Good evening,

A letter from State Superintendent Tony Thurmond, intended for County Superintendents, was shared on various social media platforms this evening.  The letter states an “opinion” that:

“Due to the current safety concerns and needs for ongoing social distancing, it currently appears that our students will not be able to return to school campuses before the end of the school year.  This is in no way to suggest that school is over for the year, but rather we should put all efforts into strengthening our delivery of education through distance learning.”

While this is not an official notice or recommendation to extend school closures, if and when our School District receives such official notification, we will communicate with all families immediately.

Further direction, including updates and possible direction from the state, is expected in the next few days (perhaps as early as tomorrow).

Our District continues to focus on developing our Extended Distance Learning Plan, which will allow us to effectively (and practically) do so in a manner, which ensures that all teachers will facilitate the education of their assigned students.  We are also in the process of providing technological resources to students as needed.  As previously shared, we plan to implement this second phase on April 20 (immediately following our Spring Break).

Thank you for your continued support during this unprecedented time.

Bob

Robert P. Taylor, Ed.D.

Superintendent

Walnut Valley Unified School District

晚上好,

今晚，在各种社交媒体平台上分享一封自州公共教育总监（Tony Thurmond）发给县总监的信；注明 "意见" 的信中 提及:

" 鉴于当前的安全考量和持续社交疏离的需求，目前看来我们的学生还是无法在学年结束前返回校园上课。 这不表示今年学年已经结束，而是我们应该尽一切努力通过远程学习来加强我们的教育水平。"

虽然这不是延长学校停课时间的正式通知或建议，但只要我们学区收到此类正式通知时，我们都会立即通知所有家庭。

预计州政府会在未来几天（最早可能在明天）会提供进一步的指示，包括最新情况和可能的方向。

学区将继续著重于扩展我们的遠程學習計劃，让我们能夠用一种有效地 (和實用地) 的教學計劃方式，确定所有老师可以帮助教导属于他们的学生。根据学生的需求，电脑设备资源的提供也在我们的计划中。在前封更新信息 中也分享我们计划在4月20日实施第二阶段的遠程學習計劃（紧接在春假之后）。

在这段挑战的日子里， 我们衷心感谢您的继续支持。

Bob

Robert P. Taylor, 教育博士.

总监

核桃谷联合学区