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'Fluid’ date of Jan. 25 to reopen Shelton schools
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty com
The Shelton School Board voted unanimously
Tuesday to set a “very fluid” date of J an. 25 to reopen
schools to students in prekindergarten through the
first grade, if the pandemic allows it -— and then
bring back the other grades in three-week intervals.
The board members stressed the phrase “very
fluid,” meaning it could happen before or after that
date.
“I believe staff, parents and staff want a date to
shoot for,” said Superintendent Alex Apostle.
Small groups of special needs students are learn-
ing in Shelton School District buildings. Apostle
said bringing back the rest of the students will de—
pend on many factors, including the number of coro-
navirus cases in the county, the- recommendations
of the state and the county safety officer, transpor-
tation and budgetary issues.
The vote came as the danger level of new cases is
rated “high” in Mason County, based on new cases
in the past two weeks. As of Tuesday, the county
reported 105 new cases per 100,000 in the previ-
ous two weeks; 75 or more is considered a “high”
danger.
Apostle pointed out that about 150 teachers in
the district live outside Mason County, most of
them in Thurston .and Pierce counties, where the
number of COVID cases is spiking.
“All that will have to be put into consideration,”
he said.
The board members voted unanimously for the
target date.
It’s helpful to focus on a date in January “instead
of two weeks from now,” said Board President San-
dy Tarzwell.
Distance learning will be integrated with in—per-
son learning, and parents will have the option to
continue to have their children learn exclusively at
home, the superintendent said.
“Distance learning is here to stay,” Apostle said.
Parents of Shelton School District students have
mixed feelings about their children returning to the
classroom during the coronavirus.
A survey of 1,388 parents conducted the first
week of October shows 65.20% would put their chil-
dren back in the district’s eight schools when the
district goes from all online to a hybrid of in-class-
room and remote learning. In the survey, 199 par—
ents said they would not send their children back
to class, for 14.34%, while 284 people —— 20.46% —
said they are “unsure.” ‘
In another survey question, 339 parents, or
24.42%, said they plan to commit to keeping their
children exclusively remote learning no matter
what the district does on reopening.
SCHOOL BRIEFS
Shelton schools
seek response to
health Care survey
The Shelton School District seeks
your comments as it explores the pos-
sibility of placing a healthcare clinic
on school grounds.
The clinics, called school-based
health care centers, increase student
access to health care services such as
routine wellness visits, sports physi—
cals, mental health care, sick visits
and prescription medication.
.A' survey on the proposal takes
about 10 minutes. Responses will be
accepted until Dec. 18.
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The Community Foundation’s online
Give Local Campaign
helps you support local
Mason County
causes you love!
Help GREAT nonprofits
in your community”
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through November 20, and
make a donation.
The survey is at https://
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Shelton school .
board receiVes
state award
For the third consecutive year, the
Shelton School Board has received the
Board of Distinction Award from the
Washington State School Directors’
Association.
The Boards of Distinction program
is designed to encourage boards to
examine their practices as governing
bodies and how their actions and deci-
sions affect the success of students. A
panel of 10 judges spent about six to
eight hours, not only reviewing appli—
cations, but also working with WSS-
DA staff to calibrate with each other
on how applications are evaluated.
Judges from across the state included
former and current Educational Ser-
vice District superintendents, state
Board of Education district superin-
tendents, state Board of Education
board members, former school direc-
tors and others who are involved in
education leadership on a statewide
level.
Shelton is among the medium-sized
districts which were honored. The oth-
ers are Anacortes, Arlington, Bremer-
ton, Eatonville, Ferndale, Mount Ver-
non, Pullman, Quincy and Riverview.
Donate to help 0C
Shelton students
Olympic College Shelton is seeking
donations through the Give Local pro-
gram through Nov. 20 to help students
who are struggling because of the eco-
nomic effects of COVID-19.
The donations will support the
Shelton campus food bank and fund
basic student needs, including text—
boOks, digital access codes and school
supplies. ’
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For more information, email foun-
dation@olympic.edu.
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