Milpitas USD Reverses Decision to Go Remote After County Urges Districts to Keep Schools Open

In a last-minute reversal, the Milpitas Unified School District volition present support schools unfastened for in-person learning from Jan. 10 to 14, contempt an earlier district-wide quarantine proposal, which would person unopen schools down for 10 days.

The territory volition besides connection distant learning this week if families prefer.

Atul Sharma told NBC Bay Area Sunday that helium an important determination to marque He tin nonstop his 7-year-old girl to people astatine Mabel Mattos Elementary schoolhouse successful Milpitas Monday oregon she tin enactment location and be people via zoom.

“We are reasoning of going distant learning this week due to the fact that of the surge successful COVID cases. So I deliberation we’ll spell remote,” Sharma said.

Families successful the territory person learned to accommodate to changes.

On Friday, the Milpitas Unified School District told its 10,000 students it would power wholly to distant learning for the week of Jan. 10 due to the fact that of a precocious fig of COVID-19 cases and staffing shortages.

But Saturday, the territory issued a missive that stated it didn’t person the authorization to marque that telephone and it’s up to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, which urged the territory to support schools open. 

The territory sent retired a missive to families Saturday that said schools volition beryllium unfastened this week and students volition besides person the enactment to larn remotely.

At Hayward Unified School District, distant learning is the lone enactment for students this week.

According to a missive to families, the territory is transitioning each schools to virtual learning due to the fact that of a surge successful COVID-19 cases and a terrible staffing shortage.