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OCDE NEWSROOM
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OCDE partners with OC Health Care Agency to offer after-hours nursing support for schools |
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Care Agency to hire a team of qualified nurses who will be on-call outside of regular business hours to assist schools with isolation and quarantine protocols, disinfection instructions and other critical guidance. Local public health officials have allocated federal CARES Act funding to staff up to 30 nurses from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekends. Each will be assigned to a specific region in the county, enabling school districts to have a single point of contact to support collaborative decision-making with the HCA and doctors from CHOC Children’s as needed.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-partners-with-oc-health-care-agency-to-offer-after-hours-nursing-support-for-schools/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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OCSA teachers ask to hold off in-person instruction |
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A student-led petition in support of teachers and counselors has garnered more than 4,360 signatures in recent days. Meanwhile, more than 60 percent of the school’s 2,200 students have said they plan to continue with online learning this semester.
Eighty academic teachers, who have all been teaching online, are expected to return to campus on Monday, Oct. 26 to prepare for hybrid in-person instruction. Two days later, live instruction from the classroom is scheduled to begin. And a week later, on Nov. 4, students who signed up for the hybrid program are expected back on campus.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/19/ocsa-teachers-ask-to-hold-off-in-person-instruction/ |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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S.F. public schools don’t have a timeline for reopening. But pressure is building to plan for a return |
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After more than a month of distance learning this fall, 9-year-old Lucas grew increasingly angry, frustrated and despondent sitting in front of a computer for his classwork, his outbursts frequent and gut-wrenching. “Daddy, I hate you for making me go to Zoom school!” Lucas would yell, his father David Thompson said.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-public-schools-don-t-have-a-timeline-for-15659806.php |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Coronavirus: Few cases so far as Bay Area kids return to classrooms |
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They’re masked, disinfected and distanced — with encouraging results so far.
California’s K-12 school children have been returning to the classroom this month, and so far state public health officials report “no significant increases in COVID-19 cases.”
That’s noteworthy, officials say, considering the number of schools resuming in-person instruction and relevant levels of community transmission.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/19/coronavirus-few-cases-so-far-as-kids-return-to-classrooms/ |
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FRESNO BEE
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Here are the latest Fresno, Clovis schools allowed to reopen even if COVID-19 cases spike |
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While schools in Fresno County don’t technically need a waiver at the moment, many schools have applied for waivers as a safety measure in case Fresno County slides back into the most restrictive purple tier under California’s color-coded Blueprint for a Safer Economy. The California Department of Public Health has granted several elementary school waivers.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article246558183.html#storylink=mainstage_card |
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EDSOURCE
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California schools see big jump in number of homeless students |
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California’s escalating cost of living has led to a 48% surge in the state’s homeless student population over the past decade, according to new research released today by researchers at UCLA. Almost 270,000 students in K-12 schools lacked stable housing in 2018-19, numbers that almost certainly have grown since the pandemic and economic downturn began last spring, researchers said. Disproportionate numbers of California’s homeless students were Latino and Black: 70% and 9%, respectively. Latinos make up 55% of the overall student enrollment, and Black students 5.3%
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https://edsource.org/2020/california-schools-see-big-jump-in-number-of-homeless-students/641752 |
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VENTURA COUNTY STAR
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Moorpark Unified becomes first district to reopen |
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On Monday, a sigh of relief came for some Moorpark families because for the first time since March, students and teachers are back in the classroom for hybrid learning.
Moorpark Unified School District is the first public district in Ventura County to reopen its schools for in-person learning. At Arroyo West Active Learning Academy, families began arriving just before 8 a.m. to drop off their kids. The school has two entry points based on grade level.
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https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2020/10/19/musd-becomes-first-reopen-in-person-learning-ventura-county/3681430001/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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2 Central Coast school districts delay reopening as COVID-19 cases soar |
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A reopening date remains elusive for two Santa Maria Valley school districts, in part due to the high number of COVID-19 cases in the community and testing requirements for staff across the campuses. Santa Maria-Bonita School District Superintendent Luke Ontiveros said he remains leery of announcing a return-to-campus date as Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County’s largest city, continues to struggle with an elevated coronavirus caseload — significantly higher than any other community.
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https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/education/article246562208.html |
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