2021 Learning

We are planning for a return to in-person instruction, beginning March 1. Our plan is to bring students back for hybrid instruction (part-time in classrooms, part-time in distance learning). 

Our plan follows state and local public health guidance to phase in small numbers of students, starting with elementary grades and students with special needs.

Public health authorities are not recommending a return to in-person instruction for middle and high school students yet. 

Families who wish to continue in Distance Learning my opt to do so.

Why offer in-person instruction now?

• In a December 2020 survey, 67 percent of families responding said they want in-person learning for their student.
• The State Department of Health has updated its guidance, advising schools to begin reopening schools for elementary grades and students with special needs.
• Public Health - Seattle & King County has announced its support of efforts to reopen local schools.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics continues to encourage schools to reopen.
• We have had students with special needs in person since November and have had no transmission of the virus in school.
• Schools in other areas that are offering hybrid instruction have found that virus transmission in schools is no higher than in the community. 

Learn More About Hybrid Learning

Learn more about our Distance Learning program for 2020-21.