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Nick: NOW AT 6:00, A GIANT DAYAHEAD FOR GETTING KIDS BACK TOSCHOOL.ONE OF THE STATE'S LARGESTDISTRICTS DECIDES ON A NEW PLAN.MEANTIME, WE COULD LEARN IFMARICOPA COUNTY HAS REACHED ALLTHREE OF THOSE HEALTHBENCHMARKS.Kaley: THE NEW JOBLESS CLAIMSJUST RELEASED THIS MORNING ANDTHEY ARE BETTER THAN EXPECTEDBUT STILL NOT GOOD.THE FIGURES COME AS OUT OF WORKARIZONANS ARE BRACING TO LOSEHUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A WEEK.Nick: WE ARE GOING TO DIVEDEEPER INTO THAT ISSUE, WE KNOWIT AFFECTS SO MANY OF YOU OUTTHERE THIS MORNING.HELLO, THANKS FOR WATCHING ABC15MORNINGS AT 6:00.NICK CILETTI IN STUDIO, KALEYO'KELLEY SOCIAL DISTANCING FROMHOME TODAY, GOOD MORNING, KALEY.Kaley: GOOD MORNING, YEAH, WEHAVE BEEN CRUISING THROUGH THEWEEK AND HERE WE GO INTO AHOLIDAY WEEKEND.IRIS IS OFF, JORGE TORRES IS IN,ANOTHER HOT WEEK.GOOD MORNING.Jorge: YOU ARE RIGHT, ANOTHERROUND OF EXCESSIVELY HOTTEMPERATURES TOMORROW, ANDLASTING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYWEEKEND.RIGHT NOW, TEMPERATURES OUTSIDENOT TOO BAD ON THIS THURSDAYMORNING.80 IN CHANDLER, 84 IN MESA.GLENDALE 80, AND SKY HARBOR, 88UNDER CLEAR SKIES.SUNRISE HERE IN THE NEXT SEVERALMINUTES AND TOPPING OUT THISAFTERNOON IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS.YESTERDAY WAS COOLER THANAVERAGE WITH A HIGH OF 102.TODAY, WARMER THAN AVERAGE, AHIGH OF 107.A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME OVERTHE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS WE GOINTO WEATHER ACTION MODETOMORROW.WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIALFOR SOME RECORD SETTING HIGHS INTHE MOST ACCURATE FORECAST.Chelsey: THANKS SO MUCH.OVERALL, A LOT OF GREEN OUTTHERE WHEN IT COMES TO THEFREEWAY FLOWS.OVERALL, WIDE VIEW LOOKING NICE.ESPECIALLY THE NORTH SIDE OFTOWN, IF YOU TRAVEL ON EYE 70,CAREFREE HIGHWAY LOOP 303.WEST SIDE OF TOWN ON I-10,BREAKS AS YOU TRAVEL EASTBOUNDONCE YOU GET CLOSER TO THESTACK.I-17 APPROACHING THE STACKCLEAR, BUT ONCE YOU GO AROUNDTHE DURANGO CURVE, BREAKS WILLPOP UP.EAST VALLEY CLEAR INTO AND OUTOF MARICOPA AND STATE ROUTE 347AND THE DESERT DRIVE TIMES AREAMAZING FOR THIS TIME OF DAY.A DOT CAMERA, AS YOU TRAVEL ONFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BOULEVARD,WHAT THE COMMUTE LOOKS LIKERIGHT NOW.QUIET.I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF IT CHANGES.Nick: MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS WHEN ITCOMES TO GETTING BACK TO SCHOOL.THE STATE'S SECOND LARGESTDISTRICT, PARENTS AND TEACHERSIN CHANDLER WILL PREPARE TO HAVEKIDS IN THE CLASSROOM.MARC, BREAK DOWN WHAT EXACTLY ISGOING ON HERE.Marc: GOOD MORNING TO YOU, NICK.CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTMET FOR HOURS LAST NIGHT ANDLOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENTOPTIONS BUT IN THE END THEYDECIDED ON A STAGGERED RETURN TOTHE CLASSROOM.NOW, HERE ARE SOME OF THEDETAILS ON THAT.THE DISTRICT REPRESENTS AROUND47,000 STUDENTS.HERE IS WHAT PARENTS NEED TOKNOW.SEPTEMBER 14TH, THAT IS THE DATEFOR PRE-K THROUGH 2ND GRADE TORETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING.SEPTEMBER 21ST, THAT WOULD BETHE RETURN FOR THIRD GRADETHROUGH SIXTH GRADE.SEVENTH GRADE THROUGH HIGHSCHOOL WOULD NOT COME BACK TOTHE SECOND SEMESTER ONOCTOBER 13TH.THE DECISION TO RETURN TO CLASSWAS NOT UNANIMOUS.IT PASSED THREE VOTES TO TWO.AND AT THE END OF THE MEETINGSUPERINTENDENT MADE A PLEA TOPARENTS SAYING THEIR CONCERNSHAVE BEEN HEARD.