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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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It’s ‘all hands on deck’ at Orange County schools |
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The current omicron-driven surge of the coronavirus pandemic is forcing huge numbers of teachers and other school employees to stay home, either because they’re infected, in quarantine, or they’re caring for someone with the virus. Even Lowell Superintendent Jim Coombs has pinch hit in a variety of roles. Last week, he worked as a custodian, emptying trash cans and cleaning bathrooms. On Wednesday, Jan. 19, he subbed as a playground aide. Some local districts have sought help from County Department of Education, which said it is sending about 100 managers from its educational services division to work in schools across the county. Meanwhile, some school administrators said Wednesday that they’re making some progress on the absenteeism front, with absence rates either holding steady or slightly improving in many districts. |
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https://www.ocregister.com/2022/01/19/its-all-hands-on-deck-at-orange-county-schools/ |
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VOICE OF OC
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Capistrano School District Struggles to Get Substitute Teachers During Omicron Wave |
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Capistrano Unified School District officials are scrambling to get substitute teachers during Orange County’s fourth COVID surge, which is causing staff shortages throughout the country. At Wednesday’s meeting, Capistrano Unified Trustees unanimously passed a resolution stating their temporary staffing needs amid the Omicron surge, which enables officials to use Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order that makes it easier for districts to hire substitute teachers in an effort to keep classrooms open. |
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https://voiceofoc.org/2022/01/capistrano-school-district-struggles-to-get-substitute-teachers-during-omicron-wave/ |
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PRESS-TELEGRAM LONG BEACH
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EDSOURCE
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Parents scramble for higher-quality masks for children amid nationwide shortage |
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As the omicron surge continues to destabilize California schools, teachers, students and families are demanding their districts provide KN95 or N95 masks – widely recognized as the most effective in preventing the spread of Covid-19 – to everyone on campuses. It’s become common practice for districts to provide staff with those masks in some capacity, but few are providing them to students. |
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https://edsource.org/2022/parents-scramble-for-higher-quality-masks-for-children-amid-nationwide-shortage/666278 |
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MODESTO BEE
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‘A great opportunity:’ Modesto City Schools to purchase 30 electric school buses |
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Modesto City Schools will replace about half of its school buses with electric ones, a move district officials say is good for the environment and will save about $250,000 a year in fuel alone. |
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https://www.modbee.com/article257496909.html#storylink=cpy |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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GUSD parents keeping students home over COVID precautions face truancy |
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Going on week two of learning from home for April Lainez’s 9-year-old daughter Sienna, they’d both prefer that she be in the classroom. But at the level that COVID-19 cases are surging throughout Los Angeles County, Lainez decided being at home is what’s best for now. Parents such as Lainez were alarmed when they noticed schools allowed them to self-attest their kids' test results via an app, not requesting any proof of their results. |
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https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/orange-county/education/2022/01/19/gusd-parents-keeping-students-home-over-covid |
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