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OCDE NEWSROOM
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COVID-19 update: OC health officer says hospitals are ‘bombarded,’ pleads for community to help |
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Local hospitals “are now bombarded,” says Orange County’s top health official, who pleaded with the public this week to wear face coverings and avoid gatherings with people outside their households. “The emergency rooms have no capacity to triage people as quick as they can,” said County Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau during an Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting. “We have people who are waiting to be seen when they get to the emergency room.”
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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CAPISTRANO DISPATCH
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School Board Passes Cultural Proficiency Plan |
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Following protests against racial inequity this summer, the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees approved a wide-ranging plan intended to address racist and cultural harassment, make schools more welcoming climates, and support LGBTQ+ students. The Cultural Proficiency Plan has been in the works since October 2019 and was officially approved during a Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
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https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/school-board-passes-cultural-proficiency-plan/ |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Coronavirus: Infections surging, but not at Bay Area’s open schools. Here’s why. |
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Whitney Gaynor showed no sign of worry about the rapidly spreading coronavirus Thursday as she dropped off her son Beckett at Encinal Elementary School. The Atherton campus is among just a few California public schools where kids have been learning on campus instead of just on computers at home. “We feel the safety measures are effective,” Gaynor, 38, of Menlo Park, said as Beckett scampered out of her car in his face mask, grabbed an orange ticket after a temperature check to show he was fever-free and trotted off to kindergarten. “He loves it. He’s so happy to be with other kids and his teacher.”
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/17/coronavirus-infections-surging-but-not-at-bay-areas-open-schools-heres-why/ |
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN
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Redlands Unified schools to continue distance learning for now |
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Redlands Unified students will continue learning from home upon returning from winter break, the district’s Board of Trustees has decided. In October, the board said distance learning would continue through at least the end of 2020, and with winter break approaching quickly, decided Tuesday, Dec. 15, to extend that model indefinitely as coronavirus cases and deaths mount in San Bernardino County.
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https://www.sbsun.com/2020/12/17/redlands-unified-schools-to-continue-distance-learning-for-now/ |
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EDSOURCE
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School districts balk at California’s new Covid worker safety regulations |
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School districts say they now have another reason to be skittish about planning to reopen schools in the spring: new statewide emergency temporary regulations on protecting workers from exposure to Covid-19. School officials are complaining that the new rules, which went into effect Nov. 30 after adoption by Cal/OSHA earlier in the month, are creating confusion and could significantly raise school districts’ costs. This applies particularly to Covid testing expenses, which districts and county offices of education are responsible for.
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https://edsource.org/2020/school-districts-balk-at-californias-new-covid-worker-safety-regulations/645386 |
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BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
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Bakersfield City SD considers adopting ethnic studies: ‘This is embarking on something big’ |
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The board for the Bakersfield City School District this week opened a discussion about implementing ethnic studies in the district. It’s not the first time board members or administrators broached the idea, but it was the first serious discussion about actually adopting a formal resolution in ethnic studies.
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https://www.bakersfield.com/news/article_1510bde4-3ff7-11eb-8e97-bffe9898d821.html |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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16 charts that changed the way we looked at America’s schools in a year unlike any other |
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Never before has the American education system been put under a microscope — sometimes literally — the way it was in 2020. That’s because COVID-19 illustrated just how much about schools we take for granted. Education research examines all kinds of things that take place inside the walls of schools, from science lessons and gym classes to sick days and suspensions. But experts have never had to think about what might happen if all of it — the hugs, the free breakfasts, the standardized tests, even the buildings themselves — simply went away. This spring, that’s exactly what happened, stranding tens of millions of students in academic limbo.
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http://laschoolreport.com/16-charts-that-changed-the-way-we-looked-at-americas-schools-in-a-year-unlike-any-other/ |
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State education chief wants vaccine priority for school staffers |
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State leaders should place teachers and school employees “at the front of the line” for coronavirus vaccines to better prepare schools for a safe reopening, California’s superintendent of schools said Thursday. Tony Thurmond, speaking at an online news conference, also called for a ramp-up on coronavirus testing at schools and more urgency to combat declines in academic performance caused by distance learning during the pandemic.
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https://www.marinij.com/2020/12/17/thurmond-teachers-staff-at-the-front-of-the-line-for-vaccines/ |
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