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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Boxing champ talks knockdowns and decisions with students from OCDE’s alternative ed program |
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As a champion prizefighter shared his story, students from OCDE’s alternative education program had virtual ringside seats. Abner Mares, who has won titles in three weight classes and served as a TV analyst on Showtime and Telemundo, reflected on his journey to a successful boxing career and offered some inspiration to high schoolers in the Orange County Department of Education’s ACCESS division during a special video chat on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/boxing-champ-talks-knockdowns-and-decisions-with-students-from-ocdes-alternative-ed-program/ |
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DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES
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Don’t expect LAUSD to reopen schools in January, board president says |
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Los Angeles Unified’s school board president believes that January is no longer a realistic timeframe for the nation’s second-largest school district to reopen schools, as record numbers of new coronavirus cases continue to be reported and other districts across the country start to shut down schools once again or roll back their plans to reopen. “Do I think it’s going to happen? No, I don’t,” outgoing board President Richard Vladovic said when asked about the likelihood of a January reopening during a phone interview Friday, Nov. 20.
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https://www.dailynews.com/2020/11/20/dont-expect-lausd-to-reopen-schools-in-january-board-president-says/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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As COVID-19 surges in Sacramento, teachers call for stronger safety measures before reopening |
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The leaders of nearly every teachers union in Sacramento County are calling for public schools to remain closed while COVID-19 infection rates are surging and are demanding more transparency from health and school officials about positive virus tests in districts. In a letter to Sacramento County Public Health official Dr. Peter Beilenson and Sacramento County schools chief Dave Gordon, the leaders of 11 of the 13 Sacramento County teachers unions said California “cannot physically open schools for in-person instruction until it is safe.”
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article247238104.html#storylink=cpy |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Coronavirus: Will Bay Area schools remain safe amid case surge? |
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More than a thousand schools in California reopened classrooms this fall with an array of safety measures — face masks, hand sanitizer, distanced desks — to keep kids from spreading the coronavirus. So far, for the most part, educators and experts say, it appears to be working. But with the virus now spreading so alarmingly that officials are telling people not to gather for Thanksgiving, reopened schools across the Golden State will be put to the test like never before. Can they remain safe? The answer likely will determine how millions of K-12 students will be educated through the rest of the pandemic.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/23/coronavirus-will-schools-remain-safe-amid-case-surge/ |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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Riverside County suspends school waivers as coronavirus cases climb |
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With COVID-19 cases rapidly rising, Riverside County announced this week it has temporarily suspended the waiver application process that lets some schools reopen for in-person instruction. On Oct. 20, Riverside County returned to the most-restrictive purple tier of the state’s coronavirus reopening plan. In this tier, only pre-school, kindergarten and elementary schools can resume on-campus classes if local and state health officials approve a waiver. That process is now on hold after the county’s case adjusted rate doubled over the past two weeks.
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https://www.pe.com/2020/11/20/riverside-county-suspends-school-waivers-as-coronavirus-cases-climb/ |
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INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
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San Bernardino City school district helping student teachers during pandemic |
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In a time when many districts have scaled back their student teaching programs, San Bernardino City Unified, which will stay in distance-learning mode through the end of the academic year, is ramping things up. Morgan Pellettera, who leads the Demonstration Teacher Program at the San Bernardino City Unified School District and assists with student teaching placements, already has placed more than 170 student teachers since Aug. 3, more than twice the usual amount.
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https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/11/20/san-bernardino-city-school-district-helping-student-teachers-during-pandemic/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Distance learning stokes fears of excessive screen time |
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Christine Whalen has a spirited 5-year-old who started kindergarten in the fall. It’s not going well. Ella gets so bored on Zoom that she quickly squirms, wiggles and tries to flee. One day when Whalen left the room for a moment, she came back to find her little girl lying on the ground, sticking her leg so high in the air that all the teacher could see was her tiny foot. Another day, Ella snuck out of the room entirely, leaving a Cookie Monster stuffed animal in her seat to fool the teacher.
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https://edsource.org/2020/distance-learning-stokes-fears-of-excessive-screen-time/644165 |
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MODESTO BEE
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What Oakdale district has learned in the month it’s had kids back on TK-6 campuses |
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What Oakdale district has learned in the month it’s had kids back on TK-6 campuses
It was about a month ago, the week of Oct. 19, that Oakdale Joint Unified School District returned its 2,550 transitional-kindergarten through sixth-grade students to its four elementary schools.
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https://www.modbee.com/news/local/oakdale/article247294389.html#storylink=mainstage_lead |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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Laguna Beach HS, Thurston Middle reopening nixed amid COVID-19 case spike |
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The Laguna Beach Unified School District canceled the Nov. 23 start date for resuming in-person instruction at Laguna Beach High School and Thurston Middle School, following Orange County’s return to the state’s most-restrictive tier for preventing the spread of COVID-19. At the earliest, Laguna Beach’s secondary schools could reopen in January, if Orange County is able to move out of the purple tier in the next few weeks, Supt. Jason Viloria said in a statement to parents on Monday.
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https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/laguna-beach-hs-thurston-middle-reopening-nixed-amid-covid-19-case-spike/ |
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