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OCDE NEWSROOM
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OCDE makes plans for virtual academic competitions |
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Like pretty much everything else, academic event season will look a little different this school year. Even as schools are inching closer to reopening for in-person instruction, there are still no clear timelines for resuming large events. So OCDE plans to embrace virtual formats for some of its more popular contests in 2020-21, including the Academic Decathlon, the Academic Pentathlon and the Spelling Bee. Here’s a look at what we know so far.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-makes-plans-for-virtual-academic-competitions/ |
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State releases new color-coded county monitoring system, replacing the COVID-19 watchlist |
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced a new color-coded system for monitoring COVID-19 progress by county, with revised criteria for easing and tightening restrictions on businesses, activities and schools. Rather than being on or off a watchlist for elevated coronavirus numbers, counties in California will be sorted in one of four tiers — purple, red, orange or yellow — based on their rates of new cases and testing positivity percentages. Orange County will debut in purple, the most restrictive category, reserved for counties with more than 7 daily new cases per 100,000 residents and a testing positivity rate higher than 8 percent. But County Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau confirmed that “as long as Orange County continues trending in a positive way,” K-12 schools will be in a position to resume on-site instruction as early as Sept. 8.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/state-releases-new-color-coded-county-monitoring-system-replacing-the-covid-19-watchlist/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Saddleback Valley district sends layoff notices to 174 employees |
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The Saddleback Valley Unified School District has sent layoff notices to 174 of its employees. The notices, which went out as reduction-in-force notices, were made because of concern those employees won’t be needed if in-class instruction doesn’t resume in coming weeks, Assistant Superintendent Connie Cavanaugh said. Capistrano Unified and Los Alamitos Unified recently made similar layoff decisions.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/08/30/saddleback-valley-district-sends-layoff-notices-to-174-employees/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Orange County wants justices to reopen schools statewide. Experts say it’s a long shot |
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The California Supreme Court has taken up similar cases before, only to dismiss them after reading written arguments. The court also tends to to be deferential toward the legislative and executive branches of government, and Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye was given extraordinary legal powers to manage courts during the pandemic.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-28/california-supreme-court-newsom-school |
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CAPISTRANO DISPATCH
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CUSD Looks to Set Phased Timetable for Reopening Campuses |
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With Orange County off the state’s coronavirus monitoring list, the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees is expected to vote at an upcoming special meeting on a timetable for when students can return to campus, CUSD announced Friday, Aug. 28. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 2, when trustees are slated to discuss the timetable and vote on approving it. Proposed timetables for campuses reopening are Sept. 14 for special education programs and services; Sept. 21 for elementary students; and Sept. 29 for high school students.
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https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/cusd-reopening-timetable-unclear-after-newsom-issues-new-reopening-plan/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Sacramento, Elk Grove school districts say workers have tested positive for COVID-19 |
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More employees at local school districts have tested positive for coronavirus, according to officials. Sacramento City Unified confirmed two different employee infections across the district, and an Elk Grove Unified School District employee tested positive earlier this month. These employees recently worked at distribution events for school supplies.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article245367800.html#storylink=mainstage_lead |
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NEW YORK TIMES
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‘End of the Line’: School Bus Industry in Crisis Because of the Coronavirus Industry |
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Industry leaders say it will be the nation’s schoolchildren and parents who will suffer, as they alter their lives and figure out how to replace a mode of transportation that was once a certainty.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/us/coronavirus-school-buses.html |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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Preventing cyberattacks an increasing challenge for academic institutions |
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Preventing attacks from hackers and cybercriminals is an increasing concern for academic institutions already facing enormous challenges during this time of distance learning. The Rialto Unified School District and College of the Desert have seen their systems hit by malware attacks this month. Rialto Unified had to suspend its distance learning program and collect any devices that were infected. The district hopes to have classes back online for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade as early as Monday, Aug. 31, but high school classes will remain offline while devices are examined and exchanged.
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https://www.pe.com/2020/08/30/preventing-cyberattacks-an-increasing-challenge-for-academic-institutions/ |
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INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
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LA County warns of growing coronavirus threat to children |
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Los Angeles County health officials warned again today that the coronavirus can infect children as easily as it can adults, while also reporting three additional local cases of a pediatric inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19 infections. “Over 21,000 COVID-19 cases have occurred in children aged 0 to 17 years old,” county public health director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. “COVID-19 spreads among children the same way it spreads among adults —exposure to symptomatic or asymptomatic people infected with the virus.”
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https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/08/28/la-county-warns-of-growing-coronavirus-threat-to-children/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Color purple will determine whether California schools can open for in-class instruction |
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Beginning Monday, California school leaders will be closely watching the color their counties are assigned in the weeks or months ahead on a new ranking system that will determine when schools can open for in-person instruction and what businesses can reopen. The four-tiered system, announced Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, ranks the severity of the pandemic in each of California’s 58 counties. Purple (Tier 1) indicates that the virus is “widespread” in the county. Red (Tier 2) indicates “substantial” incidence, while orange (Tier 3) indicates “moderate” and yellow (Tier 4) indicates “minimal” incidence of the virus in the county.
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https://edsource.org/2020/color-purple-will-determine-whether-california-schools-can-open-for-in-class-instruction/639303 |
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KPBS
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San Diego County Schools Preparing to Welcome Kids Back To Classrooms |
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Parents, teachers and students are getting ready to resume in-person classes as early as Sept. 1 in San Diego County. But there will be changes both inside and outside of the classroom to ensure student safety. "If they arrive healthy, they’re going to remain healthy and we’re going to send them home healthy at the end of the day," said Kirk Hoeben, principal of Blossom Valley Elementary School in El Cajon.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/aug/28/san-diego-county-schools-in-person-classes/ |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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LBUSD starts new school year after tech mishap |
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The Laguna Beach Unified School District joined several Orange County school districts in resuming distance learning this week to open the 2020-21 school year. Monday kicked off with a rocky start as a nationwide outage of the Zoom video conference platform prompted district officials to cancel scheduled sessions. On Tuesday, Zoom service was restored and classes were able to resume as planned, district administrators said. Laguna Beach Unified is developing contingency plans in case a future disruption to the service occurs.
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https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/lbusd-starts-new-school-year-after-tech-mishap/ |
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