Redmond, Lake Oswego schools reverse course, delay plans to reopen

One of the larger Oregon school districts preparing to reopen ahead of Gov. Kate Brown’s target date of Feb. 15 now says it will have to delay bringing kids back to campus until after that. Administrators in the suburban Lake Oswego district are also pumping the brakes on reopening, but haven’t announced how long they’ll delay.

Administrators in the 7,000-student Redmond School District announced Friday that COVID-19 case numbers remain too high to open on Feb. 2 as announced earlier this month. In a statement signed by Superintendent Charan Cline, the district said schools won’t start opening until Feb. 22.

“We know this is disappointing for many families,” Cline said in the announcement.