Students within the Cypress School District returned to the classroom this week (Sept. 23), as scheduled by Supt. Anne Silavs.
“Everything went well,” said Silavs, as district administrators fanned out across all of the campuses and “came back with good reports,” she said.
The campuses opened with the students on Wednesday, who had chosen full in-person instruction, said Silavs, which ended up being approximately 40 percent of students.
“I was a little surprised,” said Silavs, but she said, “it was an option that our community wanted so we wanted to respond to what our community needed.”
Silavs acknowledged to parents who chose the full-time option that classrooms would not in all cases allow full social distancing, saying parents responded said they still felt comfortable with sending students back full time.
Silavs said about 40 percent are attending full in-person instruction, approximately 40 percent hybrid and the remainder attending with distance learning only.
“It’s a lot of work,” she admits, “but we wanted to offer the community these options.”
Given the timeline presented by the Governor’s new system, the Cypress School District superintendent had predicted students would return to classrooms on Wednesday, September 23 for those parents who had chosen the regular schedule.
“Having fewer students on campus helped us,” said Silavs, as principals and administrators checked various aspects of their plan on opening day.
Silavs thanked the parents for their “continued patience and understanding” as the state continues to update local districts on COVID protocols going forward.
Cypress School District has about 4,000 K-6 students at six campuses.