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School reopening

“We’ve waited for this a long time”: Berkeley students grades 3-8 go back to school in-person
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‘We’ve waited for this a long time’: Berkeley students grades 3-8 go back in person to school

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich April 15, 2021, 10:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

On April 12, students in grades 3-5 went back five days per week and middle schoolers began hybrid learning.

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Middle and high school students will return to school for a few hours a week

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 31, 2021, 8:40 a.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeley Unified and the teachers’ union reached an agreement Tuesday on a hybrid learning schedule.

A teacher addresses her first graders on the first day back at school after Covid lockdown
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First-day jitters, songs and celebratory pancakes: A taste of Berkeley’s back-to-school day

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 29, 2021, 4:55 p.m.February 20, 2023

What was back-to school-day like today? We followed three students and two teachers as many elementary students went back onto campuses after the long months of lockdown.

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When elementary schools reopen, most Berkeley Unified students will go back in-person

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 24, 2021, 2:17 p.m.October 4, 2022

White families are opting for in-person instruction at higher rates than Black and Latinx families.

Berkeley High School, March 2018. Photo: Nancy Rubin
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‘2D pixels on my screen are not enough’: Berkeley High students weigh in on reopening

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 23, 2021, 3:10 p.m.October 4, 2022

Families, the district and teachers have made their views known about getting back on campuses. We asked high-school students what they think.

Marvin Reed, a third-grade teacher at Thousand Oaks Elementary, poses in front of a mural outside of the school after getting the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. March 10, 2021.
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As Berkeley teachers get vaccinated, they reflect on returning to classrooms

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 18, 2021, 12:51 p.m.October 4, 2022

Teachers are looking forward to seeing students again, but there are safety concerns and the rhetoric of the reopening debate has taken its toll.

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Parents fear that elementary students opting for distance learning could be left behind

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 16, 2021, 4:30 p.m.October 4, 2022

Parents worry that distance learners are more likely to be stuck with a substitute than students on-campus, especially a substitute without experience teaching online.

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Berkeley families rally for middle, high schools to reopen 5 days a week

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 15, 2021, 3:55 p.m.October 4, 2022

On the one-year anniversary of the school shutdown, about 150 parents and students protested on Saturday, calling for a full reopening of schools, including Berkeley High.

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Berkeley elementary schools will reopen for in-person classes

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 09, 2021, 2:20 p.m.October 4, 2022

The plan is a major shift from the district’s previous offer of hybrid learning for all students, and comes after months of negotiations between the school district and its union.

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Why are some schools open and others closed? We look into 5 different school districts

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 05, 2021, 4:09 p.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeley schools are closed. Piedmont’s are open. What gives?

Paints and toys at a preschool
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In reopening debate, we chose not to report on the teachers union leader and his toddler’s school. Here’s why.

Avatar photo by Berkeleyside staff March 02, 2021, 2:56 p.m.August 4, 2022

Readers have asked why Berkeleyside has not covered this story when many local and national outlets have, so we are sharing our thinking.

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Berkeley Unified announces tentative plan to return to hybrid learning this spring

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich Feb. 17, 2021, 2:17 p.m.October 4, 2022

The union needs to ratify the agreement and teachers need to be vaccinated, but more in-person instruction could ramp up by late-March to mid-April.

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