"iamconfused" is sadly correct. To begin with, this thread should be renamed to Fall CA 2021 predictions...There will be no XC season in CA in Jan. If you follow the reopening guidelines from Sacramento re: school re openings its clear high school age kids will not be in school anytime soon. Its very, very likely they wont be in school until fall of 2021. I realize that sounds insane but you have to read the guidelines.
With the guidelines that came into play at the end of August, four color coded tiers were created (if we used the same guidelines that existed before late Aug there would have been a fall season and kids would have been in school). The purple tier is the worst tier which many CA counties are still in.
Schools can not apply to get back in school until being in the next tier (red) for two weeks(daily covid case rate of under 7 out of 100k !!!) . At that point grades pre K -2nd grade can apply to go back to school. They dont get an answer for 2-3 weeks. So pre k through 2nd grade are in red tier for 5 weeks before knowing if they can go back.....Heres where it gets even worse for highschool kids in CA
----they are only allowing 30 middle schools per week AND
----there is an equity measure in place now which says if kids from lower income neighborhoods have higher covid numbers THE NO KID can go back anywhere.
The whole process will be staggered with highschool age kids going last. Start to do the math. Its Oct 18 and many counties are still in the purple tier. HS kids might not be in school AT ALL until fall 2021..
There is no XC season, not a chance with the new tier system. If this upsets you then write your local health department. They have ALL the power where you live--whether you can go to the beach, school, a park, eat indoors, go to a movie. This is not a CIF issue...write your local health department.
Unfortunately, if you look at the daily covid numbers in CA, we are on a rise again. Yeah, I know, it used to be about hospitalizations and flattening the curve which is what is still should be but they have now chosen daily case rates...I dont make the rules...Since this is the new metric it is also highly likely that after thanksgiving and the winter holidays we may see another lockdown...
If you want any chance, and I mean a small chance of outdoor track then mobilize and get your voices heard..