On Dec. 22, the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) held a Special Board of Education meeting unanimously voting to approve the Pandemic Response MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) Addendum #5 Return 2 Learn: Small Group Cohorts TK-12 and the Collective Bargaining Agreement (including 3-year calendar) with the Beverly Hills Education Association (BHEA). Both agreements are pending the approval of BHEA membership. However, as the county sees record high COVID-19 cases, BHUSD Superintendent Dr. Michael Bregy stated that there is no correlation between the timing of the MOU and the safe reopening of the District.
Per Los Angeles County and the state of California, the return to physical classrooms and in-person learning will be dictated by conditions in the community. When school does reopen, all students returning to the physical classroom will be in a hybrid model as opposed to full-time in-person instruction. The Health Order from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) imposes a six-foot physical distance requirement, which means that not all students can return to the classroom at the same time.
