OCDE Education in the News

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

OCDE NEWSROOM

COVID-19 update: Federal stimulus to provide some funding relief for OC school districts

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

Drive-through Cinco de Mayo fiesta says gracias to Huntington Beach school staff

On Tuesday, May 5, Dwyer Middle School employees celebrated both the holiday and staff appreciation week at a drive-through fiesta – complete with music and decorations.Teachers crept through the parking lot – some in gaily festooned cars – to receive tacos, chips, salsa and churro-flavored cupcakes. As a rather unorthodox bonus, they also could take home sealed containers of margaritas and beer. Principal Christa Glembocki organized the event after raising more than $1,000 for it on a Facebook forum.

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/05/drive-through-cinco-de-mayo-fiesta-says-gracias-to-huntington-beach-school-staff/

PRESS-TELEGRAM LONG BEACH

Remote learning is that much harder for LA County special education students

Here's how teachers and parents of students — some of whom normally work with a cadre of specialists in-person — are making it work at home.

https://www.presstelegram.com/2020/05/05/remote-learning-is-that-much-harder-for-la-county-special-education-students/

EDSOURCE

The coming storm: big budget cuts, rising costs for California schools

State officials insist it’s too early to predict the size of the fiscal hole in the 2020-21 state budget. The filing deadline for the income and capital gains taxes for last year has been pushed back to July, and the path of the coronavirus remains unpredictable. Next week, when he releases the May revision of the state budget from January, Gov. Gavin Newsom will likely say it’ll be bad, but stay tuned for the details later this summer.

https://edsource.org/2020/the-coming-storm-big-budget-cut-rising-costs-for-california-schools/630938

California State University faces more than $300 million in coronavirus-related losses

The California State University system and its affiliated operations are facing an uncertain financial future amid the coronavirus pandemic, having already suffered more than $300 million in revenue losses and unanticipated expenses as students left campus this spring and classes switched to online.

https://edsource.org/2020/california-state-university-faces-more-than-300-million-in-coronavirus-related-losses/630905

MODESTO BEE

With college near and coronavirus still here, high school seniors face big questions

Now, high school soon-to-be-grads are committing, or will commit, to universities they’ve not been able to visit and might not even be attending in person when the academic year begins. And if they think they perhaps want to take community college classes instead of higher-tuition university courses because they might be online in either case, they’re being told it won’t be a one-semester thing. Taking that transfer path to a CSU or UC would be a two-year community college commitment.

https://www.modbee.com/news/coronavirus/article242397526.html

KPCC

Masks, Smaller Classes And No Hugs: What Child Care Looks Like Right Now

What will child care look like in the age of social distancing? Recently reopened child care centers in Long Beach might have the answer. Staff in masks, face shields and coveralls greeted essential worker parents and 55 kids at two of the five Young Horizons Child Development Centers locations starting at 7 a.m. Monday.

https://laist.com/2020/05/06/los_angeles_child_care_reopening_social_distancing_kids.php?_ga=2.58872619.769565208.1588693791-905978294.1588607247

Community Colleges In LA, Santa Monica Say Fall Classes Will Be Online

The nine campuses in the Los Angeles Community College District, as well as Santa Monica College, have already decided to extend online learning into the fall semester, with possible exceptions for classes that are difficult to teach remotely.

https://laist.com/2020/05/05/community_colleges_fall_semester_online_classes.php

CALmatters

How coronavirus has changed grading policies

Grading policies will vary by school district, but students will not receive worse grades than they had — and in many cases will have options.

https://calmatters.org/education/2020/05/how-coronavirus-has-changed-grading-policies/

OTHER NEWS OUTLETS

No coronavirus vaccine. Summer vacation canceled. Do California parents want school in July?

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statement last week that schools could be back in session as early as July is worrying some parents. That early start would deprive young students of much-needed summer vacations. And what if, as expected, there is no vaccine by July?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/no-coronavirus-vaccine-summer-vacation-canceled-do-california-parents-want-school-in-july/ar-BB13GRbH

The State of California: Opening The Next School Year Early

California will not order local school districts to begin the next academic year ahead of schedule, despite Governor Newsom suggesting an early start. KCBS Political Reporter Doug Sovern spoke with the president of the California Board of Education about the plan. Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, President of the California State Board of Education, joined KCBS Radio's "The State of California" to dig deeper into the uncertainty facing the next academic year.

https://kcbsradio.radio.com/articles/the-state-of-california-opening-the-next-school-year-early

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