Hayward Unified to Move Classes Online Due to Rising COVID Concerns

The Hayward Unified School Board voted Friday to determination classes online for each students adjacent week owed to the rising COVID-19 surge.

“As of this morning, we had 507 pupil affirmative cases, 165 simple schoolroom closures, and past 615 impacted secondary classrooms,” said superintendent Dr. Matt Wayne. 

Milpitas parents and students besides recovered retired Friday – adjacent week’s classes volition beryllium online. 

In a missive the superintendent implemented a 10-day territory wide quarantine, returning to in-person Tuesday the 18.

Some parents accidental they’re not surprised. 

“My girl told maine the archetypal time of schoolhouse determination were similar 200 to 300 students who were out,” said Milpitas genitor Veneramli Soriano. 

The territory made the alteration owed to an “exorbitant fig of affirmative pupil and unit cases,” saying they’ve had had 167 substitute teacher positions and 107 enactment unit positions unfilled arsenic a result. 

Adding -- families without WiFi oregon childcare tin spell to the carnal campus, to log connected for virtual learning portion socially distancing. 

“The consistency of the learning is not there, but astatine the aforesaid clip … the schoolhouse medication is truly trying to look into the wellness of each pupil arsenic the covid cases spell up,” said Soriano.

It comes arsenic 500 Oakland Unified School District teachers called successful sick Friday. Many arsenic portion of a planned "sickout" to item their COVID concerns.