Citing COVID-19 Increase, High School District to Start Fall Semester
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THE HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR MENLO PARK, ATHERTON, PORTOLA VALLEY AND WOODSIDE JULY 24, 2020 | VOL. 55 NO. 36 WWW.ALMANACNEWS.COM Citing COVID-19 increase, high school district to start fall semester with full distance learning By Tyler Callister said, and students will receive Almanac Staff Writer letter grades — a notable change after the district had moved to a n a packed Zoom school credit/no-credit system for the board meeting that hit the spring semester. Ivirtual platform’s capacity of The announcement Tuesday 500 viewers, the Sequoia Union follows a two-month-long com- High School District on Tues- munity debate about a single day night gave its most concrete question: return students to decision about the fate of the fall campus, or keep them home? thus far: High school students At a June 10 board meeting, will learn from home for the first parents flooded the board with quarter of the school year. public comments imploring the Superintendent Mary Streshly district to allow kids to return to said that recent coronavirus campus with a hybrid schedule case increases have pushed the — half online, half on-campus. district to keep students learn- Meanwhile, a June 24 meeting ing remotely until at least Octo- saw hundreds of comments from ber, saying that the district district teachers and staff asking works from a system of phases for greater caution about reopen- meant to adapt to ongoing health ing schools. A survey done by the conditions. Sequoia District Teachers Asso- She said that the administra- ciation found that 46% of teach- tion’s decision was based on “cur- ers opposed returning to campus rent health data in conjunction in the fall, with most citing with our evaluation of our cur- health concerns. At that meeting, rent abilities to keep both staff the board voted 4-1 on June 24 in and students safe in classrooms.” favor of a hybrid learning model Magali Gauthier Students and staff will follow as part of a phased reopening High school classrooms will remain empty when school starts next month, Sequoia Union High School a consistent bell schedule dur- District officials decided Tuesday. Locally, that means Woodside, TIDE Academy and Menlo-Atherton ing distance learning, Streshly See SEQUOIA, page 17 students will stay home and attend online classes for the fall quarter. Coronavirus delays start of high school sports seasons Postponed until at least December, there will be two, not three sports seasons By Elena Kadvany and student health and safety at the Coast Section (CCS) executive David Grissom, who expected guidelines change, however, Jamey Padojino forefront,” the governing body committee, which administers the 10-member group to set local high schools can allow for for high school sports in Cali- sports from San Francisco to schedules that will largely fall athletic activity to potentially ocal high school sports fornia said in a press release. King City, voted and released in line with the CIF’s sports resume, CIF said. teams won’t be compet- The California Interscholastic its plan on Tuesday. Under the calendar. Grissom planned to suggest Ling until at least Decem- Federation released a modified schedule, no local sports seasons “What the state put out basi- switching gymnastics from the ber or January, the California season that pushes section play- will start until December. Cross cally was a reduction of seasons fall, its current category under Interscholastic Federation (CIF) offs for several sports, including country, field hockey, football, from three to two,” Grissom the CIF schedule, to the spring announced Monday. football, water polo, basketball water polo and volleyball teams said. While the state’s schedule in the CCS based on feedback “We are continuously moni- and baseball, into spring and can begin practicing on Dec. allows for full seasons of com- from people in the sport and toring the directives and guide- summer of 2021. 14, while spring sports includ- petition, a student who plays in public health orders preventing lines released from the Gov- Given the changes, the CIF ing tennis and basketball will two sports will see their seasons student-athletes from practic- ernor’s Office, the California will temporarily allow student start in February and March. compete with one another. ing at gyms. Also, the Central Department of Education, the athletes to participate on outside Gymnastics and competitive “Student-athletes are going to Coast and San Diego sections California Department of Public teams at the same time as their cheer seasons are listed as to be have to make choices where they are the only ones across the state Health, and local county health high school teams. determined at this point. didn’t have to make decisions (in that offer gymnastics, which departments and agencies as The CIF’s announcement The committee faced numer- the past),” Grissom said. doesn’t have a state tournament. these directives and guidelines leaves it up to each section to set ous decisions, including wheth- The changes are in effect for The plan approved Tuesday are followed by our member their regular-season schedules er it should forego regional tour- the 2020-21 school year only. schools/school districts with for multiple sports. 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