2 Anderson High Schools switch back to distance learning

Two high schools in Anderson are taking a step back from in-person classes and returning to distance learning.

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In shasta county -- 2 high schools in anderson are taking a step back from in- person classes...and returning to distance learning.

Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in anderson, is this because of the recent positive covid-19 cases?

Yes, that 2 students-- 1 at 2 different here in anderson tested positive for coronavirus.

And i met with the school district.

And they told me: they choose to quarantine the school because of the difficulty of contact tracing on campus.

Take nat of school bel* <<school bell rings > the bell signals the start of classes.

But it's an empty campus for 2 anderson high schools.

Take so* trt:03 victor hopper anderson union high school district supt.

We immediately notified all parents that were transitioning to distance learning on friday: the anderson union school district found out that one of its students tested positive for coronavirus at north valley.

Leading the school to switch back to distance learning on monday.

Take so* trt:13 victor hopper anderson union high school district supt.

Based on when this student last attended school, which was on the 20th, we counted out 14 days for the quarantine that we were going to require all students to transition to distance learning and quarantine them for 14 days ana stand u* trt:13 ana torrea atorreanews now students would normally be on campus and in the classroom here at north valley high school but as you can tell it pretty empty right now and its the same over// here at anderson high school another empty campus just up road from north valley is anderson high school.

Where another student also tested positive covid-19.

The school learned about that case just yesterday.

Take so* trt:09 victor hopper anderson union high school district supt.

That student apparently felt ill on the 19th and went to go tested and got their results shortly after that but teachers this time around say they are better prepared to handle distance learning.

Because they were able to meet and work with students for several days take so* trt:14 jamie lynn teacher we've kind of been on the forefront of it because we know it can happen any day, so our students were given one to one chromebooks so we were able to do that and we had the opportunity to have them in class for 10 days which i think was very valuable to us one parent i spoke to says: they are concerned about these positive cases.

Take so* trt:08 greg perry parent well my kids love school and to find out something like this happened at our school is very scary, but also sad for the young child still, they believe that the school district made the right decision to switch back to distance learning.

> anderson union high school district says: that it is taking all the precautions.

Like wearing masks on campus and practicing social distancing.

The school district is even working to get "disinfectant foggers".

Reporting live in anderson, ana torrea, action news now coverage you can count on.

North valley high school students are expected to return to campus on september 8-th, while anderson high students will return to campus on september 3-rd.## a