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OCDE NEWSROOM
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New program delivers meals to at-risk OC residents during coronavirus pandemic |
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A group of Orange County nonprofit organizations, philanthropists and independent restaurant owners have come together to launch a new program called Delivering with Dignity, aimed at providing 5,000 high-quality, prepared meals per week to Orange County’s most vulnerable residents. The first meals were dispatched on Wednesday, June 24 from Toast Kitchen & Bakery in Costa Mesa, where volunteers assembled more than 150 bags of food to be delivered to homebound individuals and families who, for various reasons, are not being served by other food programs.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/new-program-delivers-meals-to-at-risk-oc-residents-during-coronavirus-pandemic/ |
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COVID-19 update: State health department confirms youth sports not yet permitted |
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OCDE and local school districts continue to track the latest developments related to the COVID-19 respiratory illness while following guidance from the Orange County Health Care Agency, the California Department of Public Health and the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Below is our running digest, with newer stories posted at the top.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Coronavirus education and testing effort targets Orange County’s ‘hot spot’ neighborhoods |
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Now that they’ve identified the problem – hot spots where coronavirus cases are growing faster than in the rest of Orange County – a partnership of local government and nonprofit officials is hitting it with everything they’ve got in the hope of reversing the trend. Announced last week, the initiative is a collaboration between the county, local schools and nonprofits that targets several zip codes in Anaheim and Santa Ana where data shows higher rates of coronavirus infection.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/08/coronavirus-education-and-testing-effort-targets-orange-countys-hot-spot-neighborhoods/ |
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Brethren Christian school in Huntington Beach will close after 73 years, letter to school community says |
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Brethren Christian High School in Huntington Beach will close after 73 years, with school officials saying there is a financial shortfall amid declining enrollment. With Brethren Christian facing a $650,000 deficit for next year’s budget, keeping the school open would mean additional staff and teacher cuts, “which would compromise the excellent education BCHS has always provided,” the school’s board chair, Lee Wilhite, said in a letter to the school community sent Monday, July 6, and shared with The Orange County Register.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/07/brethren-christian-school-in-huntington-beach-will-close-after-73-years-letter-to-school-community-says/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Coronavirus surge puts reopening of K-12 campuses at risk, says county’s top health official |
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The pending reopening of K-12 campuses is suddenly at risk because of the ongoing surge of coronavirus cases, and all public and private schools must prepare for students to continue learning entirely from home, Los Angeles County’s top public health official has told local education leaders. This sobering message was delivered Tuesday by county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, in what she termed an “off the record” phone call with district superintendents and others that was not intended for the media or the public. The Times obtained a recording of the call.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-08/campus-reopening-at-risk-from-coronavirus-surge |
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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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Coronavirus Aid Obscures San Diego Unified’s Budget Deficit |
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The coming school year is actually going to have better funding than last year. But district budget documents belie the narrative of fiscal prudence. The budget is only “balanced” insofar as one-time coronavirus aid is plugging the gap between revenues and expenditures. More than $122 million in coronavirus aid will prop up the district’s budget for next year. It includes $30.5 million in CARES Act emergency relief money for schools, and another $91.8 million in so-called learning loss money allocated by the state using federal coronavirus funds and state funding.
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https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/coronavirus-aid-obscures-san-diego-unifieds-budget-deficit/ |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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San Bernardino schools to continue distance learning amid coronavirus pandemic |
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San Bernardino students will begin the upcoming school year the same way they ended the last one — learning from home. As the coronavirus pandemic barrels through summer, San Bernardino City Unified School District trustees last month approved a distance learning model for all students when the 2020-21 calendar begins Aug. 3.
The Board of Trustees will only entertain a blended model – distance learning and some days at school – when conditions are safe.
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https://www.pe.com/2020/07/07/san-bernardino-schools-to-continue-distance-learning-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/ |
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INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
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DeVos rejects part-time reopening for schools amid pandemic |
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday assailed plans by some local districts to offer in-person instruction only a few days a week and said schools must be “fully operational” even amid the coronavirus pandemic. Anything less, she says, would fail students and taxpayers. DeVos made the comments during a call with governors as the Trump administration launched an all-out effort to get schools and colleges to reopen. Audio of the call was obtained by The Associated Press.
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https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/07/07/devos-rejects-part-time-reopening-for-schools-amid-pandemic/ |
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EDSOURCE
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CSU chancellor says system could go virtual for entire academic year |
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Nearly all of California State University’s classes may remain virtual, not only this fall but for the rest of the upcoming academic year. CSU Chancellor Tim White, during a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing on the pandemic and the future of higher education, said the decision in May to primarily move to a virtual setting for the fall term and “quite frankly the academic year was driven by health and safety issues and student progress.”
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https://edsource.org/2020/csu-chancellor-says-system-could-go-virtual-for-entire-academic-year/635396 |
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Seeking guidance for reopening schools? |
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Across California, school districts, county offices of education and the state are planning how to reopen schools in the fall to ensure the safety and wellbeing of students and staff. Scroll down to view guidance documents issued by the California Department of Education, county offices of education and other agencies and organizations. We will continue to update this page as more information becomes available.
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https://edsource.org/2020/seeking-guidance-for-reopening-schools/633593 |
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VENTURA COUNTY STAR
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County office of education, public health department draft guidelines for fall reopening |
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As school districts finalize their fall plans, the Ventura County Office of Education has created a set of guidelines for reopening. The guidelines, made in partnership with Ventura County Public Health, build on the state Department of Education guidebook shared June 8. The public health department is currently reviewing the draft guidelines, and a final version will be shared publicly at a later date, according to Dave Schermer, VCOE director of communications.
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https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2020/07/07/ventura-county-schools-reopening-guidelines-california/5384707002/ |
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NPR
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California Challenges Federal Rule Diverting Coronavirus Relief To Private Schools |
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California and a handful of other states are challenging a U.S. Education Department rule that could funnel millions in coronavirus relief to private schools.
The lawsuit argues the rule unlawfully and erroneously interprets the federal CARES Act, part of which allocated more than $13 billion for public K-12 schools under Title I, a program to distribute funding to districts with low-income and disadvantaged students. |
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https://www.capradio.org/153660 |
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