Preschool, K-6 returning to 4 days per week, grades 7-12 on hold.

 Community Update

    We are excited to be welcoming back our preschool, and kindergarten through 6th grade students to 4-day per week in-person school beginning this coming Monday, May 3.  As noted previously, both A and B cohorts will be attending school Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Wednesday will remain a remote learning day and school will continue to be dismissed at 2:20 pm.  This change is allowed due to our new ability to reduce student distancing to 3 ft.  All previous safety measure are still required.

    Due to the county-wide case rates of COVID-19 being above 200 per 100,000, the health department does not allow reduced distancing for grades 7-12.  Therefore, we are required to delay 4-days per week in-person school for older students; we simply do not have the space to bring back more students at this required distance.  7-12 students will continue the AA-W-BB hybrid model until further notice.  We are watching the county data and will update students and families in the days and weeks to come.  

    If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your respective school building by calling 360-875-6041.

    

All grades returning to 4-day in-person school May 3

 

April 14, 2021

Community Update

On March 25, 2021 Governor Inslee announced Washington State would reduce school distancing standards for students as recommended by the CDC.  As a result of this change, and with the support of the Pacific County Health Department, South Bend School District will offer in-person school four days per week for all grades beginning May 3, 2021.  Both A and B cohorts will be meeting in-person Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8:30 am to 2:20 pm.  Wednesday remains a remote learning day.

Though the distancing requirement for students who are wearing face coverings is being reduced to 3 ft., all previous health precautions remain.  A summary of these are found below:

1.  All students and staff on campus are required to wear face coverings;

2.  Distancing between adults and students remain at 6 ft as required by WA Dept. of Health;

3.  Students unable to wear face coverings (such as when eating) must remain 6 ft. distanced;

4.  Daily health attestations are required prior to entering school buses and/or campus;

5.  Students and staff are still encouraged to practice safe hygiene, wash their hands, and remain vigilant.

As mandated by the governor, parents who wish their children continue distance learning will have that option for the remainder of this school year.   We will continue to cooperate with the health department and will follow their continued guidance.

The schedule for all schools will remain largely the same.  In-person school will continue on Mondays and Tuesdays, Wednesday will be a remote day, and in-person school will resume again on Thursdays and Fridays.  Dismissal remains at 2:20 pm.

School administrators have planned different eating arrangements in order to safely welcome back both student A and B cohorts concurrently.  Athletics remain under the current guidance and no additional changes are expected at this time.

We are all excited to see our students 4 days a week!  We are hopeful school conditions continue to improve and that we are allowed to continue movement toward normality.  If anyone has questions, please feel free to contact your respective school office.

Thank you for your continued patience and support for South Bend students and staff!

-Jon Tienhaara

Superintendent