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The Hillsboro School District continues to plan and prepare for the return of students to the classroom in anticipation of eventually meeting required health metrics. Last week, the District’s Blueprint Planning teams reconvened to start talking about what will be needed for that to occur - everything from instruction to facilities to safety protocols, and more. All students will remain in the Comprehensive Distance Learning (CDL) model through at least the end of Quarter 1 on November 5th, 2020. But what happens after that? According to current guidance, students cannot return to in-person learning until predetermined health metrics for the County and State case rates per 100,000 of population and the County test positivity rate have been met for three consecutive weeks. On Tuesday, October 6th, the Governor announced she would be revisiting the health metrics required for a return to in-person learning, but as of press time, new guidance had not yet been released. It will likely require approximately five weeks to transition from CDL to in-person learning for students in grades PreK through 3 - three weeks to meet the required health metrics and up to two weeks of transition time. Other factors will certainly be considered in the decision and ultimate timeline, but this should provide families with a sense of how far out we may be looking. All students will likely be continuing in the CDL model for the beginning of Quarter 2, which starts on November 9th. We will update you on our planning efforts as well as the health metrics each week from here forward.