{"id":6799,"date":"2020-09-02T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2020-09-02T15:00:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T23:00:03","slug":"kpbsd-update-schools-open-in-central-peninsula-labor-day-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/09\/02\/kpbsd-update-schools-open-in-central-peninsula-labor-day-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"KPBSD Update: Schools open in Central Peninsula &#124; Labor Day Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>September\n2, 2020 <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Dear\nKPBSD staff and families,<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cThank you to everyone who is doing your part to keep schools open by practicing physical distancing, wearing a facemask when needed, and for frequent hand washing. You are making a difference. Let us not let our collective guard down! Have a safe holiday weekend!\u201d<\/em> <\/p><cite> \u2013 Superintendent John O\u2019Brien <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong>Tuesday, September 8, 2020, schools throughout the central peninsula* will open to welcome students to onsite, at school learning! <br \/> <\/strong>The COVID-19 risk levels have dropped in the central peninsula area, so after evaluating 14 day positive COVID-19 case counts, 7 day trends, consultation with the KPBSD COVID-19 Medical Risk Level Advisory Team and Public Health, everyone can plan for schools* to open! <\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/departments.aspx?id=270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"School Start and End Times (opens in a new tab)\">School Start and End Times<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/09\/2020-09-02-Central-Peninsula-Schools-open-9-8-20-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6800\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Visit\nthe new KPBSD <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.kpbsd.org\/dashboard\">COVID-19 risk level\ndashboard<\/a> with daily updates.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-medium-font-size has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color\"><strong>*Central\nPeninsula Schools will open on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, to onsite at school\nlearning. The 100% Remote Learning option also continues.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>Central\nKenai Peninsula&nbsp;includes Kasilof to Sterling, extending through Kenai,\nNikiski, Soldotna, and DHSS \u201cother north\u201d communities<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Aurora Borealis Charter School<\/li><li>Kaleidoscope Charter School<\/li><li>K-Beach Elementary School<\/li><li>Kenai Alternative School<\/li><li>Kenai Central High School<\/li><li>Kenai Middle School<\/li><li>Mountain View Elementary School<\/li><li>Nikiski Middle-High School<\/li><li>Nikiski North Star Elementary School<\/li><li>Redoubt Elementary School<\/li><li>River City Academy<\/li><li>Skyview Middle School<\/li><li>Soldotna Elementary School<\/li><li>Soldotna High School<\/li><li>Soldotna Montessori Charter School<\/li><li>Sterling Elementary School<\/li><li>Other North: Tustumena Elementary School<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color\"><strong>Calendar change:<\/strong> the two Early Release days for students in September and October are cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-very-light-gray-color has-vivid-red-background-color\"><strong>Happy\nLabor Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, September 7, 2020, is a holiday, and KPBSD schools and district offices are closed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/09\/2020-09-08-Happy-Labor-Day-no-school-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6801\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-medium-font-size has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/students_parents.aspx?id=41540\">COVID-19 and\nKPBSD<\/a> or covid19.kpbsd.org<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/2020\/08\/20\/get-it-and-go-meals-for-100-remote-learners\/\">Get-It\nand Go Meals for 100% Remote Learning students<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 2, 2020 Dear KPBSD staff and families, \u201cThank you to everyone who is doing your part to keep schools open by practicing physical distancing, wearing a facemask when needed, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/09\/02\/kpbsd-update-schools-open-in-central-peninsula-labor-day-holiday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;KPBSD Update: Schools open in Central Peninsula &#124; Labor Day Holiday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kpbsd-district-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}