July 20, 2020
Today, I am writing to update you on our reopening plans for the 2020-21 school year. Over the past months, our district leadership team has worked with community stakeholders to prepare for a safe reopening of school. Through early July, we remained optimistic: a significant number of parents felt ready to send their children back to the physical classrooms, teachers were excited to welcome their students, and local health data looked promising.
As we have experienced all spring, conditions and information change quickly. Last Wednesday, County Superintendents made a recommendation that we open schools in distance learning if county COVID-19 cases continue to rise and our county is placed on the state watch list. On Friday, Governor Newsom made our recommendation official stating that counties on the state’s COVID-19 monitoring list cannot reopen schools for in-person learning. As of today, Santa Cruz County is officially on the monitoring list. Therefore, Santa Cruz City Schools will open with distance learning for all students on August 12th.
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