Welcome Back and Reopening Plan Update

It is with great excitement that we welcome you for the start of the 2020-2021 school year in just two weeks. All students will be in distance learning through at least the first trimester (elementary) and semester (secondary). Please read this communication as it contains important updates to our Reopening Plan following our most recent Board of Trustees meeting.

Revised Reopening Plan, FAQs, and Reopening Webpages

Our revised District Reopening Plan, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and Reopening webpages are now available.

Reopening Plan Update and Instructional Model Selection Form

We are looking forward to welcoming your children to the 2020-2021 school year. Please read this entire communication very carefully as it contains important announcements about the instructional models available and instructions on how to access the Instructional Model Selection Form.

District Reopening Plan Announcement and Townhall Reminder

Our Draft Reopening Plan is now available for your review and feedback. Out of concern for the health, safety, and wellbeing of our students, staff, and community, all students will start the school year in distance learning.

District Statement and Reopening Plan Update

The district is entering the final stages of design and consultation on back-to-school schedule options that take into account health and safety requirements, educational quality, and the need for family choice. All families will be able to choose the all virtual learning option, which will be improved based on feedback we received from our students, families, and staff about our distance learning program in the spring. For families who do not choose the all-virtual learning option, we will likely start the first weeks of school with the majority of our students in the hybrid learning option.

District Update: School Reopening Planning and More

This month's District Update includes information on school reopening planning as well as other important news and resource reminders.

Reopening Plan Update

Thank you for the feedback that you shared with us through the surveys we conducted in April and May. We received thousands of responses from students, families, and staff. Using your feedback, planning continues for reopening the 2020-2021 school year. Our goal is to go into the next school year with a plan that offers families options and is flexible and adaptive to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also providing high-quality instruction to students as safely as possible.

Superintendent Kemp's Weekly Update

As we finish up our last week of the 2019-2020 school year, this is my last weekly message while we break for summer. I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to our students, families, and staff for your patience, grace, and dedication to persevere through these last 10 weeks with us. It hasn’t been easy — there have been many transitions for everyone along the way — but we rose to the challenge together as one community. We can all be proud.

Santa Clara Unified Stands With You

We write to you today from a place of sheer sadness and shared grief for the tragic death of George Floyd. We have seen evidence of so much pain in the responding protests and are troubled by the acts of violence across our nation.

Superintendent Kemp's Weekly Update

This week's message includes information and a link to a new family survey on reopening schools plus other updates, resources, stories and information about how to watch our Class of 2020 graduation ceremony live streams.