Parents react to how local school district leaders hope to start the next school year

We are learning more about how local school district leaders are hoping to start the next school year, which is just about a month from now.

Parents are worried about what their student could see returning back to school amid the pandemic.

 “It’s frustrating because you know its not just us but the kids," said Luisa Araujo, PSUSD parent.

One parent already making up her mind.

 “It’s very very hard," said Maria Duarte. "But I am just going to keep her home.” 

After weeks of asking for input from families, Palm Springs Unified School District’s superintendent, Sandra Lyon wrote in a blog post her proposed plan for the fall. 
"The proposal is to launch the year with all students in distance learning until the labor day holiday as we phase in our hybrid approach. When we begin the hybrid model, approximately 50 percent of the students will be on campus for some of the week and on distance learning the remainder of the time. "

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"No, its not going to work. we as parents if we are working we can’t help them thats why we have teachers thats why we have schools," said Araujo.

We reached out to superintendent. PSUSD's spokesperson sent us this statement:

“The COVID-19 situation in Riverside County evolves daily as it does across the country. While we plan for the start of school, we want to make sure our families know that we are not moving forward with any plans until we receive direction from our Board of Education on Tuesday evening. Even after that happens, our plans and direction are subject to change based on county and state health directives. We are trying our best to let our families know As soon as we can how school will start on Aug. 5, knowing that plans will be subject to change based on any health directives we receive,” Supt. of Schools Dr. Sandra Lyon.

Desert Sands Unified School District, Superintendent, Scott Bailey revealed through a virtual meeting on Wednesday models he’s considering.

"The first option then would be distance learning. The second one then is a hybrid model, students would be divided into cohorts," said Bailey.

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We asked Coachella Valley Unified School District for comment on their plans for next year. They didn’t respond but previously the superintendent Dr. Maria Gandera has told News Channel 3 they are considering several scenarios. 

"Main focus is creating that plan," said Gandera.