Butte County is now in the orange tier of the state's reopening plan, but a decision by a local school board means students still will not be back to normal.
New this morning - butte county is now in the orange tier of the state's reopening plan... but - a decision by a local school board means students*stil* will not be back to normal - just yet.
Action news now reporter jafet serrato is live in chico - jafet... what do parents need to know?
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Julia, the chico unified school board met wednesday evening... and members voted to wait until the spring semester for full in person instruction.
5-member board vote unanimously to hold off on a full reopen of schools - until january 2021.
A key reason for this decision?
The upcoming holidays.
Some board members cited the worry of coronavirus cases rising during that time.
But not everyone is happy with this decision.
"governor gavin newsom and mark galley, the secretary of health and human services they think it's ok for us to be back in class now full time at a regular schedule with safety precautions ok?
But who's more conservative?
The chico unified school board of trustees!"/// "do you want us to disregard all public health recommendation s and send kids back?... we're not going to act irresponsibly just because you keep coming here making noise" the decision to delay in person instruction only stands -*i* the county remains in either the red, orange or yellow tiers.
### a recent survey showed that only 40 percent of teachers agreed to returning to the classroom if the county is in the red tier.
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Wednesday the Chico Unified School Board voted to delay full in-person instruction until Spring 2021.
A unanimous vote by one local school board