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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Yorba Linda High seniors celebrate with drive-thru ceremony |
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Cheering families hung out car windows and even stood in the beds of pickup trucks as their graduates received diplomas at Yorba Linda High on Wednesday, June 10. The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District is holding drive-thru events for seniors at all of its campuses to celebrate their achievements as best as possible as the coronavirus continues to make mass gatherings like commencement ceremonies impossible.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/06/10/yorba-linda-high-seniors-celebrate-with-drive-thru-ceremony/ |
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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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Schools Are Unsure Whether Bond Money Can Be Used on Coronavirus Needs |
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Among the many frustrating, complex dilemmas schools are dealing with amid the coronavirus pandemic is this: School districts like San Diego Unified have hundreds of millions of dollars available for the express purpose of making school buildings safer for students – yet there’s uncertainty about whether that money can be used to keep them safe from the virus. Whether school districts like San Diego Unified can legally use bond money on hand to address COVID-19 safety concerns will hinge on the language in the bonds, school consultants and others say.
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https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/schools-are-unsure-whether-bond-money-can-be-used-on-coronavirus-needs/ |
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FRESNO BEE
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Will Fresno schools cut spending on police officers on campus? Big decisions loom |
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Facing a multi-million dollar budget hole, Fresno school leaders are set to consider a string of proposed cuts amid calls from dozens of residents to ax law enforcement contracts that station police officers on public school campuses.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article243401606.html |
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EDSOURCE
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Two Bay Area school boards support eliminating police on campus |
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A majority of the Oakland Unified school board, along with the superintendent, on Wednesday signaled support for dismantling the district’s police force. But the board won’t vote on the proposal until June 24. But in nearby West Contra Costa Unified, the five-member board voted unanimously on Wednesday to cancel the district’s contracts with local police departments for school resource officers, or campus police. Oakland Unified has its own in-house police force, while West Contra Costa pays local police to patrol its campuses.
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https://edsource.org/2020/two-bay-area-school-boards-support-eliminating-police-on-campus/633430 |
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More explicit guidance for distance learning sparks debate in Legislature |
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In March, Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended state laws setting the length of the school year and minimum daily instructional minutes when he signed an executive order to fully fund schools for the rest of the year. That order will expire July 1, and what will take its place has become embroiled in a debate over the shortcomings of distance learning under local control. |
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https://edsource.org/2020/more-explicit-guidance-for-distance-learning-sparks-debate-in-legislature/633408 |
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California teachers worry gap widening for English learners during school closures |
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Teachers across California are worried that students who are learning English will fall behind in their language skills due to the school closures and are trying various approaches to connect with those students and their families. Even as concerns have been raised about the quality of instruction for native English speakers, those who are still new to the language face an even greater hurdle. |
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https://edsource.org/2020/california-teachers-worry-gap-widening-for-english-learners-during-school-closures/633395 |
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KPCC
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Senate Panel Asks: When Can K-12 Schools Safely Reopen? |
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Safely reopening the nation's public schools will be an expensive and Herculean task without additional help from the federal government. And, until schools do reopen, the nation's most vulnerable children will continue to be hardest hit — losing consistent access to meals, valuable learning time, and vital social-emotional support. Those were just some of the takeaways Wednesday from a hearing of the U.S. Senate's education committee.
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https://scpr.org/news/2020/06/10/92977/senate-panel-asks-when-can-k-12-schools-safely-reo/ |
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KPBS
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California Affirmative Action Vote Prompts ‘Tough’ Debate |
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The California Assembly on Wednesday decided to let voters choose whether to overturn the state's 24-year-old ban of affirmative action programs — capping an emotional hours-long debate in the Legislature that highlighted tension between the state's Asian and black communities. The proposed amendment to the state's Constitution, which still must pass the Senate and be approved by voters, would repeal a 1996 amendment that banned “preferential treatment” based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/jun/11/california-affirmative-action-vote-prompts-tough/ |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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Laguna Beach High seniors gather one last time to toss their caps |
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More than 120 members of Laguna Beach High School’s Class of 2020 gathered Wednesday at Shaw’s Cove to collectively throw their graduation caps in the air.
The gathering was a cathartic event for graduating seniors who have been schooled online since March and missed out on many of the traditional celebrations of their final semester. It was also a rebellion against school district leaders who canceled the usual commencement ceremony scheduled for Thursday due to coronavirus fears.
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https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/laguna-beach-high-seniors-gather-one-last-time-to-toss-their-caps/ |
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