Chico Country Day delaying reopening

School officials at Chico Country Day say they will reopen in phases to give everyone more time to prepare.

Across butte county are getting ready to welcome students back in just five days, some say they are not quite ready to reopen... action news now reporter kristian lopez is live at chico country day school, kristian why the delay?

At this school they plan to reopen in phases to give everyone a chance to prepare.

You can see they are getting this classroom ready.

There are only a few desks in here and they are all spaced 6 feet apart.

Tuesday all schools in butte county received the green light to reopen for in- person classes.

Chico country day, a local charter school, says they are choosing to move at a slower pace.

The school will welcome back transitional kindergarten through 2nd grade students on october 26.

3rd through 5th grade will return a week later on november 2nd.

And the goal is to welcome 6th through 8th grade students back on novemeber 9th we wanted to slow down and make sure we are looking at all of the moving parts involved.

And we want to make sure we have thought of everything, that our teachers have time to plan, that our parents have time to plan, now they have to change what they've had to do in distance learning and look for someone to drop off their child, pick up their child, it allows for everyone in the community to plan in advance.

Transitional kindergarten and kindergarten students will likely be on an am/pm schedule.

1st through 5th grade students will either go to class monday and tuesday or thursday and friday but only for a few hours.

Wednesday will be a deep cleaning day for the whole school.

School officials are still working out a plan for middle school students.

Butte county superintendent of schools, mary sakuma told me today that all 13 districts in the county plan to reopen but some charter schools like this one are still finalizing their reopening plans.

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Sakuma says there are about 30-thousand students in the county and the majority of parents have expressed they want to send their children back to school.

They are addressing any concerns from parents and teachers..

On a 'case by case' basis.

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