The parents get to decide how their children return to school in the fall. Tacoma School District is giving parents two options.
- Students can continue virtual learning, which is similar to how they ended the school year after Gov. Jay Inslee ordered schools to close March 13.
- Hybrid model that combines classroom learning with distance learning
These precautions will also be put into place:
- Elementary students would attend class two to three days a week. Middle and high school students, who don't require as much hands-on learning, would be in class one to two days a week.
- On distance learning days, students would do school work at home and turn it in when they return to class.
- Face coverings will be required for everyone at school. The district is asking parents to practice long-term mask-wearing with their kids this summer.
- Class sizes will be smaller and everyone will sit at least 6 feet apart.
Teaching 30,000 students this way is uncharted territory. Tacoma Public Schools has until Sept. 9 to sort it out.
