Sixty-two Santa Clara County schools and districts have applied for waivers to bring elementary school students back into the classroom, the county told this news organization on Wednesday.
Of those schools, 55 are private schools, three are charter schools and four are public school districts. The applications come after Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all schools in counties on the state’s coronavirus watchlist — including most in the Bay Area — to begin the school year online.
Even before Santa Clara County released its waiver process earlier this month, most public school districts — whose teachers unions are largely in opposition to reopening — had already announced they’d start the year in distance learning.
So far, Santa Clara County has approved only two waivers to reopen: Moreland School District in San Jose, which was approved last week, and Sunnyvale Christian School, which was cleared on Monday and will be the first Bay Area school to bring students back into the classroom on Thursday. The state released a list Wednesday of more than 100 schools cleared to reopen, most in San Diego and Orange counties.
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department is still processing applications for the rest of the schools, and declined to comment on individual applications.
Here’s the full list of schools seeking waivers:
Private Schools: 55
- Achieve Kids
- Starbright School
- Challenger School Foundation
- Legacy Christian School
- Mariposa Montessori
- St Paul Child Development Center
- Stratford, Merryhill Schools
- The Harker School
- The Learning Company and Academy
- Action Day Primary Plus
- Almaden Country Day School
- Apostles Lutheran School
- Corner Stone Learning Foundation
- Creekside School
- East Valley Christian School
- Esther B Clark School Palo Alto
- Esther B Clark School San Jose
- Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School
- Grace Christian School
- Heritage Academy
- Hope Technology School
- Living Wisdom School
- Los Gatos Christian School
- Milpitas Christian School
- Mulberry School
- Perseverance Preparatory
- Sage Academy
- South Peninsula Hebrew Day School
- St. Stephen Lutheran School
- Sunnyvale Christian School
- Ventana School
- Waldorf Peninsula
- Bowman School
- Campbell Christian
- Canyon Heights Academy
- Crossroads Christian School
- Emerson School
- Foothill SDA
- Hillbrook School
- Imagination Lab School
- Khan Lab School
- Learning Springs Academy
- Los Altos Christian Schools
- Monticello Academy
- Oakwood School
- Orion Montessori Schools
- Pacific Point
- Pinewood School
- RISE Academy
- San Jose Christian School
- Santa Clara Christian School
- Sierra School
- Tru School
- Valley Christian Schools
- Athena Academy
Public School Districts: 4
- Moreland School District
- Los Altos School District
- Luther Burbank Elementary
- Campbell Union School District
Charter Schools: 3
- Rocketship
- Charter School of Morgan Hill
- Bullis Charter
