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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Rundown of school closures for Wednesday, Oct. 28 |
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Many Orange County school districts continue to be affected by the Silverado and Blue Ridge fires in Irvine, Yorba Linda and surrounding communities. While some districts have been able to keep their campuses open, others have opted for non-instructional days or distance learning. Here’s the latest rundown of school closures and plans for instruction on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/silverado-fire-prompts-school-closures-widespread-evacuations-in-irvine/ |
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Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified lands a new superintendent |
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The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District has announced its next superintendent. Dr. Jim Elsasser, who’s been superintendent of the Claremont Unified School District for nearly a decade after serving in Anaheim and Los Alamitos, is expected to take over as PYLUSD’s new chief on Jan. 4, pending approval by the Board of Education.
He will succeed Dr. Greg Plutko, who last month announced his plans to retire in December.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/placentia-yorba-linda-unified-names-new-superintendent/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Orange County sets up $5 million coronavirus fund for local child care providers |
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A $3,500 grant may not sound like a lot of money, but it could prevent Raissa Lee from having to close the child care business she’s run out of her Irvine home since 2015.
The money would come from $5 million in emergency CARES Act funds that the Orange County Board of Supervisors recently earmarked for child care providers who have been hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. Potential recipients range from small home-based operations like Lee’s to large child care centers and afterschool programs.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/27/orange-county-sets-up-5-million-coronavirus-fund-for-local-child-care-providers/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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L.A. campuses unlikely to reopen until at least January, school board leaders say |
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Los Angeles public school campuses are unlikely to reopen before January, at the earliest, as the county’s rising COVID-19 infections prevent in-person classes for the vast majority of students in the nation’s second-largest school district, two leaders from the school board told The Times. L.A. Unified School District Board of Education President Richard Vladovic and Vice President Jackie Goldberg cited similar concerns in separate interviews: safety foremost, but also the academic disruption that would result from changing schedules and classes so close to the end of the semester.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-28/los-angeles-campuses-unlikely-to-reopen-until-at-least-january |
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DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES
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LAUSD invests $1 million to support homeless, foster youths |
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Students facing homelessness or living in foster care will receive additional support to help them through distance learning, the Los Angeles Unified School District announced Tuesday, Oct. 27. The nation’s second-largest district will invest $1 million, funded by Verizon, to provide a supervised space where students can study, access childcare and receive one-on-one tutoring, extra instructional materials and other services.
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https://www.dailynews.com/2020/10/27/lausd-invests-1-million-to-support-homeless-foster-youths/ |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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San Diego Unified’s Phase Two reopening may happen in January |
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At the earliest, San Diego Unified students will likely return to school campuses in January, after the winter break, district officials announced Tuesday. The earliest that elementary students will be allowed to return is Jan. 4, and the earliest that middle and high school students could return is Jan. 25. This will be what is being called the district’s Phase Two of reopening. During Phase Two, students will be learning in person only part of the time |
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-10-27/san-diego-unifieds-phase-two-reopening-may-happen-in-january |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Students at some San Francisco high schools headed back to class |
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For the first time since March, some San Francisco high school kids will get to go back to school after county health officials greenlit the city’s older students to get back to class. So far, 100 elementary, middle and high schools have applied to reopen and health officials have granted 69 permission to do so. The vast majority are private schools, with a few charter schools included as well.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Students-at-these-San-Francisco-high-schools-are-15679443.php |
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FRESNO BEE
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Fresno-area teachers say school district is ‘rushing’ to reopen. ‘Do I have a choice? No.’ |
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Elementary students in Fresno County’s fourth-largest school district are going back to campus next week — but some teachers and parents say they have been shut out of the conversations leading up to the decision to reopen. Teachers in the Sanger Unified School District were required to return to campuses on Monday. Some said they didn’t feel safe returning amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article246737181.html#storylink=mainstage_card5 |
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EDSOURCE
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Education and the coronavirus crisis: What’s the latest? |
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Only nine of California’s 58 counties remain in the most restrictive purple category of the state’s four-tiered, color-coded county Covid-19 tracking system, meaning that more school districts may soon be able to reopen for in-person instruction. The nine counties still in purple are: Imperial, Los Angeles, Madera, Monterey, Riverside, San Bernardino, Sonoma, Tehama and Tulare. These nine counties include 290 school districts and 559 charter schools that educate more than 2.5 million public school students, not including private schools.
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https://edsource.org/2020/latest-updates-on-education-and-the-coronavirus-crisis/635717 |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Survey: More than half of teachers felt less successful after COVID-19 |
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New public opinion research indicates that COVID-19 and the hurried transition to remote learning presented teachers with an array of challenges that seriously damaged their sense of self-efficacy. The quality of school working conditions, including fair expectations and clear communication, was found to be critical in sustaining the educators’ perceptions of professional success.
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http://laschoolreport.com/survey-more-than-half-of-teachers-felt-less-successful-after-covid-19/ |
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