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Return Together Update: Increased Testing and Vaccination Availability
Upcoming vaccination events this week at Burbank HS and Serna
Hello SCUSD Families and Students,
Our first week of in-person learning is in the books, and over the coming weeks we will begin to welcome additional cohorts and grade segments back to our campuses. We can’t say it enough – we are so excited to see our students!
Returning Together
A Message from Superintendent Jorge A. Aguilar
Hello SCUSD Families and Students,
We are so excited that after a year of distance learning, beginning tomorrow, many of our students will be back on our campuses once again. They were sorely missed. We know that this year has been tough for many and that in-person support is a necessary component to meeting our students’ academic social and emotional needs.
Welcome Back SCUSD
A Message from Superintendent Jorge A. Aguilar
Hello Sac City Unified Families and Students,
I hope you all had a wonderful and restful Spring Break. We are very excited to begin welcoming students and staff back to campuses in a phased-in approach with our first cohort of K-3 grade and K-6 Special Day Classes coming back this week beginning April 8. We have waited for this day for a long time and I cannot express enough how overjoyed I am to see our students and staff in-person again.
Return Together Update: Cohort Assignments, Spring Break, Vaccination Update
Hello Sac City Unified Families:
Please review this important update with information about:
- Upcoming Communications on Cohort Assignments
- Spring Break and Meal Distribution
- Vaccination Update – nearly 5,000 vaccinated!
Return Together Update: Sacramento County in the Red Tier, Agreement with SCTA, Return to Health, Return to Learn Updates
Dear Sac City Unified Families:
We are pleased to share the following important updates below on:
- Sacramento is in Red Tier – Great News for our Return Together
- Agreement with SCTA – New Return Date for Grades 7-12
- Return to Health Updates
- Testing
- Vaccination
- Return to Learn Updates
- Example Video of In-Person Learning
- Learning Model Decisions
Complete the Learning Options Form by March 17
Select In-Person or Distance Learning for Your Student
We are excited to announce that schools will reopen soon with strict measures in place to protect the health and safety of our students and staff.
We now need you to tell us how you want your student to participate when we return together.
Please complete our form at k12-schedule.com/sac-city to tell us whether your student will return in-person or continue in distance learning. Complete the form by March 17 at 11:59 P.M.
Tell Us How Your Student Will Return – In-Person or Distance Learning
Complete the Learning Options Form
Hello SCUSD Families,
As COVID-19 rates continue to decrease in our community and under the guidance of Sacramento County Public Health and the California Department of Public Health, we are looking forward to safely welcoming students back to optional in-person learning starting next month. Please view information about our district’s Health and Safety protocols at and our work to ensure a safe campus environment at our Reopening Dashboard.
Return Together Update: Board of Education Meeting on March 4
Hello Sacramento City Unified Families,
Tomorrow at our Board of Education meeting, our district staff will provide an important update on our District’s School Reopening plans. We encourage you to join us to learn more about the district’s detailed work which goes above and beyond local, state, and federal health requirements and will move us forward in our work to meet our students’ academic, social and emotional needs.
Return Together Update: Academic Models; Learning Options Form Coming Soon; MOU reached on Special Education Assessments
Dear Sac City Unified Families:
It has been nearly a year since our schools closed on March 13 and since that time we have been busily preparing our school campuses and staff to safely welcome students back to this changed environment.
Return Together Update: Academic Framework, Dashboard Updates, Current COVID-19 Status
Dear Sac City Unified Families:
We hope that you enjoyed the short, holiday week!
Today we are pleased to share with you new information on:
- Current COVID-19 Risk Levels
- Announcement of SCUSD’s Return to Learn Academic Framework to bring students back to campuses
- SCUSD/Dignity Health vaccination clinic
- Reopening Dashboard Updates
Return Together Update: COVID-19 Case Rates Improving, Vaccinations and Testing
Dear Sac City Unified Families:
We hope you had a wonderful week! Sac City Unified continues to partner with Sacramento County Public Health in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. We are pleased to share the following updates on how we are working to protect the health of our Sac City Unified community so we can Return Together to in-person learning as quickly as possible.
Return Together Update: COVID-19 Vaccinations and Testing; Lincoln Holiday Observed
Dear Sac City Unified Families and Community:
The following is an update for Sac City Unified families and community about COVID-19 vaccination and testing.
Presenting the Sac City Reopening Dashboard
Last week, we surpassed a year since the first COVID-19 virus case was detected in the United States, and we are quickly approaching a year since we closed our school sites.
We know that a question at the top of the minds of our students, families, and staff is “When will we come back to campus?” This last year has been difficult, with uncertainties and fear, and adapting to distance learning, a challenge for our students and staff.
Sacramento Regional Stay-at-Home Order
Today the Sacramento Region’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacity dropped below 15 percent. Under Governor Newsom’s current health order, this means that our region will fall under a stay-at-home order by Thursday at 11:59 PM.
Video Message from Superintendent Aguilar on State Announcement of a Stay-at-Home Order
Superintendent Aguilar provides an update on the state’s announcement of a stricter COVID-19 Health Order for the Sacramento region and what it means for Sacramento City Unified schools.
Introducing Sac City Unified’s Return to Play Plan
Athletics are important to the physical, mental and social wellbeing of our students. We are excited to announce that beginning on December 1, 2020, the district will begin to welcome back high school student athletes to participate in conditioning that is consistent with state and county health requirements. The district will begin athletic conditioning as part of Phase One of the California Interscholastic Federation guidelines. In Phase One, only outdoor physical conditioning and practice activities will be permitted.
Return Together Update: Sac City Unified to Begin Athletic Conditioning
Full Return to Play Plan Coming Soon
Athletics are important to the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of our students. We are excited to announce that beginning on December 1, 2020, the district will begin to welcome back high school student athletes to participate in conditioning that is consistent with state and county health requirements.
Update on Conditions for Reopening – Increased COVID-19 Risk Status
As you may have learned on November 10, due to increased COVID-19 positivity rates in our county, Sacramento County’s risk status has increased to “purple” or “widespread risk” under the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. With this reclassification, schools that have not already opened are required to remain closed and will not be eligible to reopen until two weeks after Sacramento County moves back into red tier status. Therefore, our students will remain in distance learning until further notice.
Return Together Options Form
As part of our Return Together planning process, we will continue to seek information from you to help us guide our decisions.
Return Together Update
Sac City Unified works closely with Sacramento County Public Health and the Sacramento County Office of Education to develop and plan for a safe reopening of schools. The health and safety of our students and staff are our highest priority.
Please read this important message about the announcement yesterday by the state to reclassify Sacramento County’s COVID-19 risk status and what that means for Sac City Unified.