Tag: reopening

California Principal Says Note About Schools’ Status for Fall Was in Error

A San Francisco middle-school principal said she made an error in composing a newsletter that included a quote from the city’s school superintendent advising parents that schools wouldn’t be fully reopened by the fall. “After going back through my notes, and following up with folks, I realized my error,” Aptos Middle School Principal Stacey Wyatt…


Anaheim Joins Push to Accelerate Disneyland Reopening

Anaheim city council is backing a California assembly bill that would allow larger theme parks to open under a more restrictive COVID-19 tier. The state has developed a tier system to guide the reopening of the economy amid the pandemic. Although many schools and businesses are now at least partially open, major California theme parks such…


LA County Elementary Schools Will Be Permitted To Reopen

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County elementary schools will able to resume in-person instruction as early as this week thanks to dropping coronavirus rates, with a formal announcement expected Feb. 16, but Los Angeles Unified campuses will likely remain closed as the teachers’ union demands vaccinations before returning. In-person instruction has been unavailable to the vast majority…


Ontario to Expand Asymptomatic Testing to Schools Province-Wide

Ontario education minister Stephen Lecce announced on Feb. 1 that the province will be expanding its targeted asymptomatic testing to schools and childcare centres located in areas where there are COVID-19 outbreaks, high case counts, and high priority communities. “When we first launched targeted asymptomatic testing for students and staff and their households, we started…


Over 100,000 Ontario Students Return to In-person Learning

Over 100,000 students from several regions across southern Ontario returned to school on Monday for the first time since winter break. But they will have to follow stricter COVID-19 measures to keep themselves and school staff safe, according to the province education minister, Stephen Lecce. In his statement released on Sunday, Lecce told schools in…