Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - As a vote looms regarding a plan to begin sending students back to the classroom in the Clark County School District, unions representing teachers say the district isn't ready yet to put such a plan into action.
The president of the Clark County Education Association said in a statement that the union does not support any reopening “without a robust safety program in place with testing, contact tracing and proper PPE as well as choice for educators to continue working remotely.”
The National Education Association of Southern Nevada released a similar statement saying the district isn’t prepared to handle what it called “the consequences of COVID spread on our campuses.”
The Clark County School District Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote on a hybrid learning plan that would send kids to class twice a week, and have them distance learn the other three. Parents would also have the option to keep their kids in full-time distance learning five days a week if they choose.
The district has been doing full-time distance learning since the fall semester began on August 24th. A handful of rural schools have been allowed to do in-person instruction as they're more able to social distance due to fewer students.
The vote comes on the heels of a district decision to have all employees work remotely through the end of the month. The move comes as Governor Steve Sisolak is urging Nevadans to stay home for the next two weeks due to a surge in the coronavirus case numbers.