The Anchorage School District abruptly sent teachers and staff home Wednesday morning and canceled video conference calls with staff mid-meeting.
The district says the directive came in response to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s most recent health mandate released Tuesday.
The mandate emphasizes social-distancing practices, especially if people have returned from travelling out of state. It states social-distancing “may mean not going to work or school if you cannot safely be distanced from others.”
Last week, Dunleavy announced he was closing public schools until March 30, but that was just for students.
Read more: Alaska public schools closed to students until March 30, governor says
This week and the next were supposed to be dedicated to giving teachers an opportunity to plan for remote education in the increasingly likely event that schools are closed for an extended period of time in order to slow to spread of COVID-19.
As of Wednesday morning, teachers and other district staff have been instructed to telecommute and work from home. Parents who had scheduled a time to pick up their children’s school work and belongings were told those appointments had been canceled.
In a letter to families, Anchorage Schools Superintendent Deena Bishop said the decision could “limit in-person interaction between ASD staff members and the public,” but it is an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Read more: Anchorage School District will open food distribution sites during school closure.
The district will continue to serve students a free breakfast and lunch and maintain mobile food service routes for families who cannot get to a distribution site. Find all of the distribution sites and routes online.
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