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Friday, January 22, 2021

Plan for inclement weather

 

Plan for Inclement Weather

We are approaching that time of year when inclement weather could impact the school's ability to safely transport students to campus.  Given our unique school schedule under the hybrid in-person/remote model, we need to be prepared for how inclement weather might impact this schedule.

Traditionally, if the school district deemed roads too dangerous for travel, we would call a 2-hour delay to better watch changing road conditions.  If the conditions did not change for the better, we cancelled school and made the day up at the end of the year.  With our current AA/BB hybrid school model, cancellations become complicated with make-up days, mixing remote days with in-person days, as well as other considerations.  Therefore, the following plan will be implemented in the event of a school day being impacted by inclement weather.

If inclement weather occurs and safety precautions do not allow us to bring students to our campus:

1.  School will move to remote learning, meaning students will "attend" school online as currently done under our hybrid school model;

2.  There will be no child care provided on an inclement weather day;

3.  There will be no food service or meal delivery on an inclement weather day;

4.   There will be no 2-hour delays called; instead, we will move immediately to a remote learning day;

5.  The inclement weather day will not be made up at the end of the school year.

6.  We will notify parents before 6:30 am via our automated phone call system, the SB Schools app, and social media.

If you have any questions, please contact your respective school office at 875-6041.

Thank you-

Jon Tienhaara
Superintendent





Monday, January 4, 2021

South Bend Returning to In-Person Instruction

 

January 4, 2021

Community Update


South Bend School District will be reopening all schools to in-person learning beginning Monday, January 11, 2021.  The Pacific County Health Department notified the district the county is in the "moderate" activity level as defined by the governor's K-12 In-person Learning Provisions Tool Kit, which allows in-person learning.  Schools will again be operating on the AA/BB hybrid student schedule.  

Monday and Tuesday will be for the A student group, and Thursday and Friday will be for the B student group.  Wednesday will be a remote learning day for all students.  As before, students and staff will be required to wear face coverings and comply with distancing requirements and other health measures as required by the state.

Parents or students with questions should contact their respective school at 360-875-6041.

We are very happy to have our students return to campus!  

Happy New Year!

Jon Tienhaara
Superintendent