It may be April, but today felt like the first day of school in many ways at local high schools, complete with freshmen trying to find their way around campus and teachers helping kids get acclimated to being back in the classroom.
Roughly half of local high schoolers plan to return to campus when in-person classes restart next week, while the rest are opting to continue learning from home.
With local high schools reopening next week, both Mountain View and Los Altos highs are expecting similar numbers of students to return: 51% at Los Altos and 55% at Mountain View, according to data presented last week. The rest will continue learning remotely. Alta Vista High, the district’s alternative school, saw a much lower share of families saying their student would return, with a dozen students initially opting in. Alta Vista is far smaller than the main high schools, with roughly 90 students.
Ballots have been mailed for the Cupertino Union School District’s Measure A parcel-tax proposal, and residents have until May 4 to send in their vote.
Students were back on campus at Montclaire Elementary School in Los Altos last week, working at their desks, getting help from teachers and playing outside with friends.
The Los Altos School District plans to offer five days a week of in-person classes for elementary school students starting April 19.
