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, p...