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OCDE NEWSROOM
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‘Master motivator’ from OC is one of five California Teachers of the Year |
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A Santa Ana elementary school teacher has earned the state’s top honor for educators.
Laura Gómez, who has worked at Martin Elementary in the Santa Ana Unified School District since 2006, was announced Wednesday as one of five 2021 California Teachers of the Year. “I am deeply honored to be one of the 2021 California Teachers of the Year,” she said. “I am very lucky to get to do something that I am truly passionate about: teaching my students.” Gómez has taught a full-inclusion third-grade class for the last six years. In May, she was one of six local educators surprised with the news that they were Orange County Teachers of the Year after earning district-level honors.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/oc-educator-is-one-of-five-california-teachers-of-the-year/ |
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Here’s the latest on local wildfires and school closures |
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Most Orange County school districts impacted by local fires — including the Orange, Placentia-Yorba Linda and Tustin unified school districts — announced a return to their regular schedules for Thursday, Oct. 29. But there were a few notable exceptions.
Here’s our latest rundown of school closures and plans for instruction on Thursday, Oct. 29.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/silverado-fire-prompts-school-closures-widespread-evacuations-in-irvine/ |
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No tricks, just treats: ACCESS staff hands out pumpkins and candy to local families |
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Staff members from OCDE’s alternative education program recently handed out free pumpkins, ice cream and bags of candy to families that may not be able to trick-or-treat this year. The department partnered with Saddleback Church to host its “Pumpkin Outreach” event, which drew more than 85 families to the Anaheim North site on the morning of Oct. 15. The OCDE educators and support staff who participated were from Area 2 and Area 3 of ACCESS, which is short for Alternative, Community and Correctional Education Schools and Services. The division serves students who have encountered significant obstacles, along with those who are more likely to thrive in nontraditional settings.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/no-tricks-just-treats-access-staff-hands-out-pumpkins-and-candy-to-local-families/ |
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DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES
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Frustrated by continued school closures, health officials have few answers other than patience |
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Los Angeles City Councilman Bob Blumenfield called two of the county’s most influential people related to public health and schools before the City Council on Wednesday to answer questions he’s received from many constituents confused and frustrated that schools are still not open. The answers provided from Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer and Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner differed little from the consistent message both have put forward since campuses first closed back in March: The decisions would be guided by science. Both recognized that may do little to assuage the anxieties of parents growing tired of teaching their kids at home.
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https://www.dailynews.com/2020/10/28/frustrated-by-continued-school-closures-health-officials-have-few-answers-other-than-patience/ |
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN
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FRESNO BEE
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Sanger schools reopen next week: ‘I’ve never experienced a situation so divisive’ |
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Sanger schools reopen next week: ‘I’ve never experienced a situation so divisive’
Division, backlash, and disagreements are at the center of Fresno County’s fourth-largest school district’s decision to send elementary school students back to campuses next week amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article246768736.html |
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EDSOURCE
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California districts hoping voters will allow them to borrow $13 billion |
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Sixty school districts throughout California are doing the unthinkable — asking homeowners to vote to impose a property tax for school improvements in the middle of a pandemic when many have lost jobs. If voters approve bond measures totaling $13 billion on the Nov. 3 ballot, districts may be able to use some of the money to make their campuses safer for when children and teachers return for in-person instruction.
The number of measures is about half of those on the ballot in 2018 and one-third of those in 2016.
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https://edsource.org/2020/california-districts-hoping-voters-will-allow-them-to-borrow-13-billion/642259 |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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California lawmakers want more leadership from Newsom on school reopening |
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California assemblymembers demanded on Tuesday more specific statewide guidelines for school reopening, emphasizing that equity gaps will otherwise grow as some students return to classrooms faster than others.
Lawmakers during an Assembly education budget hearing called on Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health to establish clear requirements for schools to reopen, including Covid-19 testing expectations for teachers and students.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/28/california-lawmakers-newsom-school-reopening-433499 |
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Pasadena parents frustrated by city’s response on school reopening |
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Don’t shoot the messenger. That’s Pasadena’s response to public comments from over 50 frustrated parents during Monday’s council meeting, Oct. 26, parents who are calling on the city and state to reopen schools. Local officials say they’re doing everything in their power to help, processing waivers and helping schools get setup for limited grades and small cohorts. But opening schools completely? That’s out of local control, they say. That’s only going to come when the virus has abated.
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https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2020/10/27/pasadena-parents-frustrated-by-citys-response-on-school-reopening/ |
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