Furthermore, a county must then successfully meet the set criteria in the red tier for two additional consecutive weeks before any consideration will be given for allowing the school districts within their county boundaries to return to "in-person" instruction. At that point, a county will then determine when they will allow school districts to have the local authority to begin providing "in-person" instruction. Finally, when that time arrives, local districts and schools will have to meet significant safety requirements before being permitted to reopen.

Currently, LA County has not met the metrics required to advance out of the most "widespread" Tier 1 (purple). However, several other counties have successfully advanced out of Tier 1 and, additionally, have met the required metrics for two consecutive weeks in Tier 2 (red). As a result, you have probably heard discussions and/or reports of school districts in these eligible counties (such as Orange County) returning and/or setting a return date for "in-person" instruction.

Lastly, schools with Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through 6th grade are permitted to submit a waiver application allowing students in those targeted grades to return to "in-person" instruction if their county approves the request. However, our county (LA County) has announced that, at this time, they will not approve any waivers.

While school districts in LA County, including Walnut Valley, are unable to even contemplate returning "in-person" at this time, we are working diligently to prepare for an "in-person" model, so that we will be ready when permitted and confident in so doing. We have established various stakeholder focus groups to address the numerous requirements, needs, and safety protocols, such as personal protective equipment, routines for frequent cleaning and disinfecting, classroom air filters, transportation, nutrition services, social distancing, symptom screening, daily bell schedules, instructional methodology, child care services, etc. Additionally, we are developing plans to assist those students uncomfortable with a return to "in-person" instruction to continue in a non "in-person" setting.

In closing, thank you again for your patience. I appreciate your continued support and encouragement for all students to remain focused and engaged in our Distance Learning program until we are able to safely return to our traditional "in-person" model of teaching and learning.

Sincerely,

Robert P. Taylor, Ed.D.

Superintendent

Walnut Valley Unified School District

2020年9月25日

4:00 p.m.

WVUSD学校社区，

首先，我希望您和您的家人都安全健康。 我知道这大流行对许多人在职业，学术和情绪上都具有挑战性。 我衷心感谢，您在2020/2021学年开始时对远程学习计划的赞助。 也感谢我们的老师，支持人员，教职员工和管理人员对我们学生的持续专注和奉献。特别在过去的七个星期里，我感谢也能感受到我们的学生，家长和家人的支持，调适力和耐心。

在这無先例的时期，对整个学校社区的表现，我们董事会和我感到驕傲和感激。 我相信这些不幸的情况将使我们的学区社区凝聚在一起，我们将会更坚强和团结。

自3月以来，当全国各地的学校首次因COVID-19的大流行被迫中止 "面对面" 教学以来， 我一直与您分享，我们将会继续监控并遵循洛杉矶县公共卫生局（公共卫生）的指示 。

目前，洛杉矶县（LA County）尚未达到可以考虑允许 "面对面"教学所需的要求。 因此，目前我们的状态报告并没有重大变化。 然而，我觉得与您保持联系很重要（尤其是周围几个县,因COVID-19 在其社区传播降低，正朝向较快速的进步趋势，也开放和/或准备开放 "面对面"教学）。

在某些细节上,我会尝试说明我们的当前状况...，同时试图使本来复杂的系制更加清晰。

8月下旬，关于重新开放各种服务，加州州长Gavin Newsom 宣布更改州COVID-19监控系统，包括适用于学校的关键指标和注意事项。 现在，全州各县将被置于四个彩色编码层之一。

洛杉矶县最初位于第1层级（紫色），表示是最严重和 "广泛分布" 的地区。县必须连续两个星期成功达到设定的标准（有关特定规定，请参见公共卫生网站，网址为https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/)，才有资格进入较不严重的第2层级 (红色）

再者，在考虑允许其县域内的学区恢复"面对面"教学之前，县必须再连续两个星期成功达到红色等级中的设定标准。 届时，县政府才会决定何时允许学区地方當局开始提供 "面对面"教学的时间。 最后，当时间到了时，当地的学区和学校还必须满足重要的安全要求，然后才能重新开放。

目前，洛杉矶县尚未达到退出 "最广泛" 的 第1 层级（紫色）所需的指标。 但是，有些县已经成功地退出了第1 层级，又在第 2层级（红色）中连续两个星期达到了所需的指标。 所以，您或许已经听见了一些关于这些合格县（例如Orange County）开放和/或为 "面对面"开放学校日期的有关讨论和/或报告。

終於，有过渡幼儿园（TK）到6年级的学校可以提交让这些学生返校作 "面对面" 学习的豁免申请，如果他们所书的县批准其申请； 但是，我们县（洛杉矶县）已经宣布，目前他们不会批准任何豁免申请。

尽管洛杉矶县的学区（包括核桃谷）目前甚至无法考虑返回 "面对面" 的学习模式，但我们正在努力为

"面对面"模式做准备，以便在被允许时，我们有信心，也已经做好准备了。 我们已经建立了多个利益相关者焦点小组，以应对众多的規定，需求和安全协议，例如个人防护设备，日常清洁和消毒程序，教室空气过滤器，运输，营养服务，社交距离，症状筛查，每日时间表 ，教学方法，儿童保育服务等。此外，我们正在制定计划，帮助那些对返校 "面对面"教学不觉得安妥的学生能继续在非 "面对面"的环境中学习。

最后，再次感谢您的耐心配合。 感谢您一直以来对所有学生的支持和鼓励，让他们能一直保持专注参与我们的远程学习计划，直到我们能够安全地返回到传统的"面对面"教学模式为止。

此致,

Robert P. Taylor, Ed.D.

总监

核桃谷联合学区