Lower grades back on RB campuses, high school contact sports to resume
by Donald Morrison Redondo Unified fourth and fifth graders were scheduled to return to their classrooms yesterday and today, Wednesday,March 3, and Thursday,March 4, Superintendent Steven Keller reported to the school board, a week ago Tuesday. Third graders returned to their classrooms on Wed., Feb. 24. Sixth graders are expected to return to campus on March 8. However, Superintendent Keller said, the district had yet to finalize a schedule for the sixth graders because of complications resulting from a county health department requirement that limits teachers to teaching not more than two groups of students a day. “We’re in the process of working alongside our teachers union and middle school teams to finalize an interim model for our families,” Assistant Superintendent Dr. Susan Wildes said. Sixth graders will attend the middle school campus for the first time, creating a new set of challenges as they attempt to find their way around a new, for them, school. “Our goal is to provide them with two on-campus learning opportunities,” Dr. Wildes said. “Allowing them to become familiar with the campus and where the restrooms are, as well as to experience socialization with their…
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