Students in Rocklin to resume in-person instruction

Lonnie Wong reports

THE UNION REPRESENTINGTEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT TOHAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETYMEASURES.STUDENTS IN ROCKLANDSTARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR AT THEBEGINNING OF AUGUST WITHREMOTE LEARNING IN PLACE.

THEPARENTS WERE NOTIFIED THE KIDSWILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO RETURNTO THE CLASSROOM ON MONDAYWITH A HYBRID LEARNING PLANWITH STUDENTS ATTENDING CLASS2 TO 3 TIMES A WEEK ON AROTATING BASIS AND DOING WORKASSIGNMENTS AT HOME, THE RESTOF THE TIME THAT RAISED THERED FLAG WITH TEACHERS IN THEDISTRICT WHO FILED A GRIEVANCESAYING THE DISTRICT DID NOTFOLLOW THROUGH ON HIS PROMISEOF INSTALLING SAFETYPROTOCOLS.WE HAVE BEEN CHANTINGSTATED THAT YES WE'RE GOING TOGO WELL YOU KNOW WE'RE SAFEWE'RE READY FOR SOME NEW STORYTOWN IT'S A VENTILATION ANDFILTRATION OF CLASSROOMS,WE'RE NOT IN PLACE, NO ARETESTING PROTOCOL.

THE DISTRICTSAID IT DISAGREED WITH SOME OFTHE TEACHERS COMPLAINTS SAYINGFILTERS AND VENTILATION OR INPLACE.

IT ALSO SAID TESTINGAND CONTACT TRACING PROTOCOLSARE AT THE READY AND THE13,500 STUDENTS IN THEDISTRICT WOULD BE SAFE WITHCLASSROOMS OPEN ON MONDAY BUTIN A STATEMENT RELEASED TODAYTHE DISTRICT SAID SOME AIRCONDITIONING UNITS NEEDEDATTENTION.IT READ WE WERE NOTIFIEDTHIS MORNING OF MISSINGSPECIALIZED FILTERS AND OUT OFAN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION HIGHERPAYMENT MECHANICAL TO INSPECTTHE FILTRATION SYSTEM ANDEVERY ONE OF OUR CLASSROOMSAND BUILDINGS THE DISTRICT'SDECISION TO REVIEW SOME OF THESAFEGUARDS IF THE UNION SOMEDEGREE OF OPTIMISM THATHOPEFUL THAT THE DISTRICTWORKING TIRELESSLY TO REMEDYTHE PROBLEMS ALL MIGHT BE ABLETO ENFORCE A 20,000 TEACHERSUNION AND OTHER TO BEIMPOSSIBLE TO THE UNIONACKNOWLEDGES THAT MANY PARENTSBELIEVE THE REMOTE LEARNING ISNOT AS EFFECTIVE AS IN PERSONTEACHING BUT THEY SAY PARENTSALSO HAVE WORRIES ABOUT THEIRKIDS GETTING SICK.LONNIE WONG FOX 40 NEWS.AND GIVEN THE DISTRICT'S