Bear Valley
Schools
Monday August 3rd
Friday,
July 17, 2020
Dear
Bear Valley Unified School District Families and Staff,
This
afternoon Governor Newsom announced that California counties which have been
identified on the watch and monitor list are mandated to begin the school year
with distant learning. Although we have made every attempt to safely bring our
students back to our campuses for the beginning of the school year, the cases
in San Bernardino County continue to rise. This impacts the availability of
COVID 19 tests and hospital beds. Local data is still relatively low yet is
increasing daily.
We
hope our community is spared the extreme spikes we are observing in other areas
of the county; however, until our county data shows improvement, we will adhere
to the Governor’s mandate to begin the year with full distance learning on
August 3rd.
Distance
Learning for the 2020-2021 year will offer online daily interactive lessons,
rigorous curriculum, and consistent feedback from the classroom teacher.
Assignments will be graded and attendance will be taken daily. At the end of
the 2019-2020 school year, we transitioned quickly to distant learning in a
hold harmless environment, which did not have the same requirements as our
current model.
This
new model of distance learning will provide an increased level of interaction
and accountability to support student achievement. When it is safe to return,
we will make every attempt to bring our students back in the classroom for the
hybrid model and if possible, our lower grade students in K-3rd for five days a
week. If there is a time in the upcoming year that it is deemed safe for all
students to return to 100% full time, we will make that transition.
Your
school site principals will be communicating with you in the next two weeks to
provide the necessary
information to begin the school year. If you have not registered your child for
the 2020-2021 school year, please complete the online registration on the
District website to ensure your child is enrolled.
At
this time, we are hopeful that our community continues to stay safe and healthy
and that we are able to return to our school sites at some point in the near
future.
Sincerely,
Dr.
Mary Suzuki,
Superintendent
of Schools
Bear
Valley Unified School District