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OCDE NEWSROOM
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OCDE’s FCP network builds family engagement through relationships, partnerships and resources |
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For nearly 15 years, OCDE’s Family & Community Partnerships network, or FCP, has been building relationships between school, home and community. With the common goal of finding the most meaningful ways to support student success, the FCP network meets quarterly to engage in conversations that develop an awareness of families’ individual needs and explore resources and tips to expand parent engagement.
These quarterly gatherings, now in the form of virtual webinars, have become even more important during the COVID-19 pandemic as schools and communities are provided a rare opportunity to find different and creative ways to reconnect with families.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocdes-fcp-network-builds-family-engagement-through-relationships-partnerships-and-resources/ |
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COVID-19 update: California public health officials release guidance for small supervised groups of children |
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State health officials on Tuesday released new guidance for educational and childcare settings, including environments that provide small-group learning for students with special needs, after-school programs, day camps and “hubs” for distance learning. The California Department of Public Health says its latest guidance applies to supervised cohorts, defined as groups of no more than 14 children accompanied by one to two adults who stay together for all activities — and avoid contact with other groups.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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L.A. County COVID-19 cases continue to drop, setting up potential for some school reopenings |
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Los Angeles County continues to see a downward trend in confirmed coronavirus infections, setting the stage for a possible reopening of some elementary schools.
The county’s coronavirus case rate has dropped below 200 per 100,000 residents over the most recent two-week span, a threshold at which the county can request waivers that would allow some K-6 schools to reopen for in-person classes.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-25/l-a-county-falls-below-200-covid-19-cases-per-100-000-residents |
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VOICE OF OC
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OC Schools Could Begin Reopening Classrooms Mid September if Coronavirus Trends Hold |
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Orange County schools could be allowed to reopen mid September if the county can stay off the state’s coronavirus watchlist until then, while local school officials have the final word on those decisions. “I’m very optimistically confident that it will go well, our day 15 will be Sunday, Sept. 6. So right before labor day weekend … so it means Orange County — all schools can reopen for in-person education,” interim county health officer Dr. Clayton Chau said at Tuesday’s public Supervisors meeting.
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https://voiceofoc.org/2020/08/oc-schools-could-begin-reopening-classrooms-mid-september-if-coronavirus-trends-hold/ |
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Orange County College Bound Seniors Who Inspire |
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As Orange County’s high school seniors get ready for a novel back-to-school experience, Voice of OC learned about a remarkable set of young leaders recognized by the Santa Ana Elks Lodge. Because of Coronavirus, the Elks Lodge wasn’t able to hold their annual recognition banquet. But that didn’t stop them from telling the story of these students. The organization held a drive up event and reached out throughout the community to showcase the young leaders.
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https://voiceofoc.org/2020/08/leopo-orange-county-college-bound-seniors-who-inspire/ |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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San Diego County has stopped accepting school waiver applications for reopening |
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San Diego County closed its school reopening waiver application process Monday night, anticipating all schools in the county will be allowed to reopen effective next Tuesday if the county keeps its COVID-19 rate down. The county has to keep its case rate below 100 cases per 100,000 people for the next seven days. As of Tuesday morning, 110 San Diego-area schools had applied for waivers to reopen early, before the county reaches that milestone. The waiver process only allows schools to reopen for elementary students.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-08-25/san-diego-county-no-longer-accepting-school-reopening-waiver-applications |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Schools reopening: Santa Clara is first Bay Area county to approve some in-person learning |
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Santa Clara County is the first Bay Area county to approve an elementary school district coronavirus waiver allowing in-person classes to resume. On Aug. 18, the health department announced it would allow the Moreland School District to offer limited in-person instruction for elementary school students with learning disabilities and distance learning support services to elementary school students. The district applied to reopen on Aug. 20, and a health department spokesperson said it could do so as soon as that date.
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https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Schools-reopening-Santa-Clara-is-first-Bay-Area-15515968.php?t=3be29701db |
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EDSOURCE
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On or off? California schools weigh webcam concerns during distance learning |
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As school districts across California move forward with distance learning, many are navigating the complicated realities of this year’s essential back-to-school item: webcams. California state law requires students to interact with their peers and teachers every day during distance learning. Fostering those connections can be difficult without seeing faces, teachers and administrators say, but requiring cameras to stay on during class can be difficult for students who lack a stable internet connection or feel anxious on screen.
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https://edsource.org/2020/on-or-off-california-schools-weigh-webcam-concerns-during-distance-learning/638984 |
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KPBS
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Reopening Elementary Schools Carries Less COVID-19 Risk Than High Schools — But That Doesn’t Guarantee Safety |
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Our team of infectious disease epidemiologists collected data in the San Francisco Bay Area and ran computer simulations to examine how school closures and reopenings can affect the spread of COVID-19. Our models show that the excess risk to elementary school teachers is five to 10 times lower than the risk to high school teachers. Our findings, released in August as a preprint study, reinforce what other researchers have concluded: that elementary schools have the best chance of reopening with the least risk.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/aug/25/reopening-elementary-schools-carries-less-covid-19/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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California OKs school return for kids with special needs |
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More California children with specialized needs, such as students with disabilities or those who are homeless, will be allowed back in classrooms even as most schools remain shut for in-person learning under new state guidance released Tuesday.
Schools in most counties are closed for in-person learning because of the coronavirus. But the new guidance would allow the return to school for some children in grades K-12 in groups of up to 14 students.
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https://apnews.com/d4a1c79eac881b58c3adad709eeb1e03 |
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Judge refuses to close California school classrooms |
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A judge on Tuesday refused to immediately order classrooms closed at a private school in California’s Central Valley that has defied state and local health orders aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. Immanuel Schools in Reedly reopened its campus on Aug. 13. News reports showed students without masks and not practicing social distancing. County health officials had argued that the school is threatening the health and safety of students, faculty and community.
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https://apnews.com/cd96d6f02401c7f00191eb7254d0b107 |
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