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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Silverado Fire prompts school closures, widespread evacuations in Irvine |
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A number of Irvine schools have dismissed students for the day as firefighters continue battling the wind-driven Silverado Fire, which has prompted widespread evacuations.
Portola Springs, Eastwood, Stonegate, Loma Ridge, Canyon View and Santiago Hills elementary schools in the Irvine Unified School District asked families to pick up their children on Monday morning, as did Northwood High School and several nearby Montessori schools.
In Tustin Unified, Hicks Canyon and Orchard Hills students were transported to Beckman High.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/silverado-fire-prompts-school-closures-widespread-evacuations-in-irvine/ |
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Health Care Agency launches mask messaging contest for students |
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The OC Health Care Agency is inviting elementary, middle and high schoolers to submit creative mask designs, essays and social media content as part of its Mask Message Contest. The contest, which launched Thursday, is billed as an independent learning project to help public and private school students become better informed about face coverings and other non-medical ways to slow the spread of COVID-19 and get life back to normal.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/health-care-agency-launches-mask-messaging-contest-for-students/ |
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OCDE’s alternative ed division focuses on empowering students, families during day of professional development |
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More than 350 educators and administrators from OCDE’s alternative education program, otherwise known as ACCESS, took part Friday in a day of professional learning focused on strategies for empowering students, families and staff in the COVID-19 era. Reflecting the extraordinary changes and challenges brought on by the pandemic, the “ACCESS All Staff 2020” event enabled the department’s entire ACCESS division to participate virtually in the National Alternative Education Association’s annual conference, which featured a keynote address from motivational speaker and entrepreneur Dr. Sean Holland. |
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocdes-alternative-education-division-focuses-on-empowering-students-families/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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School districts are making sure they have enough substitute teachers |
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Some teachers are reluctant to return to classroom settings as Orange County students resume at least some in-person learning. So substitute teachers might be in demand more than ever before. Will enough be available? And later if an outbreak of the virus were to hit a district? Several school districts are taking action to assure there will be, including raising the daily rates they offer and hiring more substitutes from the outset.
Though it had only a small number of teachers who decided to not return to classrooms, the Capistrano Unified School District, Orange County’s largest with 54,000 students, this school year raised its daily pay for substitute teachers to $175 from $125.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/23/school-districts-making-sure-supply-of-substitutes-adequate/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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L.A. voters are being asked to raise property taxes to help schools. Here’s why supporters are optimistic |
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The Los Angeles Unified School district is asking voters to increase their property taxes and approve a $7-billion bond measure that would pay for campus renovation and construction as well as technology, which has risen to prime importance during coronavirus-forced distance learning. School bonds in Los Angeles and statewide have not fared well lately, but supporters of Measure RR have reason for optimism — there’s no significant opposition campaign and the November electorate is expected to be more tax friendly.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-23/l-a-voters-are-being-asked-to-pass-a-property-tax-increase-to-help-schools |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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Parents share mixed feelings about San Diego Unified’s Phase Two reopening plan |
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Karla Ramirez spent months transforming her garage into a space where her 5-year-old daughter, Zoey, would feel comfortable doing distance learning. There is a little desk, a whiteboard, and bookcase for the kindergartener who attends Language Academy Elementary, which was closed because of the pandemic. Distance learning has been going well, Ramirez said, and there’s peace of mind in knowing Zoey is safe learning at home in City Heights. The peace was shaken Thursday when San Diego Unified School District announced new plans to allow most students to return to schools.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-10-25/parents-share-mixed-feelings-about-san-diego-unifieds-phase-two-reopening-plan |
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Oceanside voters to consider $160 million for school upgrades |
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Oceanside Unified School District is asking voters to approve a $160 million bond measure to upgrade classrooms and improve school safety at the district’s aging campuses.
Measure W would provide funds to renovate classrooms for science, technology, engineering, arts and math instruction; meet earthquake, fire, health and safety standards; modernize computers and technology; and fix aging roofs, plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling systems, according to the bond measure.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/oceanside/story/2020-10-26/oceanside-school-bond-measure |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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For some working Bay Area parents, only one solution to virtual school: drop their job |
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It’s a hot Monday afternoon and Alma Jimenez’s AC is running full speed in the room where her 7-year-old son, Abraham, “goes” to virtual school in their Concord apartment. Jimenez sets up the video call and sits a few feet away, ready to intervene if Abraham loses focus, as she knows he will. She will spend the next six hours tending to Abraham’s educational needs. Unlike some parents, Jimenez can’t work from home: She’s a house cleaner. She’s also a single parent. And the bills are piling up.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/26/for-some-working-parents-only-one-solution-to-virtual-school-drop-their-job/ |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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Corona-Norco schools reverse course, will seek waiver to reopen elementary campuses after all |
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Corona-Norco schools have decided to again seek a waiver in hopes of bringing elementary schools back for in-person classes — days after its leaders thought the move would not work. The Murrieta Valley and Temecula Valley unified school districts also plan to explore waivers for their elementary schools, district spokeswomen said. These three school districts had plans to bring back students in a hybrid model — a combination of online learning and in-person instruction — before the end of the calendar year. However, those plans had to be altered this week, when Riverside County returned to the most-restrictive purple tier of the state’s coronavirus reopening rules.
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https://www.pe.com/2020/10/23/corona-norco-schools-reverse-course-will-seek-waiver-to-reopen-elementary-campuses-after-all/ |
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KPBS
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San Diego Unified’s First Phase Of In-Person Learning Gets Mixed Reviews |
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After two weeks of limited in-person learning, San Diego Unified School District parents are finding that the level of services their children receive varies depending on which school they attend. The district launched its first phase of school reopenings on Oct. 13, welcoming for in-person instruction elementary school students with special needs and those who had fallen behind during distance learning.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/oct/23/san-diego-unifieds-first-phase-person-learning-get/ |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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Laguna Beach USD to restart in-person classes at middle and high schools on Nov. 23 |
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The Laguna Beach Unified School District will reopen its middle and high schools with a modified in-person learning format on Nov. 23. The Board of Education voted 4-1, Board Clerk Carol Normandin dissented, at its Thursday meeting, offering relief to parents concerned about students who are struggling academically because they feel overwhelmed or disengaged from virtual classes. Thurston Middle School and Laguna Beach High School will see students return in cohorts designed to limit the spread of COVID-19.
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https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/laguna-beach-usd-to-restart-in-person-classes-at-middle-and-high-schools-on-nov-23/ |
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NPR
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Sacramento Area School Districts All Taking Different Paths To Reopening |
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When Sacramento health officials gave schools the green light to re-open for in-person instruction on Oct. 13, administrators with the county’s 13 school districts went into a planning frenzy. Twin Rivers Unified School District Superintendent Steve Martinez was one of them. “Boy, this is one of the few times since I’ve been at Twin Rivers that I haven’t been able to identify the right path that’s going to satisfy the majority of people,” Martinez said to the district’s board during a special Oct. 20 meeting devoted to deciding when to return.
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https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/10/23/sacramento-area-schools-districts-all-taking-different-paths-to-reopening/ |
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