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OCDE NEWSROOM
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State releases new air quality guidelines amid ongoing wild fire concerns |
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The state Department of Education has released a set of guidelines to help California school districts determine when to limit outdoor activities, or even when to cancel classes, because of poor air quality resulting from wild fires. These guidelines come as a series of wild fires in recent years have ravaged communities and school districts in every corner of this state, officials said. The fires have can impact tens of thousands of Californians in the communities and blanket entire regions with thick, unhealthy smoke.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/state-releases-new-air-quality-guidelines-amid-ongoing-wild-fire-concerns/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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3 more videos emerge of Garden Grove students involved in anti-Semitic activities |
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More videos that capture Garden Grove high school students engaged in anti-Semitic activities have come to light, KABC Eyewitness News reported Wednesday, Aug. 21.
Unlike the initial video, which went viral this week, in the new videos the students appear to be on school grounds. In the first video, which launched an investigation by school administrators, about a dozen members of Pacifica High’s 2018 boys’ water polo team are shown singing a Nazi marching song while extending their arms in a Hitler salute.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/08/21/more-videos-emerge-of-garden-grove-students-involved-in-anti-semitic-activities/ |
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FRESNO BEE
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California bill to ban schools from expelling disruptive students close to becoming law |
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A proposal meant to protect kids from unnecessary discipline by banning expulsions for disobedience in California schools passed out of the Assembly this week, moving closer to becoming a law. The Assembly voted 58-17 for Senate Bill 419, which now moves back to the Senate for a vote on amendments before it goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education/article234218847.html |
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EDSOURCE
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Hardship score for college admission gets mixed reaction in California |
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Embrace the new “adversity score” in college admissions or ignore it? That’s a question that college officials in California and nationwide are debating now. A College Board-sponsored index that measures hardships students face at their high schools and in their neighborhoods is being tested as a college admissions tool on a small-scale nationwide and is expected to be available to all colleges in 2020.
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https://edsource.org/2019/hardship-score-for-college-admission-gets-mixed-reaction-in-california/616536 |
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VENTURA COUNTY STAR
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Sex education controversy divides Conejo Valley school district |
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Conejo Valley parents worried about classroom instruction on gender identification and sexual health issues were told by school district administrators they will still be able to pull their children from classes. In a seven-hour school board meeting Tuesday night stamped by angry divides in the audience and on the board, Conejo Valley Unified School District leaders explained changes have to be made to bring the district in compliance with California's education code.
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https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/08/21/sex-education-gender-hiv-class-conejo-valley-school-district/1972387001/ |
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