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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Mijares: Join us as we break ground on new park commemorating Mendez v. Westminster |
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The case of Mendez v. Westminster broke new ground not just for Orange County, but for our entire nation. Now, more than 70 years later, the Orange County Department of Education and the City of Westminster are breaking ground on a park and monument honoring the legacy of the court case that famously led to the desegregation of California’s public schools. We’re hoping you will join us for a pre-recorded and physically-distanced celebration to mark the start of construction on this project. Our virtual groundbreaking ceremony will debut at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13 here on the OCDE Newsroom, as well as the OCDE and Westminster Facebook pages. It will also be available for repeat-viewing afterward.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/mijares-join-us-as-we-break-ground-on-new-park-commemorating-mendez-v-westminster/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Orange County schools’ response strategies for coronavirus cases begin to surface |
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Orange County schools spent months preparing for the ominous reality that the coronavirus could reach their campuses once classrooms reopened for in-person instruction. Students and teachers have first-line defenses such as masks, sneeze guards, sanitizer and temperature checks, but schools also readied with another level of response that is now taking shape. This kicks in when COVID-19 infects a student or teacher. Schools have placed students, staff members and entire classes in quarantine, or isolation at home, to slow the spread of the virus on campus.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/09/orange-county-schools-response-strategies-for-coronavirus-cases-begin-to-surface/ |
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For children living in motels, WiFi hot spots make school possible |
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The minute Jennifer Friend opened the door to the Anaheim motel room a few months ago, she flashed back to her childhood. She understood how this motel was a de-facto neighborhood, a place for people living just a step away from the streets, home for men and women and children. That includes schoolkids who struggle in the best of times, but are particularly underwater during the pandemic, when their motel room might have to double as a class room and class might require technology they can’t afford.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/11/for-children-living-in-motels-wifi-hot-spots-make-school-possible/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Inequities of pandemic learning on stark display at the Orange County-Long Beach border |
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To understand the inequities of student education in this fall of pandemic, few places offer a starker lesson than the Orange County border that divides working-class Long Beach and the upscale suburb of Los Alamitos. On a recent weekday, Mitchell Cruz, a junior at Los Alamitos High School, woke to the sound of his 7 a.m. alarm and picked out a school-approved outfit instead of the simple T-shirts he wore for learning in front of a laptop computer at home.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-10/long-beach-los-alamitos-schools-pandemic |
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DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES
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LAUSD students to get in-person tutoring, assessments |
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Students who have been struggling with distance learning may soon be able to receive in-person tutoring or assessments, now that the Los Angeles Unified School District has reached agreements with the teachers union to provide the services. Exactly how students will be selected for the services, or how many will benefit from them, is unclear. A district spokeswoman said Friday, Oct. 9, that details have been delegated to administrators overseeing the district’s 42 Communities of Schools, which are clusters of campuses grouped together by neighborhoods.
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https://www.dailynews.com/2020/10/09/lausd-students-to-get-in-person-tutoring-assessments/ |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Coronavirus: With online learning improved, should Bay Area kids return to class? |
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Gisselle Trejo is set to go at 9 a.m., seated at the kitchen table of her family’s San Jose apartment behind a cardboard screen lovingly decorated with her name and colorful inspirations like “You are smart.” She’s watching for her kindergarten teacher to appear on the electronic tablet. Her older brother, Daniel, is at his bedroom desk behind his own cardboard screen and “You are awesome” motivations, a tablet and laptop computer at the ready for his 4th-grade math test. By most accounts, this so-called distance learning is much improved over last spring, when the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic forced sudden classroom closures in March.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/10/coronavirus-with-online-learning-improved-should-kids-return-to-class/ |
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INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
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LAUSD removes eugenicist from name of L.A.’s Jordan High |
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Mara Ponce is a proud Bulldog. Like others who have graduated from or worked at David Starr Jordan High School in Watts, Ponce has fond memories of her time spent roaming the halls, first as a student, then as a staff member for the past 16 years.
But despite her pride in her alma mater, Ponce agreed with hundreds of other former and current students, parents, staff and community members that the school — where 99% of students are Black or Latino — needed to drop its namesake after learning that David Starr Jordan, the founding president of Stanford University, was also a prominent eugenicist who viewed certain races as less worthy and believed in selective breeding and forced sterilization.
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https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/10/09/lausd-removes-eugenicist-from-name-of-l-a-s-jordan-high/ |
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN
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EDSOURCE
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College recruiting of California students turns virtual during pandemic |
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In a normal year, northern California high school senior Alain Kanadjian would be touring college campuses, attending college fairs in gyms or convention centers and meeting with college recruiters. All in person. But this is not a normal year for Kanadjian and hundreds of thousands of other California students getting ready to apply for college admission. During the pandemic, those face-to-face options to help them decide which schools best fit their interests, aptitudes and wallets have all evaporated.
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https://edsource.org/2020/college-recruiting-turns-virtual-during-pandemic/641255 |
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VENTURA COUNTY STAR
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Area school districts consider path forward to reopening campuses for in-person learning |
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Now days away from the Oct. 21 date schools can reopen, Ventura County public school districts are getting pressure from teachers, staff and families to release their plans. But it isn't as easy as immediately opening schools on that date or even choosing to keep schools closed. District leaders are weighing safety, teacher availability, the appropriate timing – soon or at a natural transition point – and even pressure from parents.
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https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2020/10/11/school-districts-consider-path-forward-reopening-in-person-learning/5938272002/ |
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KPCC
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Meet Crenshaw High's Kamarie Brown, LAUSD's Newest Student Board Member |
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As the races for two LAUSD school board seats heat up, a new face has joined the virtual dais: student board member Kamarie Brown. Sixty-five students vied for the position. They had to fill out an application and write three essays, and if they made it to the final round, they had to give a speech and then stand for election, with LAUSD seniors as the voters. Brown — a senior at Crenshaw High — was officially named the student board member and sworn in this month. According to the district, the 17-year-old is the first African American woman to serve in this role.
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https://laist.com/2020/10/12/crenshaw_high_kamarie_brown_new_lausd_student_board_member.php |
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What You Need To Know About LAUSD Restarting Some In-Person Tutoring, Assessments |
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The Los Angeles Unified School District and the union that represents its teachers have reached an agreement over how to offer in-person tutoring, assessments for students with special needs, and hybrid instruction for adults. While schools in Los Angeles County are generally required to remain physically closed, there are some notable exceptions, including some waivers for grades TK-2 and providing "specialized services" in-person to students with special needs and English language learners.
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https://laist.com/2020/10/09/lausd_utla_inperson_tutoring_assessments.php |
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