OCDE Education in the News

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

OCDE NEWSROOM

VIDEO: OC Friday Night Live Partnership honors two school chapters, two advisors and a local organization

The Orange County Friday Night Live Partnership has honored two schools, a community organization and a pair of advisors for their efforts to promote youth leadership while leading alcohol and drug prevention initiatives. The FNL chapters at Clinton-Mendenhall Elementary School and Hare High School in the Garden Grove Unified School District were both named recipients of the program’s Chapter Excellence Award, as was the community-based Project Access chapter.

https://newsroom.ocde.us/video-oc-friday-night-live-partnership-honors-two-school-chapters-two-advisors-and-a-local-organization/

COVID-19 update: More businesses get the green light as OC advances to stage 2 of state recovery plan

OCDE continues to track the latest developments related to the COVID-19 respiratory illness while working closely with partner agencies including the Orange County Health Care Agency and local school districts.

https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

A small Huntington Beach class takes a socially distanced field trip

Using 6-foot PVC pipes as a reminder to social distance, a second-grade elementary class took a last field trip through the Bolsa Wetlands in Huntington Beach on Friday, May 22.

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/23/a-small-huntington-beach-class-takes-a-socially-distanced-field-trip/

Home-schooling tips

With many parents now working from home, it can be daunting to manage both work and schooling for their kids. Jackie Christy, principal at Benson Elementary in Tustin, has some tips for families that should help keep things moving smoothly for everyone:

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/22/home-schooling-tips/

Class is in session — at home

These online resources will help parents keep their kids on a path to learning. With schools closed, quite possibly until fall, education has moved from the campus into the home. Many schools and districts are rolling out distance learning plans to continue instruction for students, but parents likely will have to fill in the gaps when it comes to keeping their child engaged. Here are a few popular apps and websites to consider for students in several age groups:

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/22/class-is-in-session-at-home/

Orange County football coaches increasingly optimistic season will be played despite obstacles ahead

Mission Viejo football coach Chad Johnson saw the social media post by the CIF-Southern Section in late April and quickly found hope in a story about football during the Spanish flu epidemic. The tweet noted that poor health conditions caused a football championship between Santa Monica and host Fullerton to be played on March 8, 1919, the latest date during a school year for a football game in section history.

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/22/orange-county-football-coaches-increasingly-optimistic-season-will-be-played-despite-obstacles-ahead/

USA TODAY

Back to school? 1 in 5 teachers are unlikely to return to reopened classrooms this fall, poll says

Most Americans expect schools to reopen in the fall, but a stunning number of teachers and students may not be there. In an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos poll, 1 in 5 teachers say they are unlikely to go back to school if their classrooms reopen in the fall, a potential massive wave of resignations. While most teachers report working more than usual, nearly two-thirds say they haven't been able to properly do their jobs in an educational system upended by the coronavirus.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/05/26/coronavirus-schools-teachers-poll-ipsos-parents-fall-online/5254729002/

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN

For 2 months, they’ve taught school from home. Check out these images from their challenging, new worlds

We photographed and talked to more than a dozen teachers across Southern California to find out out their new worlds.

https://www.sbsun.com/2020/05/24/for-two-months-teachers-taught-school-from-home-in-a-pandemic-heres-what-it-looked-like/

EDSOURCE

Schools would get $1 billion to help homeless students under bipartisan federal proposal

So far, almost no money in federal coronavirus aid bills has been set aside for students with unstable housing.

https://edsource.org/2020/schools-would-get-1-billion-to-help-homeless-students-under-bipartisan-federal-proposal/632259

Students speak out: ‘Distance learning has challenged me incredibly’

To improve distance learning for California’s K-12 students, teachers should interact more with students, schools should offer more help to students with disabilities and equity should be at the forefront of school priorities, a student panel told state education leaders on Thursday.

https://edsource.org/2020/students-speak-out-distance-learning-has-challenged-me-incredibly/632248

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE

Glendora High principal makes house calls to honor students

Glendora High Principal Paul Lopez and members of his staff stood up to the global pandemic that shuttered his school’s graduation ceremony. Lopez and his staff spent part of their Wednesday driving to the homes of a handful of graduates to honor them for their accomplishments.

https://www.sgvtribune.com/2020/05/22/photos-glendora-high-principal-makes-house-calls-to-honor-students/

KPCC

He's Incredibly Confused': Parenting A Child With Autism During The Pandemic

Living with the pandemic has been difficult for everyone: the isolation, the need to wear protective gear like masks and gloves, the adjustment to working or learning from home. For those living with or caring for someone with severe autism, those challenges can be exponentially more difficult.

https://scpr.org/news/2020/05/22/92712/he-s-incredibly-confused-parenting-a-child-with-au/

LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT

LBUSD pushes graduation to late July, pool and athletic fields to stay closed

The Laguna Beach Unified School District tentatively pushed its commencement ceremony for Laguna Beach High seniors to the end of July, citing county and state orders to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. The Board of Education signaled its support Thursday for Superintendent Jason Viloria’s intention to follow directives from the California Department of Health and OC Health Care Agency that still prohibit gathering at school campuses. These orders prevent district officials from holding the ceremony scheduled for June 11, Viloria said.

https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/lbuse-pushes-graduation-to-late-july/

NPR

A Looming Financial Meltdown For America's Schools

Austin Beutner looked haggard, his face a curtain of worry lines. The superintendent of the second-largest school district in the nation sat at a desk last week delivering a video address to Los Angeles families. But he began with a stark message clearly meant for another audience: Lawmakers in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/26/858257200/the-pandemic-is-driving-americas-schools-toward-a-financial-meltdown

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