Photos: TUSD begins in-person full-time instruction
After more than a year of the Coronavirus pandemic, Tucson Unified School District began full-time in-person instruction on Monday, March 22.
At Holladay Magnet Elementary School, a little less than half of their students came back for in-person instruction.
"We have ninety kids back in the building, so we have about 45% of our kids are here," said Tonya Strozier, principle. There are some students and teachers which are still doing remote work, added Strozier.
Some changes were implemented in response to the pandemic include, plexiglass dividers added to desks while students worked in desks placed socially distanced apart. Students, also, ate breakfast and lunch outdoors and were given breaks to play outside while janitors sanitized classrooms.
TUSD in-person instruction
Julian Salomon, second grader, listens to his teacher Ingrid Reyes during class at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
TUSD in-person instruction
Grace Beltran, co-teacher and curriculums service provider, teaches a group of students about spacing by having students hold out their arms before classes started at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
TUSD in-person instruction
Roman Leon, fourth grader, completes his bellwork during the beginning of class at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
TUSD in-person instruction
A student walks past a hand sanitizer station while heading outside to eat breakfast before classes start at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
TUSD in-person instruction
Julian Salomon, left, second grader, listens to his teacher Ingrid Reyes during class at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
TUSD in-person instruction
Kindergarten students work behind plexiglass during class at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
TUSD in-person instruction
Kinder-gardeners jump on one leg while playing "Simon Says" outside during a break from class at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
TUSD in-person instruction
Trevor Salago, magnet site coordinator, gives hand sanitizer to kinder-gardener Alexander Morales-Bermudez at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
TUSD in-person instruction
Maria Doniz, janitor, sanitizes a students desk while the class plays outside at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
TUSD in-person instruction
A drawing talking about mask wearing made by Grace Beltran, co-teacher and curriculums service provider, is taped to a wall at Holladay Magnet Elementary School, 1110 E. 33rd St., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 23, 2021.
Rebecca Sasnett
Photojournalist
The COVID-19 B.1.1.7 variant, first detected in the UK, spreads more easily and may be more deadly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As officials plan for summer school catch up courses after a year of remote learning, some are finding that stimulus funds won't cover the bill.
K-12 education news from Tucson and Southern Arizona.
More than 1,300 students have enrolled in TUSD since the district opened in March after a year of closure, some haven't been attending all year.
In a letter Monday to state schools chief Kathy Hoffman, Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, Udall says the education department is "for some reason holding onto nearly $85 million of discretionary money" from its initial $1.5 billion allocation of federal COVID relief dollars.
With many students transferring to charter and private schools during the pandemic, some schools could no longer sustain the teaching positions.
Citing the number of people who have been vaccinated – most of whom are older than school age — the governor is allowing schools to decide whether to require masks.