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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Santa Ana school board has no date for the start of in-person instruction |
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Santa Ana Unified School District leaders have yet to set a day for when students might be returning to its campuses for in-person learning. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, Orange County was dropped a tier on the state’s coronavirus tracking system, which in turn set Sept. 22 for when schools should be allowed to start in-person learning, if current positive trends in health conditions continue. But several districts are holding back on setting opening dates to further watch what happens with the spread of the virus. The Santa Ana school board met Tuesday and discussed the updates, but no timetable has been established.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/10/santa-ana-school-board-has-no-date-for-the-start-of-in-person-instruction/ |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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Chula Vista Elementary approves COVID-19 testing program for students and staff |
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Chula Vista Elementary, San Diego County’s fourth-largest school district, will launch a voluntary COVID-19 testing program for students and staff, to help control and monitor the spread of coronavirus. On Wednesday night the Chula Vista School Board unanimously approved a partnership with Irvine-based firm Kahala Biosciences to administer an initial round of antibody tests, then routine COVID-19 testing every two weeks to students and staff who opt into the testing program. The program is free to the district.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-09-11/chula-vista-elementary-approves-covid-19-testing-program-for-students-and-staff |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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First students back at Palo Alto schools for in-person support program |
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Like many of her peers, Kaliopeta Taufalele, a 17-year-old senior, found it difficult to transition to online school. She skipped classes, turned her online camera off or simply didn’t turn in assignments during the previous school year as her family dealt with the financial impact of the pandemic and struggled to keep the lights on at times. But now Taufalele will go through Zoom classrooms, break-out groups and online assignments like the rest of her peers while at school as part of a new in-person support program that began this week at Palo Alto’s middle and high schools.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/10/first-students-back-at-palo-alto-schools-for-in-person-support-program/ |
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PRESS-TELEGRAM LONG BEACH
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LBUSD to continue distance learning through end of January, at least, because of coronavirus |
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The Long Beach Unified School District will continue with online classes through Jan. 28 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the district’s superintendent announced Thursday, Sept. 10. “One of the hardest things about navigating through this pandemic is that we cannot see its end,” Superintendent Jill Baker said in a video message. “The never-ending feeling is hard on all of us as we try to make decisions in the best interest of our students, while protecting everyone’s health and safety.”
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https://www.presstelegram.com/2020/09/10/lbusd-to-continue-distance-learning-through-end-of-january-at-least-because-of-coronavirus/ |
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NPR
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How Is Distance Learning Going At Sac City Schools? Depends Who You Ask. |
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Children in the Sacramento City Unified School District started the school year with no clear plan for distance learning during the pandemic, following an impasse between the teachers union and administrators over a contract. As a result, schooling got off to a rocky start for many of the district’s 42,000 students and their families. But parents say the online learning experience varies from school-to-school.
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https://www.capradio.org/156161 |
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The Kids Are All Right |
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What do kids want to talk about when it's just them and their thoughts? That's the question NPR's education team has set out to answer with the Student Podcast Challenge since it launched last year. Back then, we aired some of the best podcasts on a Code Switch episode called "Dispatches From The School Yard."
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https://www.npr.org/2020/09/08/910836728/the-kids-are-all-right |
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