Coalition forms for in-person instruction waiver

Many people in Chico are pushing for a waiver allowing elementary students to receive in-person instruction.

Week... but some parents are trying to change that.

Action news now reporter brandon benitez is live in chico.

What are those parents doing brandon?

One of them started a website to build support for a waiver allowing in person classes.

Matt tennis started chico parents for in person learning.

It's a website fir parents who want their kids to have in person instruction.

Tennis hopes to build momentum for the district to apply for a waiver to let elementary students to receive in person instruction... he told me he thinks kids need person to person interaction and too much time in front of a computer screen would hurt their education.

Trt -:33 matthew tennis this generation of them is getting short- changed right now right here in chico and we need to get these schools opened up and back in business as soon as possible.

Elizabeth griffin: we're still seeing from the public health that they feel the threat is high and they are the ones that are talking to the state.

We are obliged to listen to them because our funding comes from them.

If we were to just oh we're not going to abide by this we're just going to do whatever we want then we risk our funding to even have school, to put school on.

That was president of the chico unified school board elizabeth griffin... on top of funding risks -- griffin told me another hurdle involves agreements with between stakeholders... stakeholders include teachers unions, parents, and the board... griffin knows distance learning has drawbacks -- but assured me the board is working on ways to limit concerns with socializing and education gaps... live in chico brandon benitez action news now coverage you can count on... 'tennis' is also a candidate for