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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

OCDE NEWSROOM

When will the 2020-21 school year begin? Here are the anticipated start dates for OC
While it’s difficult to say exactly what school will look like in the fall, we do have a pretty good idea of when classes will begin. Here’s a list of anticipated start dates for every school district in Orange County.
https://newsroom.ocde.us/when-will-the-2020-21-school-year-begin-here-are-the-anticipated-start-dates-for-oc/

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Orange County schools finding ways to celebrate graduations
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented graduation ceremonies. Orange County’s Class of 2020 will mostly mark the milestone with online celebrations for now. Here are school district plans as they stand now.
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/26/orange-county-schools-finding-ways-to-celebrate-graduations/

LOS ANGELES TIMES

One-way halls, lunch at desk, playing alone. L.A. schools could reopen with stark rules
Sixteen students to a class. One-way hallways. Students lunch at their desks. Children could get one ball to play with — alone. Masks are required. A staggered school day brings on new schedules to juggle. These campus scenarios could play out based on new Los Angeles County school reopening guidelines released Wednesday.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-27/reopening-schools-coronavirus-guidelines-los-angeles-county

SACRAMENTO BEE

Kids in masks? Lunch in classrooms? Sacramento schools close to setting 2020-21 plans
Sacramento-area school officials are nearing a decision on when campuses will reopen in the fall, along with a detailed list of safety measures that will be taken to keep children separated and classrooms clean.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article242903156.html

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE

Chula Vista High seniors got caps, gowns, took pictures for a ceremony that may be months away
San Diego County high schools are weighing where, when and how to celebrate graduation.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-05-26/high-school-seniors

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

San Diego Unified Responds to Contractors’ Records Requests – and Little Else
San Diego Unified’s online portal shows 93 of the last 100 Public Records Act responses from the district provided information to contractors and similar requesters. Records of incidents sought by Voice of San Diego in 2018 and 2017, respectively, were released by San Diego Unified this month. They are just the latest examples of the excruciating delays displayed by the region’s largest school district in complying with the California Public Records Act, which generally requires public agencies to respond to records requests within 10 days, plus another 14 days in extraordinary circumstances.
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/san-diego-unified-responds-to-contractors-records-requests-and-little-else/

EDSOURCE

Virtual special education meetings popular in some districts, but a major hurdle in others
In the wake of a federal order for schools to keep providing special education during school closures, one of the trickiest parts of those services — mandatory parent meetings — has proven to be an unexpected boon in some districts but almost impossible in others.
https://edsource.org/2020/virtual-special-education-meetings-popular-in-some-districts-but-a-major-hurdle-in-others/632332

KPCC

A Bold Pitch To Boost School Funding For The Nation's Most Vulnerable Students
School district lines have become engines of inequity in many states. Not only can they be used to keep children out of a neighborhood's schools, they can also keep a district's wealth in. But with many districts facing severe budget cuts because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report proposes a radical solution: Leave the lines, but spread the wealth.
https://scpr.org/news/2020/05/27/92756/a-bold-pitch-to-boost-school-funding-for-the-natio/

WHITTIER DAILY NEWS

Norwalk-La Mirada parents, students want in-person graduation, not virtual one
Omar Bonilla is going to be the first person to graduate in his family — his grandparents are immigrants — and his mother, Yvette Lopez, wants to see her son take part in Norwalk High ceremonies. It’s why Lopez helped organize a protest in the heat of the day Tuesday at the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District office.
https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2020/05/26/norwalk-la-mirada-parents-students-want-in-person-graduation-not-virtual-one/

CALmatters

Assembly to Newsom: Don’t count on feds to rescue California from deep budget cuts
At an historic Assembly meeting, lawmakers on both sides criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom for proposing billions in cuts to schools, health care and safety net programs. Almost every member of the state Assembly spoke out about Newsom’s proposal to slash billions from the budget amid the pandemic-induced recession.
https://calmatters.org/politics/california-legislature/2020/05/california-assembly-newsom-governor-criticizes-budget-cuts/

OTHER NEWS OUTLETS

Watch as HS Seniors Share Memories of School and Their Hopes for the Future With These Touching Virtual Yearbooks
The coronavirus may change the world, but it can’t stifle the creativity of high school seniors who want what seniors before them have always taken for granted — a yearbook that showcases their shared history, presents their photos, lists their accomplishments and, sometimes, includes a silly quote. Students nationwide have turned to Instagram and YouTube to fill the void left by physical yearbooks that have gone unpublished.
https://www.the74million.org/article/watch-as-hs-seniors-share-memories-of-school-and-their-hopes-for-the-future-with-these-touching-virtual-yearbook


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