The Hood River County School District’s hope to return to in-person instruction for K-3 students has been pushed back at least two weeks, and probably three.  Hood River County did not meet COVID-19 health metrics for the week of October 18 to make that move, which the district hoped would happen on November 3.  The County reported a COVID case rate of 35.3 cases per 100,000 people, which exceeds the state metric of 30 per 100,000.  It must meet that standard for three straight weeks for in-person classes to resume at the K-3 level.  The earliest possible return to in-person instruction for Hood River County’s K-3 students is Monday, November 23, but District Superintendent Rich Polkinghorn says it would probably be at least a week after that, due to the week of November 23 being Thanksgiving week, with only two instructional days planned.  The district had previously announced that students in grades 4-12 will remain in comprehensive distance learning until February 2, which coincides with the end of the first semester for middle and high school students.