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OCDE NEWSROOM
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COVID-19 update: County health officer opens vaccine distribution to residents 65 and older |
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County Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau announced Tuesday that all Orange County residents age 65 and older are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Priority had been given to health care workers and seniors 75 years of age and older under the OC Health Care Agency’s phased approach. But the decision was made to drop the age requirement by 10 years after health officials examined data showing alarming fatality rates among older adults who contracted the coronavirus.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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KPCC
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Amid Surges, Teachers Line Up For Their Vaccines |
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Don Brown has been driving a school bus for more than 20 years in the Chicago area. And for all that time, he's noticed one odd student habit. As they climb aboard his bus, "when they get to the top step, they always cough," he says. "This was even before the pandemic! Or, when they get ready to get off, they say, 'Bye, bus driver!' and they cough.” Because of this, Brown says, he hopes he'll be getting the vaccine, "as soon as I can.”
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https://scpr.org/news/2021/01/13/96130/amid-surges-teachers-line-up-for-their-vaccines/ |
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KPBS
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San Diego Unified School District Resumes COVID-19 Testing Program With Plans To Expand |
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San Diego Unified School District resumed its COVID-19 testing Tuesday as a small number of students and educators head back to school after the winter holiday.
Superintendent Cindy Marten and teachers union president Kisha Borden visited Penn Elementary in the Paradise Hills neighborhood today where they received their first COVID-19 tests of the new year. While campuses remain largely closed, a few high-needs students are receiving on-campus instruction. In partnership with UC San Diego, the school district is making sure all students and staff who are regularly on campus are getting tested once every two weeks.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/jan/13/san-diego-unified-school-district-resumes-covid-19/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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State Superintendent urges schools to use CARES Act dollars for student's mental health |
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State Superintendent Tony Thurmond says social isolation and the effects of COVID-19 have upended education in the California school system and is urging schools to use money allocated to them to invest in their student's mental health.
Thurmond said school districts' have $2 billion in CARES Act money to invest in the mental health and well-being of students and teachers.
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https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/103-60d56b9c-0d78-480d-b830-c0866d9f681d |
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Caught in a financial ‘triple squeeze,’ districts could see annual costs of $2,500 per student to address pandemic-related learning loss |
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Getting students to where they’d be academically if the pandemic hadn’t occurred could cost schools an average of $12,000 to $13,500 per student over the next five years, according to a new estimate that assumes most will need some additional learning time.
Conducted by Education Resource Strategies, a nonprofit consulting firm that works with districts on financial issues, the projections account for the kind of “high-dosage” tutoring needed for students who have fallen the furthest behind and hiring more staff devoted to schoolwide social-emotional learning efforts. |
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http://laschoolreport.com/caught-in-a-financial-triple-squeeze-districts-could-see-annual-costs-of-2500-per-student-to-address-pandemic-related-learni |
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