CORONAVIRUS TIMELINE January 11th — China reported its fi rst coronavirus death. January 21th — Th e US confi rmed its fi rst case of coronavirus in Washington State, a man who had just returned from Wuhan. January 30th — W.H.O. declared a global health emergency. Febuary 6th and 17th — Th e fi rst two US deaths occurred in Santa Clara county, California. However, the cause was not recorded as coronavirus until months later on April 21st. Febuary 29th — Th e US reported its fi rst coronavirus death near Seattle. March 12th — Distance learning training sessions for teachers began. March 12th — Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and Redwood City declared a state of emergency. March 13th — Last day of in-person school and distance learning was announced; students were expected to return to school after spring break (April 6th). On the same day, President Trump announced a national emergency. March 14th — Many juniors’ SAT tests were canceled. Th e College Board later canceled the June SAT tests and subject tests, but tests will be available August through December. March 16th — Six Bay Area counties, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa and Alameda, announced shelter in place orders. 4 March 25th — At home learning was extended to May 1st. March 26th — Th e US became the country with the highest number of confi rmed cases. March 27th — President Trump signed a $2 trillion stimulus bill. March 31st — It was announced that classes would remain online through the remainder of the school year. April 2nd — Worldwide cases surpassed one million. April 3rd — Th e College Board announced that AP tests will be taken at home. April 15th — Th e Sequoia Union High School District moves to a pass/fail system. April 17th — Prom was supposed to happen on April 17th, and was then postponed to May 22nd only open to seniors. For the foreseeable future, prom is canceled but administration and leadership are discussing ways to make it up. April 22nd — It was announced that graduation would be held online on June 4th. Administration announced that there will be no fi nals week (June 1st through 4th), so school ended May 29th. written and designed by Izzy Leake
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