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Today, Twin Rivers School District announced that grades 7-12—not just PK-6 as previously announced—will also return for in-person teaching and learning on Tuesday, April 6. According to the Superintendent’s message delivered today, approximately 50 percent of Twin Rivers students have made the decision to continue with distance learning through the remainder of the school year….
According to new guidelines announced today by the California Department of Public Health, Youth and High School sports will be allowed as soon as next week in the 27 counties where coronavirus rates are lowest. Counties where 14 cases of COVID for every 100,000 residents will be allowed to resume organized youth and adult sports…
After evaluating experiences of schools participating in high school sports during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) has revised its May 2020 guidance document with a new “Statement on Risk of COVID-19 During High School Sports.” Highlighting the revised guidance is the elimination of…
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Oct. 30, 2020 To Staff and the Twin Rivers School Community, First, I want to thank you for your patience, understanding and support as we complete an educationally sound plan for returning students for in-person learning and instruction. As you can imagine, there are many critical pieces to our safe reopening plan, including the ability…
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A message from the Twin Rivers Unified School District superintendent, Dr. Steve Martinez, was sent out yesterday. In the letter, Dr. Martinez discusses the process for reopening schools for on-campus learning, and asks parents and employees for feedback on the process. See below: Sept. 29, 2020To Staff and the Twin Rivers School Community, Sacramento County…
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An ambitious COVID-19 saliva-based voluntary testing program is underway in Twin Rivers Unified. Testing began this week with essential employees who are not displaying symptoms of the coronavirus. With approximately 27,000 Twin Rivers Unified students and staff expected to resume in-person instruction at some point during the 2020-2021 academic year, our top priority is the…
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