On June 7, 2020, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) placed San Joaquin County on its monitoring list. On July 17, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that if a county has been on the monitoring list within the prior 14 days, a school must conduct distance learning only, until the county has been off the monitoring list for at least 14 days.
In counties on the monitoring list, CDPH guidance allows a district superintendent, private school principal/head of school, or executive director of a charter school to apply for a waiver from the local health officer to open an elementary school for in-person instruction.
On Aug. 28, 2020, San Joaquin County Public Health Services released information about the process apply for a waiver to allow in-person instruction that included a letter and Application Cover Form.