of the Pima County Sheriff s Department after reports of an anti-mask protest surfaced earlier that day.
As this new order allowed K-12 school districts and charter schools still maintain the right to institute and enforce policies to mitigate against COVID-19 spread, including the use of masks, several local school districts, including Vail Unified School District and Tanque Verde School District, elected to maintain its requirement for face masks and coverings while on school grounds.
In response to the governor s recent order, TVUSD said in a statement that it will continue its board policy and board-adopted mitigation plan that requires “all persons, including, but not limited to, staff, students, vendors, visitors, and volunteers, shall wear a mask while on any District property, in any District facility, at any District event, whether indoors or outdoors,
Vail Superintendent responds to protest, urges parents to focus on what unites them
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -The Superintendent of Vail Unified School District (VUSD) spoke publicly for the first time following a large protest.
On Tuesday,
Wednesday night, Superintendent John Carruth shared a message with Vail parents and the public.
“In the Vail School District, we seek to provide parents with safe and nurturing school communities,” he said. “We have long valued and respected parental choice. We have long valued and engaged listening to our parents. This past year has been incredibly intense and emotional. Providing education during this pandemic has produced an endless series of new challenges that must be overcome. It has brought about many equal, yet opposite, truths. We have always welcomed the voice of parents in shaping critical decisions within out district. We should be able to conduct safe meetings where parents, students
Most Tucson K-12 students will be starting their second semester completely online, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spiral out of control across Pima County.
Amphi, Vail and Tanque Verde became the latest Tucson school districts to announce closing in-person classes for remote learning next semester, citing the steep rise in COVID cases throughout the county and the challenges that creates.
âWe have learned that we have reached a tipping point where hybrid may no longer be the best option,â Superintendent Todd Jaeger wrote in a letter to families on Dec. 12.
The Pima County Health Department told schools on Dec. 11 to consider suspending in-person instruction as the coronavirus moves into substantial community spread.
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