Since the November 9 small-scale reopening of multiple Berkeley elementary schools, ongoing protests organized by Equal Opportunity Now/By Any Means Necessary have taken place at both Rosa Parks and Jefferson schools.
As Term 4 begins and students find their footing in online school, plans for the spring semester are slowly taking form. Since the release of the Berkeley Unified School District Distance Learning Plan, the reality of what school looks like has changed dramatically compared to before the pandemic.
Berkeley City Health officer Lisa Hernandez recently announced plans to allow Alameda County middle and high schools to reopen to students beginning as soon as the week of November 9.
Every year in late October or early November, Berkeley High School Spirit Week concludes in an energized, intoxicated, and often violent explosion of red and gold: Rally Day.
On October 1, the Alameda Department for Public Health announced that elementary schools were allowed to open as early as October 13. Further decisions on timing and logistics lie within specific schools and their districts, as a complete COVID-19 health and safety reopening plan must be submitted to reopen. While Berkeley Unified School District
It has been approximately two and a half months since the 2020-21 school year started, and Berkeley High School students are now in the midst of their third term.
On Wednesday, October 21, Berkeley Unified School District school board approved January 13 as a target date for the first phase of the plan to reopen elementary schools.
Distance learning has been a significant change for everyone at Berkeley High School, but no one has had to adapt more than educators. While the BHS community has been attentive to the experience and needs of students, the challenges faced by teachers have often fallen into the background.
On Thursday, March 12, Berkeley High School closed abruptly due to health concerns about COVID-19, and the rest of Berkeley Unified School District closed the following Monday.
