Students who tested positive for covid19 had been participating in summer conditioning, gearing up for the High School Sports season. While he doesnt believe they contracted the virus while in their workout group, parents are worried. I would be very concerned at this point to send my child back to school. I know these kids want to be out living their normal lives, but its not worth the risk. Reporter thats how parents in brentwood are feeling on learning as many as three High School Students in the district have cases of covid19. The superintendent issued a letter yesterday notifying families. He says a student athlete at Heritage High School and another at liberty high have tested positive, while a third student is experiencing symptoms and likely has it. We do not believe they got it from anything that happened on campus. We believe that this was a Community Transmission that happened off campus. Reporter we talked about parents and students as they picked up yearbooks at Heritage H
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Plus the bay area county making an impassioned plea for people to wear masks. Also i feel 100 comfortable sending my kids back to school with safety precautions. I desperately miss my students, and i missed them all spring, but we also want to be safe. So whats the right answer . The question so many families and teachers are struggling with. Tonight more difficult decisions were made. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. Parents and teachers are getting a lot of mixed messages. Is it safe to return to campus . Tonight San Ramon Valley unified joining several other School Systems by keeping students and teachers at home. Is it the right decision . Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is at district headquarters in danville. Reporter this is a decision that comes after lots of deliberation. There are plenty of parents, students, and teachers that are breathing a sigh of relief. But there are some people who had been pushing for students to return to class five days a week.
Counties that are on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has local reaction. Reporter School Districts in the buy area had every intention of welcoming back students in the fall. Until covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning some parents came out to support inperson learning. Already children who have not schooled since march 16th and 17 whoth need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore continuing with the Distance Learning model has not been an easy decision for many School Districts. Heres the state superinten
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