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School districts in Umatilla County can see a path forward for bringing students back to the classroom, but it will be a slower journey than many parents hoped.
Hermiston School District Superintendent Tricia Mooney said when Gov. Kate Brown announced shortly before Christmas that the stateâs metrics for reopening schools would become guidelines rather than mandates, many parents and even school staff assumed that would mean a quick return to the classroom. But the governorâs announcement didnât give the full picture, she said.
âIf you just read the headline, a lot of parents said, âOK, my kid is going back on Jan. 4,ââ she said.
For the third time since March 2020, Hermiston School District teachers and staff are preparing to launch a new educational system for our students.
In the spring, when COVID-19 first began to spread, we quickly transitioned to distance learning, distributing laptops and Wi-Fi routers to create basic virtual classrooms and help our students finish the strange year as successfully as possible. In the fall, we upgraded to comprehensive distance learning, using what we learned in the spring to create a more robust educational experience and adding some creative outreach.
Now, after months of striving toward the state-mandated metrics, we can begin to take a big step forward for our students and families. The state of Oregon has given local control to school districts to set their own reopening schedule for in-person education as they continue to follow health and safety guidelines. This is good news for local families and educators who have been waiting to return to some level of norm
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UMATILLA COUNTY — At the beginning of the 2020-21 school year, parents in Eastern Oregon were faced with a difficult decision about their children’s schooling.