What happens to schools if we fall to the Purple Tier| Kristen Taketa

<p>Thanks to persistently high COVID-19 case rates, San Diego County is days away from <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/story/2020-11-04/state-demotes-san-diego-county-to-most-restrictive-purple-tier" target="_blank">potentially landing in the purple tier</a>, the most-restrictive level of the state’s COVID-19 monitoring system, which would mean that schools that have not started teaching at least some students in person would lose their chance to reopen.</p><p>Falling into the purple tier would mean San Diego County’s closed schools would not be able to reopen until Dec. 16 at the earliest, or five weeks after Tuesday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/heres-how-schools-might-be-affected-if-san-diego-county-falls-to-purple-tier-next-week</p>