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OCDE NEWSROOM
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5 skills that can help students successfully navigate distance learning |
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Machele Kilgore knows a thing or two about distance learning. Along with leading OCDE’s Community Home Education Program, which provides resources for parents who choose to educate younger children at home, she’s also principal of the department’s accredited Pacific Coast High School, which offers a blend of online courses and on-campus options for students. So what advice does she have for families gearing up for round two of remote learning? She encourages her PCHS students to focus on five key skills — time management, accountability, responsibility, communication and perseverance.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/5-skills-that-can-help-make-the-most-out-of-distance-learning/ |
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COVID-19 update: OC Health Care Agency issues statement on elementary waiver process |
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The acting county health officer on Monday afternoon issued a letter to district and school officials outlining the process for submitting an elementary school waiver to the OCHCA. In a statement released Monday evening, Dr. Clayton Chau, who also serves as director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, noted that the County of Orange is currently accepting waiver applications even though the state’s communicable data collection system, CalREDI, is experiencing technical issues.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Coaches, athletic directors encouraged by updated guidelines for youth, high school sports |
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A glimmer of hope in the coronavirus storm. That was the reaction Tuesday, Aug. 4, of coaches and athletic directors to updated guidelines from the California Department of Public Health about the return of youth and school-based sports. While cautioning that approval from a local health officer will be needed, the department outlined in the update released Monday, Aug. 3, familiar modifications for youth and school-based sports to resume.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/08/04/coaches-athletic-directors-encouraged-by-updated-guidelines-for-youth-high-school-sports/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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No school opening waivers will be considered, L.A. County says, citing high COVID-19 rates |
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The L.A. County Department of Public Health said Tuesday that it would not consider any applications for waivers enabling elementary schools to reopen, citing high local COVID-19 case rates.
The decision comes one day after the California Department of Public Health announced new guidelines for granting school reopening waivers, indicating that counties with case rates above 200 per 100,000 residents should not consider applications.
The case rate in L.A. County is currently 355 per 100,000 residents.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-04/l-a-county-says-it-will-not-consider-school-re-opening-waivers-citing-high-covid-case-rates |
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‘I don’t know what I’m supposed to do.’ Parents in distress over school opening online |
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As a more detailed picture of the new online-only school day in Los Angeles emerges, a crescendo of concerns and questions is arising among parents, whose children will be expected to fire up computers in less than two weeks for the opening of the 2020-21 school year amid a global pandemic. The broad outline of a tentative agreement between the teachers union and school district is clear: Students and parents will follow a predictable schedule that somewhat mirrors a traditional school day. And there will be more live, face-to-face time, via computer, with teachers and counselors.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-05/parents-school-reopening-online-distance-learning-worry |
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The children who need preschool the most are getting the least |
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As many private preschools prepare to reopen for the school year, many of California’s poorest and neediest children are stuck at home, waiting for public preschools to reopen or offer distance learning, which is far from ideal for a 4-year-old. “Before the pandemic, Black and Latino children already had a lack of access to preschool, particularly high-quality preschool,” said Elisha Smith-Arrillaga, executive director of the Education Trust–West and an expert on California’s educational landscape. “The pandemic is exacerbating that inequity. We could create a huge chasm.”
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-05/california-public-preschool-reopening-struggle |
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VOICE OF OC
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Orange County Elementary Schools Could Reopen for Classroom Learning |
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“Following review, the local health officer should consult with [the Department of Public Health] regarding the determination whether to grant or deny the waiver application. Local health officers may conditionally grant an application with limits on the number of elementary schools allowed to re-open or allow re-opening in phases to monitor for any impact on the community,” reads a Monday statement from the state Department of Public Health. The department recommends no reopenings for elementary schools in counties that have exceeded 200 positive cases per 100,000 people.
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https://voiceofoc.org/2020/08/orange-county-elementary-schools-could-reopen-for-classroom-learning/ |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Your school wants a waiver to open in person? In the Bay Area, sit tight and wait |
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School starts as early as next week in many Bay Area districts, so the window to apply for a waiver to open the school year in person is closing fast. But the confusing process to get permission through county public health departments is just beginning. That combination was leading to more questions than answers on Tuesday, as Bay Area health departments scrambled to assess the new guidelines that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office issued late Monday for “in-person instruction.”
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/04/your-school-wants-a-waiver-to-open-in-person-in-the-bay-area-sit-tight-and-wait/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Some California teachers asked to return to empty classrooms during distance learning |
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When Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered school districts to remain closed for in-person instruction in counties where coronavirus cases are spiking, some California teachers felt relieved. But now, several school districts are requiring teachers to conduct distance learning from their physical classrooms, sparking new fears as Covid-19 cases continue to climb across the state. Whether districts require teachers to conduct distance learning from campus is a local decision in California, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said in a public briefing last week.
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https://edsource.org/2020/some-california-teachers-asked-to-return-to-empty-classrooms-during-distance-learning/637623 |
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