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Monday, July 29, 2019

OCDE NEWSROOM

OC teacher finds innovative practices, common purpose during tour of German schools
It might not be business card-official, but we’ll go ahead and call Gina Whitcomb our international education correspondent. In 2017, Whitcomb, who teaches in the Anaheim Elementary School District, shared some highlights with us from a two-week trip to Senegal, where she and other educators learned about the West African nation’s school system and culture as part of a global learning initiative. This summer she cracked open her passport yet again to spend two weeks visiting with school officials and students in Germany through the Transatlantic Outreach Program.
https://newsroom.ocde.us/anaheim-teacher-finds-innovative-practices-common-purpose-during-tour-of-german-schools/

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

5 student farmers choose sanctuary over slaughter for the animals they raised
For three goats and two sheep raised by Fullerton students in a Future Farmers of America high school program, life is pretty sweet. Let’s start with just the fact that they are alive. The alternative — and the path for pretty much every other animal raised by most Future Farmers — was the slaughter house. Instead, the goats, Bruce, Pam, and Kevin, and sheep Shawn and Phry, and are living at a refuge called Farm Sanctuary, in Acton, near Palmdale.
https://www.ocregister.com/2019/07/29/five-student-farmers-choose-sanctuary-over-slaughter-for-the-animals-they-raised/

CAPISTRANO DISPATCH

MemorialCare Opens Medical Magnet Program for JSerra Catholic High Students
JSerra Catholic High School and MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center have entered into a partnership to allow students into its Medical Magnet program. Students will be paired up and work with medical professionals and rotate through a variety of departments in the medical facility, including Emergency, ICU, Operating Room and others.
https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/memorialcare-opens-medical-magnet-program-jserra-catholic-high-students/

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE

Oceanside schools face fiscal crisis
The Oceanside Unified School District is at risk of financial failure, according to a state agency that helps school districts manage business issues. The Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team, which serves school districts throughout the state, released a report analyzing the district’s fiscal practices and budget projections, and concluded that Oceanside Unified is at “moderate risk” of insolvency.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/story/2019-07-26/oceanside-schools-face-fiscal-crisis-ousd-deficit-insolvency

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

New County Office of Ed Policy Lays Out Student-Teacher Boundaries
The San Diego County Office of Education adopted a new policy this week that governs boundaries between adults and students following a Voice of San Diego investigation that highlighted how many districts lack such policies despite numerous cases of abuse and child grooming by predatory educators across the county. The new policy will guide the County Office of Education’s staff, students, volunteers and community members in recognizing and maintaining appropriate boundaries with students and provide guidelines on what type of behavior should be reported to authorities.
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/new-county-office-of-ed-policy-lays-out-student-teacher-boundaries/

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

SF district may finally fix teacher sick leave after ‘heartbreaking’ stories
When you’re told you need open heart surgery, you should probably schedule it as quickly as possible. But when you’re a San Francisco public school teacher, you must also consider that a medical emergency will probably cut deeply into your already meager paycheck. The San Francisco Unified School District charges teachers out on extended sick leave for the cost of a substitute.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/SF-school-district-may-finally-fix-teacher-sick-14154934.php

EDSOURCE

California finds solution to save distance learners’ financial aid
Tens of thousands of online California students are no longer at risk of losing federal financial aid after the state moved quickly to create a new system for addressing complaints from students against out-of-state colleges and universities. At least 60,000 Californians were affected by a new federal rule, which the U.S. Department of Education began implementing July 22.
https://edsource.org/2019/california-finds-solution-to-save-distance-learners-financial-aid/615662

DAILY BREEZE

Teen interns learn about nature in summer spent with Palos Verdes conservancy
From nurturing the native plants that support an endangered blue butterfly to learning how to spot a California gnatcatcher, four Hawthorne teens this summer got a peek at some future conservationist careers they may not have considered before. All thanks to a new intern partnership with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy.
https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/07/26/teen-interns-learn-about-nature-in-summer-spent-with-palos-verdes-conservancy/


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