The Paso Robles school district board of trustees will hold a special meeting late this afternoon to discuss options for reopening the middle schools and high school. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:00 this afternoon at the district office on Niblick road. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the public may not attend, but they can participate during the Zoom broadcast of the meeting by calling in during the meeting. The appropriate phone numbers will be given out during the meeting.
Although a survey shows that a majority of teachers want students to return to the classroom, there is resistance from the California teachers union. On December 18, 2020, the legal department of the California teachers association sent a letter to Dr. Penny Borenstein, the county public health director. It challenges how the district represented her opinion stated in a letter dated December 15, 2020. They wrote, “Specifically, you stated that sites which had reopened may not do so until the county is in the red tier for two weeks.” The plan in early December was to reopen Flamson and Lewis middle schools and Paso Robles high school on Monday, January 11, 2021. After the governor put San Luis Obispo county in the southern region, moving it back to the purple tier, that became questionable.
Back in mid-November, superintendent Dr. Curt Dubost talked about the frustrations of trying to reopen the schools under governor Gavin Newsom’s mandates. He said it was frustrating, but that he was optimistic that schools would soon reopen. That was before the governor put San Luis Obispo county in the southern California region. That change pushed the county back into the purple tier which raises a lot of questions about reopening.
At 12:30 this afternoon, Dr. Curt Dubost will be our guest on Sound Off to discuss the options for reopening.
At 5:00 this afternoon, the PRJUSD school board will discuss the options available to the district. The board of trustees meets at 5:00 Monday afternoon at the PRJUSD office on Niblick road.
