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Several of Minnesota s largest school districts intend to bring their youngest students back for in-person instruction next month, following Gov. Tim Walz s announcement that elementary schools could reopen as soon as Jan. 18.
Anoka-Hennepin, the state s largest district, told families that it plans to start shifting elementary students from distance to full-time, in-person instruction starting Jan. 19. Similar messages went out from school leaders in the Elk River, Osseo and Robbinsdale districts.
The St. Cloud Area School District said it would start bringing elementary students back for hybrid instruction that week, and Duluth Public Schools indicated that it would aim for at least hybrid instruction for elementary schools by mid- to late January.
Celi Haga, Director of Communications for Eastern Carver County Schools, first heard the reports on social media the night of Dec. 15. Governor Walz s speech the following day was going to include a push to re-open elementary schools.
Questions started coming in. Haga, and the rest of the District staff, could only do what everyone else across the state of Minnesota was doing, watch the Governor s address on Dec. 16. (We were) anxious to learn about any changes to guidance about when and how our students might return to in-person learning in the weeks ahead. We were already hard at work on plans to begin bringing back smaller groups of students for in-person support in January. We will now adjust those plans to reflect the new guidance, said an email from Superintendent Lisa Sayles Adams to the District staff.