“The pandemic is getting worse not better,” said Jim Koening

Increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in Salinas helped sway the Alisal school board’s decision to start the school year with distance learning, even though the district announced last week it would re-open schools August 5th

SALINAS..

WHERE THOSECOVID NUMBERS AREHIGHEST..AND TONIGHT THATPLAYED HUGE IN THEBOARD'S FINAL DECISION..LAST WEEK THE ALISAL UNIONSCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCEDIT WOULD REOPEN SCHOOLSAUGUST 5TH FOR IN CLASSTEACHING..

WEDNESDAYEVENING THE SCHOOL BOARDWAS CONSIDERING ANOTHEROPTION..

START THE SCHOOLYEAR WITH DISTANCELEARNINGONLY ONE PERSON SPOKE INFAVOR OF REOPENINGSCHOOLS, A TEACHER WHOSAID KIDS COULD RETURN IFITS DONE RIGHT..BUT IN THE END THE ALISALSCHOOL BOARD VOTEDUNANIMOUSLY TO GO WITHREMOTE LEARNING..

DOCTORMAX CUEVAS OF CLINICA DESALUD..SO FOR NOW LEARNINGWILL BE DONE REMOTELYIN THE ALISAL DISTRICT..THERE'S NO TIMEFRAME WHEN KIDS MIGHTBE RETURNING TO CLASS..

THAT'S ALL DEPENDENTON HOW THIS HEALTHCRISIS CONTINUES TOPLAYS OUT..ERIN ### PAJARO VALLEY IS THEFIRST DISTRICT IN SA