Board approves "phasing-in" Medical Lake re-opening plan

MEDICAL LAKE--The school board officially approved the district's plan to slowly return to in-person learning at a special meeting Thursday, Oct. 1.

Preschoolers and kindergartners will return Oct. 12. They'll be followed by first and second graders, but the district has yet to provide a specific date for when they can return. Superintendent Tim Ames said he hopes first and second graders can return at the same time, but that's presuming that the re-opening with preschoolers and kindergartners go well.

Following will be grades 3-5, who will return in a hybrid model. When those grades return, preschool-second grade will still be in-person daily.

Grades K-5 and preschool are in Phase 1 of the district's return to in-person plan. Phase 2 is grades 6-12, which will be a proposed hybrid model as well. No specific timeline was given for Phase 2 by the district yet.

Online models will continue to be available for families who prefer to utilize them.

More information on the district's re-opening will be in next week's print issue of the Cheney Free Press

Drew Lawson can be reached at [email protected].