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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Santa Ana Unified rolls out new “Wifi on Wheels” program |
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Santa Ana Unified School District this week rolled out a new “Wifi on Wheels” program aimed at providing 5G wireless access points to densely populated neighborhoods where students have been struggling to connect to the internet. According to a press release from SAUSD, five WiFi vans and busses were deployed on Tuesday as part of a pilot program, with an eventual goal of sending out as many as 150 buses and vans to travel and be placed in neighborhoods with spotty internet coverage throughout the district.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/santa-ana-unified-rolls-out-new-wifi-on-wheels-program/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Los Alamitos Unified will use waiver to return elementary school kids to campuses Sept. 8 |
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Los Alamitos Unified School District will utilize a state waiver for elementary schools to become the first public school district in Orange County to reopen for in-person instruction. Superintendent Andrew Pulver announced Tuesday, Sept. 1, that the district will hold in-person instruction for kindergarten through fifth grade, along with special education classes, starting Sept. 8. Los Alamitos has been the only public school district in Orange County to apply for the elementary school waiver.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/02/los-alamitos-unified-will-use-waiver-to-return-elementary-school-kids-to-campuses-sept-8/ |
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Orange County Rescue Mission transitioned its 61 children to distance learning with plenty of community help |
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In normal times, children living with their families at the massive and multi-purpose Orange County Rescue Mission attend classes at nearby Heritage Elementary School. But currently, they are on the same distance-learning path as so many school children in the county are. So a few rooms at the Rescue Mission have been converted into distance-learning classrooms. The 61 resident children, most of whom are elementary age with a few middle-schoolers thrown in, wear their matching school uniforms as they do their school work in socially distanced and moveable pods equipped with tabletops and comfortable chairs. The kids have Chromebooks and everything else required keeping their schooling going.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/02/orange-county-rescue-mission-transitioned-its-61-children-to-distance-learning-with-plenty-of-community-help/ |
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USA TODAY
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Between COVID-19 and layoffs, schools may not have enough teachers to get through the year |
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A potential exodus of older educators susceptible to the coronavirus and those with existing health problems may fuel already high turnover. A full third of teachers told Education Week they were somewhat or very likely to leave their job this year — compared with just 8% who leave the profession in a typical year. Many substitutes also may quit. Now, new restrictions on foreign visas will make it harder for some states to import teachers from other countries to work in already hard-to-staff positions.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/09/03/covid-back-school-layoffs-teaching-jobs/5638287002/ |
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INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
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DAILY BREEZE
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Coronavirus: LA County to allow limited school openings for special ed and ESL students |
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Schools in Los Angeles County will be allowed to reopen for a limited number of special education and English learners beginning Monday, Sept. 14, based on a revised public health order issued Wednesday, Sept. 2, according to Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis.
While Kindergarten through 12th grade school campuses will remain closed to the majority of students, those with individualized education plans, students learning English as a second language and those students requiring specialized in-school services or assessments will be among those allowed to return to campus in small groups, according to Davis.
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https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/09/02/la-county-to-allow-limited-school-openings-for-special-ed-and-esl-students/ |
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