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MORONGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO START LIMITED IN-PERSON LEARNING PILOT PROGRAM

The California Department of Public Health recently released guidance about how school districts can start in-person teaching of small groups, or cohorts, of students with moderate to severe disabilities. Managing editor Tami Roleff say the Morongo Unified School District board members learned some of the details about small cohort in-person instruction at last night’s meeting of the board of education…

Tom Baumgarten

“Now that we have been in school, we are looking at starting a pilot for these cohorts. We are starting at Yucca Mesa Elementary School; we have four classrooms there, and then at Twentynine Palms High School we have one.”

Heidi Burgett, the director of Special Education Local Plan Area, said these small cohorts will start at these two schools Monday, September 28.

“A small cohort consists of 16 individuals that can be any configuration of adults and students.”

The cohorts will follow social distancing guidelines, will wear personal protective equipment, and parents must transport their children to class themselves. The teachers will see the students 11 hours a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday is an independent study day.

Hilary Slotta

“Everyone is very excited because they know their children are struggling. Children with autism or intellectual disability, they have a really hard time connecting with an individual on a flat screen and in learning.”

During public comment, about two dozen parents requested that the school district apply for a waiver to re-open the schools for in-person instruction.

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