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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Park honoring Mendez v. Westminster case awarded $1.29 million state grant |
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California State Parks has awarded a $1.29 million grant to the City of Westminster to construct a park and memorial honoring Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez, plaintiffs in the historic Mendez v. Westminster civil rights case. The park, to be located along Westminster Boulevard at Olive Street, will feature a monument created by artist Ignacio Gomez. Statues will depict Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez, who in 1943 sought to enroll their daughter Sylvia and sons Geronimo and Gonzalo, Jr. at Westminster’s 17th Street School, then known as “the white school.” Their children were turned away and told to go to Hoover Elementary, a segregated campus for students of Mexican heritage.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/park-honoring-mendez-v-westminster-case-awarded-1-29-million-state-grant/ |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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California school cancels shooter drill with gunfire sounds |
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A Southern California high school canceled an active-shooter drill after a complaint that having police officers firing blank cartridges could be too traumatic for students.
The drill had been scheduled for Friday at San Marino High School and was to include firing of blanks over 11 minutes to familiarize students with the sound of gunfire, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The intervention came from the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/California-school-cancels-shooter-drill-with-15092251.php |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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Riverside school investigates video of students chanting racial slur |
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Administrators at Amelia Earhart Middle School in Riverside are investigating a short video that appears to show students on campus chanting a racial slur. Multiple videos provided by a student, each several seconds long, show one student calling out the first syllable of the N-word and a crowd chanting the second syllable.
The videos, which show Earhart students, are being spread by other students on social media, according to Aniyah Harris, an 8th grader at the school.
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https://www.pe.com/2020/02/27/riverside-school-investigates-video-of-students-chanting-racial-slur/ |
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KPBS
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Education Officials Preparing For Possibility of Coronavirus At Local Schools |
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With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying the coronavirus will likely spread in the United States over the next year, local school districts are preparing with help from the San Diego County Office of Education. Poway Unified School District is among those that have sent a letter to parents letting them know a plan is in the works. The San Diego County Office of Education said districts need a four-part plan of "prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.”
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/feb/27/education-officials-preparing-coronavirus-spread-l/ |
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NPR
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Schools Are Embracing Mindfulness, But Practice Doesn't Always Make Perfect |
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One in 5 American children struggles with anxiety, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and almost half experience at least one serious stressor at home — like divorce, poverty or a parent's addiction — according to the nonprofit Child Trends.
To help students cope, a growing number of schools like Warner are turning to mindfulness. Its boosters claim all kinds of benefits, and there is research to back them up. But mindfulness in schools can mean many different things, and the explosion of interest has some researchers and proponents advising caution.
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https://www.npr.org/2020/02/27/804971750/schools-are-embracing-mindfulness-but-practice-doesnt-always-make-perfect |
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