Mt. Diablo Unified School District and its teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on plans that could soon allow campuses to reopen to students, the union and the district announced Tuesday.
The MDUSD Governing Board has a special meeting set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the reopening plans after putting off a decision last week while negotiations continued with the Mt. Diablo Education Association and the district's other labor unions.
A survey sent out to MDUSD families last month offered two options for the rest of the school year: Continue with 100% distance learning or participate in a hybrid model that would include distance learning in the morning and students going to school two days a week in the afternoons for in-person support.
Superintendent Adam Clark said at last week's meeting that the district received about 28,000 responses to the survey, with about 52% choosing to remain in distance learning and 48% wanting to return in the hybrid model.
The school board last week set March 22 as a target date for reopening schools pending labor negotiations.
More details about the reopening plans and the tentative agreement with MDEA will be discussed at Tuesday's meeting, which can be viewed via Zoom.
—Bay City News