Regional school districts vary on plans for fall term

Officials scrambling to develop safe and prudent guidelines

With August fast approaching, school districts across the state are scrambling to plan for resuming instruction in the fall. Here’s a list of what districts in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco are doing:

Alameda County

• Alameda Unified: Plans in development but with options for all-online, in-class, or a hybrid blend under consideration.

• Albany Unified: Plans to be discussed at the July 14 school board meeting.

• Berkeley: Plans to start the fall school year offering either online-only instruction or a hybrid on and offcampus program with parents asked to state a preference.

• Castro Valley Unified: Will begin the school year with virtual learning until it is safe to start a hybrid part in-class, part online model, with an alternative for families to continue all-year with online virtual learning.

• Dublin Unified: Plans in development.

• Emery Unified: Plans in development.

• Fremont Unified: Will start the school year with all online learning until Alameda County doesn’t have any new COVID-19 cases for seven straight days.

• Hayward Unified: Plans to start the school year with all online instruction and transition to a hybrid of limited in-class and online instruction the option for families to continue with online only.

• Livermore Valley Joint Unified: Plans in development call for a range of full return to class, all-online and a hybrid of on-campus and online instruction.

• Mountain House Elementary: Plans in development. • New Haven Unified: Plans to update school board on reopening plans July 14.

• Newark Unified: Plans in development.

• Oakland Unified: Will begin school year with at least one month of all online instruction, with students brought back to campus in phases as safety allows.

• Piedmont Unified: Plans in development.

• Pleasanton Unified: Plans to begin year with a hybrid of in-class and online instruction with options for those who want all-online instruction.

• San Leandro Unified: To present reopening plan July 15.

• San Lorenzo Unified: Plans to begin school year with all-online instruction and phase into a hybrid with in-class and online learning in October.

• Sunol Glen Unified: N/A

Contra Costa County

• Acalanes Union HSD:

Evaluating various scenarios, including return to online-only instruction and combination of online and in-class instruction with a decision expected at July 14 board meeting.

• Antioch Unified: Plans call for offering the option of starting the school year in full online-only instruction and, if health conditions allow, also the choice of a hybrid of in-class learning combined with online teaching. Webinars for parents scheduled through July 22 with classes starting Sept.1.

• Brentwood Union: Will begin school year early, July 28, with online-only instruction.

• Byron Union: School board voted July 10 to implement online-only instruction for the school year starting Aug. 10 with more details to come July 15.

• Canyon Elementary: N/A

• John Swett Unified: Plans call for hybrid of inclass instruction two days a week for different student cohorts and online instruction, with the possibility of all-online instruction.

• Knightsen Elementary: School board has decided to begin the school year with online-only instruction and possibly to reopen under an online and in-class hybrid model when county COVID-19 numbers are more favorable.

• Lafayette: Plans in development with school to start Aug. 11.

• Liberty Union HSD: School board approved hybrid online and in-class instruction with online-only option and class starting Aug. 10.

• Martinez Unified: Plans in development with decision expected July 20.

• Moraga: Planning for hybrid online and in-class instruction with decision expected July 21.

• Mt. Diablo Unified: Plans to be finalized July 30, but board members told staff July 13 that most students not return to campus for the Aug. 13 school start.

• Oakley Union: School board voted July 6 to start the school year July 29 with online-only instruction until a return to class is safe.

• Orinda Union: Plans in development for Aug. 13 school start.

• Pittsburg Unified: Considering both hybrid of online and in-class and all online instruction with decision expected July 15 for Aug. 12 start of school year.

• San Ramon Valley Unified: Plans in development to be discussed in July 14 school board meeting.

• Walnut Creek: Plans in development, school board to review July 15.

• West Contra Costa Unified: Will start school year Aug. 17 with online-only instruction for most students with return to campus when deemed safe.

San Francisco

• San Francisco Unified: Plans in development to be finalized July 28 for Aug. 17 school start.