Trustees at the Peralta Community College District have
approved changes to their academic calendar intended to increase social
distancing and protect the community in response to the novel coronavirus.
Trustees voted this week to move up spring break, which had
been scheduled for the week of April 13 to 18, to the week of March 16 to
21.
In addition, the trustees switched Flex Day, a faculty
training day, from March 19 to March 30.
Peralta Chancellor Regina Stanback Stroud announced that face-to-face
classes at the district’s four campuses at the Berkeley City College, the
College of Alameda and Laney and Merritt colleges in Oakland have been
cancelled through the rest of this week.
Peralta officials said canceling the classes this week
allows instructional faculty to attend training session at their respective
colleges and evaluate optional resources for potentially transitioning their
classes to remote forms of instruction as needed.
District officials said the health and safety of members of
the Peralta community remains their top priority and they will continue to
follow the guidelines and best practices for institutions of higher education
as recommended by the Alameda County Public Health Department and other health agencies.
Peralta officials said faculty members who opt to use remote
forms of instruction will begin doing so following on March 23, at the end of spring
break and continue through April 4.
The district said faculty members may continue to teach
classes face-to-face but they strongly encourage to use remote forms of
instruction if possible.
Peralta officials said the four community colleges and
district offices will remain open and administration and staff are expected to
report to work unless they are ill.
They say they want to maintain academic continuity and
proactively take steps to protect the community by reducing the number of
people gathered
Source: NBC Bay Area
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