IN THE NEWS: CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ORDERED TO CLOSE IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AFTER COUNTIES WERE PUT ON A WATCH LIST
Written by: Theresa Harrington for EdSource.org
Some small schools in Northern California, which had already opened for in-person instruction, were plunged into confusion this week when their county was placed on the state’s Covid-19 monitoring list.
One tiny campus, the Whale Gulch School on California’s “Lost Coast” in Mendocino County, had to go suddenly from in-person instruction to distance learning, much to the shock of local school officials who thought that state regulations would allow them to stay open for on-campus learning, although with added requirements to test staff for the virus more often.
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