The Oregon Department of Education and Oregon Health Authority say schools should stop extracurricular activities or ensure use of masks, testing and other mitigating measures.
Most parents are familiar with “COVID notification” letters, but the letters’ instruction on whether your kid must quarantine or not varies wildly from school to school.
Only a handful of Oregon’s counties have met the metrics to allow in-person instruction since the Department of Education published its guidance on COVID-19 in mid-August.
Classrooms for younger students could open in many districts, including in Clackamas County, through lower benchmarks that measure whether schools may conduct in-person classes.
Oct 30, 2020
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At the Oregon Health Forum on Thursday (left to right): Kim Scott, CEO of Trillium Family Services; Paul Bryant, a clinical director at Kaiser Permanente; Hailey Hardcastle, freshman at the University of Oregon; Robin Henderson, chief executive for Behavioral Health for Providence St. Joseph Health; Brenda Martinek, chief of student support services for Portland Public Schools; and Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia of Oregon Health & Science University./Wyatt Stayner/The Lund Report