FUESD to begin classes online Aug. 17

School starts Monday, Aug. 17, for Fallbrook Union Elementary School District families, and district officials have hammered out many of the details of how students will start classes virtually this fall.

While FUESD administrators had previously been drafting plans to return to physical classes – which called for decreased class sizes, staggered breaks and recesses, temperature checks and other measures – Gov. Gavin Newsom dashed any hopes of starting the school year in-person last month.

The governor announced July 17 that schools in counties on the state's coronavirus monitoring list – whic...