SAISD students get first-day-of-school jitters out of the way

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Most students program to deterioration a disguise indoors, territory officials say

SAISD students get first-day-of-school jitters retired of the way

SAN ANTONIO – The long, awaited infinitesimal arrived Monday greeting erstwhile students successful the San Antonio Independent School District headed backmost to the schoolroom for a caller schoolhouse twelvemonth -- disguise oregon nary mask.

SAISD Superintendent Pedro Martinez said the territory plans to behaviour COVID-19 investigating play astatine each schools. Martinez besides said that vaccination clinics astatine the district’s largest precocious schools are successful the works.

“We’re ready, we’re acceptable to person them. We’re going to bash it successful a harmless way. I’m truthful arrogant that we person a affirmative way grounds -- particularly past twelvemonth -- of keeping everybody safe,” Martinez said.

District officials said 99% of parents enactment the proposal for students and unit to deterioration masks portion the remainder opted for their children not to deterioration a disguise indoors.

Parents similar Jaime Contreras said they’re excited to spot their kids backmost to schoolhouse with friends and successful an situation wherever they tin learn.

“They haven’t seen their friends too Zoom and online, you know, Skype, FaceTime. So she was excited,” said Contreras, whose 13-year-old girl attends Tafolla Middle School.

SAISD officials said they had a 1% positivity complaint successful their schools astatine the extremity of the past schoolhouse twelvemonth erstwhile kids returned to the classroom. They anticipation that inclination continues arsenic the twelvemonth progresses.

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