As restrictions have been lifted statewide and locally, Lyle School Principal Lori Smith has worked to increase the number of days students come to campus for in-person learning.  Since Klickitat County, along with the rest of the state, went to Phase 3, Ms. Smith and the administrative and instruction teams have looked at how to meet the state's safety requirements while increasing students' time on campus.

An example of the challenge: While kids may sit three feet apart instead of the previous six feet in classrooms, they still have to eat lunch six feet apart since they must be unmasked during that time.  Those and other specific requirements have required careful thought and planning.  So much so that some larger urban districts have opted to remain in a hybrid two-day-a-week on campus configuration.

However, the great news is that Ms. Smith now has all Lyle students in Kindergarten through grade six on campus five days a week, unless their parents have chosen to have them remain in full-time remote learning. 

Parents of elementary students, please plan on sending your child to school with their laptop computer on Monday, April 26.  These will be used in the classroom and will stay at the school the remainder of the year. 

Grades 7-9 are also getting their time on campus bumped up to four days a week, and Ms. Smith continues to make adjustments to the upper grade level schedules, particularly the especially large 10th grade group.  Because it's a large class, scheduling those students for additional time is a little more challenging.

As a result, bus route changes have been made and are posted. They will be effective on Monday, April 26. Since more schedule changes are coming, we want to remind you to check your child's bus stop information every Sunday night or Monday morning.

And one more reminder - our ability to operate at this level depends on the number of COVID-19 cases in the community remaining low. Please do your part to keep the community spread to a minimum by masking up, distancing and following other safety recommendations from the state and CDC.