Pasadena Unified Abandons Plans for Possible January Return to In-Person Learning, Now Eyeing Spring

The Pasadena Unified School District announced on Thursday that PUSD Superintendent Brian McDonald is now eying a return date in the spring.

“With the surge of COVID-19, our anticipated return to campuses for in-person instruction will not occur on January 11, 2021, as we had hoped.” McDonald said. “PUSD students will remain in distance learning until public health conditions allow us to return to in-person learning. Our hope continues to be that we open schools for PUSD students in the Spring semester. We will continue to monitor protocols from the Los Angeles County and City of Pasadena departments of public health.”

Learns and Blair International Academy will continue to stay open with safety protocols in place.

PUSD students have been learning from home since last March when the pandemic first broke out.

“Please be assured that we are doing everything we can to bring all of our students back to campus as soon as public health conditions allow,”
McDonald said. “We know that families are cautious about making this important decision because of the COVID-19 surge. Our Return to School survey asking families for their preference for in-person or remote instruction has been extended and will remain open until further notice.

For more information about the survey, please visit pusd.us/survey.”