OCDE NEWSROOM
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The Deeper Learning Podcast | Public school funding in the COVID-19 era |
What started as a mysterious illness on the other side of the world quickly turned into a global pandemic that’s altered nearly every aspect of life. And it’s caused economic shockwaves that could have major consequences for public schools across California. In a special two-part episode of The Deeper Learning Podcast, Orange County Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares asks a pair of prominent school funding experts to share their insights on how the COVID-19 downturn will affect K-12 budgets — and whether there are any bright spots in the financial forecast.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/the-deeper-learning-podcast-public-school-funding-in-the-covid-19-era/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Orange high school graduates take a victory lap with special parade |
Celebrating the end up their successful high school careers, graduates in Orange took a victory lap around the traffic circle in the Orange Plaza Saturday morning, June 13.
The city arranged the car parade to help make this year’s unusual, coronavirus-impacted commencement celebrations special. A web-cam is trained on the downtown plaza so others could watch the grads go by.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/06/13/orange-graduates-take-a-victory-lap/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Inside the decade-long movement to defund police in schools |
In the midst of the 1980s war on drugs and in the wake of devastating mass school shootings throughout the country, bolstering school police in Los Angeles was seen as a safety imperative by many educators and parents. But for the last decade, a number of student advocacy groups have pushed the school board to reduce police presence in their schools, saying Black and Latino children are targeted for discipline more than others.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-15/defund-police-schools-case-security-guards-campus |
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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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Region’s First Back-to-School Plan Makes Physical School Optional |
On Thursday, Cajon Valley – a K-8 district with roughly 17,300 students – became one of the first San Diego County districts to finalize a back-to-school plan. Superintendent David Miyashiro’s plan allows parents to choose from three options: complete distance learning with no physical school, a hybrid model that combines some physical school with some distance learning and five-day-a-week regular school, space permitting.
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https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/regions-first-back-to-school-plan-makes-physical-school-optional/ |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Bay Area public schools struggling to respond to next big health crisis: hungry kids |
Barely two weeks into the coronavirus shelter-in-place order, teachers and administrators noticed a crisis unfolding at Oakland’s Esperanza Elementary School.
Four out of 5 families at the school reported at least one parent out of work. Restaurants were closing, construction jobs had temporarily stopped, and caretakers and house cleaners were idled.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-public-schools-struggling-to-respond-to-15338535.php |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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West Contra Costa school district ends police services contracts for 2020-21 |
The West Contra Costa Unified School District board on Wednesday unanimously approved a $377 million budget for the coming academic year that includes ending contract services with local police agencies. About $1.5 million previously budgeted for 2020-21 police services was redirected to support African-American student achievement, the district said. An earlier resolution allocated $7 million specifically for services for African-American students.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/14/west-contra-costa-school-district-ends-police-services-contracts-for-2020-21/ |
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CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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Oakland schools face $35 million or more in budget cuts |
As the state continues to grapple with the side effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Oakland Unified School District could face budget cuts much worse than any during the Great Recession, the superintendent announced Friday. In a letter to the community, Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell updated the district on a potential budget loss of $35 million, although the actual amount is not yet known.
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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/06/13/oakland-schools-face-35-million-or-more-in-budget-cuts/ |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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African American girl gets email with racial slur, noose image from Corona classmate |
Alisa Flowers’ 9-year-old daughter logged on to her laptop Wednesday, May 27 — two days after George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer — to retrieve her distance-learning assignments from Corona’s Lincoln Fundamental Elementary School. The African American fourth grader opened an email to find expletives and a racial epithet aimed at her, with a computerized silhouette image of a person hanging from a noose.
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https://www.pe.com/2020/06/12/african-american-girl-gets-email-with-racial-slur-noose-image-from-corona-classmate/ |
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EDSOURCE
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California immunization rates drop 40% during pandemic |
California’s vaccination rates for children took a nosedive just a few weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide stay-at-home order in March to slow the spread of Covid-19, causing concerns among health professionals about the potential for outbreaks of other diseases during the pandemic. In April vaccinations for children decreased by more than 40% compared to the same month the previous year, according to the California Department of Public Health. The department looked at immunizations for children ages 0 to 18, including 10 legally required for children to attend school in California.
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https://edsource.org/2020/california-immunization-rates-drop-40-percent-during-pandemic/633594 |
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No deal yet on California school funding; Legislature ready to pass its own budget |
But for a sudden deal with Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend, the Legislature on Monday will pass a 2020-21 state budget that differs significantly in education funding from what Newsom wants. Monday’s expected vote will satisfy legislators’ legal requirement to send a balanced budget to the governor by June 15 — or risk having their pay docked for every day they don’t meet the deadline.
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https://edsource.org/2020/no-deal-yet-on-california-school-funding-legislature-ready-to-pass-its-own-budget/633654 |
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