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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Drive-through school supply giveaway serves local families and students in need |
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OCDE staff, along with local community members on Wednesday gathered together to keep a back-to-school tradition alive. While COVID-19 may have altered traditional plans, the annual Back-to-school supply event, organized by OCDE’s ACCESS program, was modified into a drive-through giveaway to benefit Orange County families in need.
The socially-distanced event served 45 families from ACCESS schools throughout the county. OCDE’s hospitality organization, known as HOCO, organized a donation drive to provide an array of school supplies backpacks filled with everything from notebooks, to crayons to blue light blocking glasses.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/drive-through-school-supply-giveaway-serves-local-families-and-students-in-need/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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O.C. Public Library brings high-speed WiFi to schoolkids, adults without internet access |
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If library patrons can’t get to the internet, why not bring the internet to them? That’s the concept behind OC Public Libraries new Wifi on Wheels pilot program, which aims to help schoolchildren and adults who lack access to a high-speed connection. Beginning next week, library staff will drive to different neighborhoods in a county vehicle that’s outfitted with a trailer-mounted, 30-foot-tall antenna to broadcast a WiFi signal the length of three football fields.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/22/o-c-public-library-brings-high-speed-wifi-to-schoolkids-adults-without-internet-access/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Thousands of children could be back to school sooner under a new L.A. County waiver policy |
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L.A .County officials have made it easier for elementary schools to reopen for their youngest students under waivers, dropping a requirement for schools to provide a letter of support from employee unions as part of the application. The decision streamlines the application process and could potentially reopen classrooms to thousands of children, but it’s likely to raise concerns among teachers and other employees about possible exposure to health risks.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-22/la-eases-rules-schools-reopening-waivers |
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Testing company ACT flagged students’ disabilities to colleges. Now it must pay $16 million |
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A federal lawsuit alleged that ACT discriminated against students with disabilities by flagging their scores and disability to colleges, and by excluding them from a program that allowed colleges to recruit for admissions and scholarships.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-23/act-settles-lawsuit |
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EDSOURCE
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Virus outbreaks unavoidable as school campuses reopen, experts warn |
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As schools inch closer to reopening campuses in some parts of California, medical experts are warning that the spread of the coronavirus will be inevitable and schools need to prepare. Recent studies have shown that while children infected with the coronavirus are less likely to have symptoms, they often carry larger viral loads and can be “super spreaders,” passing the virus to each other, their families and teachers.
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https://edsource.org/2020/virus-outbreaks-unavoidable-as-school-campuses-reopen-experts-warn/641848 |
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LA schools define early learners as ‘high-needs’ to bring them back to campus |
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Los Angeles County remains in the state’s most restrictive tier for reopening but some K-12 schools have found a way to welcome back their youngest students. By defining these early learners as “high-needs,” schools in the county are allowed to bring these students back on campus, as long as they follow safety protocols and limit the number of students on campus.
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https://edsource.org/2020/la-schools-define-early-learners-as-high-needs-to-bring-them-back-to-campus/642005 |
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