RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County Health District Officer Kevin Dick said Wednesday he's concerned and disappointed that the county school board is moving ahead with plans to reopen school classrooms for in-person learning Aug. 17 in the face of new record levels of coronavirus cases in Reno and Sparks.
The board voted late Tuesday to reopen schools for all kindergarten and elementary classrooms. It approved a hybrid plan for middle- and high-school students to be taught in person two days a week with distance learning the other days.
The Carson City School Board adopted a similar hybrid schedule Tuesday combining classroom and distance-learning for all grade levels.