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OCDE NEWSROOM
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COVID-19 update: Soka University will be OC’s second vaccination ‘Super POD’ site |
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The County of Orange plans to open its second COVID-19 vaccine Super POD at Soka University in Aliso Viejo on Saturday morning. Under Operation Independence, the county is taking a regional approach to vaccine distribution with large points of dispensing, or PODs. The first Super POD opened at the Disneyland Resort on Jan. 13. As of Wednesday, more than 21,000 vaccines had been delivered to eligible residents and workers.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Schools can now be used as vaccine centers. But does it help given the shortage? |
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Schools can be used as COVID-19 vaccine centers under new state guidelines, but they’ll have to apply to health authorities for the role — and the more pressing issue is the shortage of doses, not the lack of inoculation sites. The ability to use campuses for vaccinations has been the subject of an assertive push by local school officials, especially Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner, who made the issue a central focus of a briefing this week.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-21/california-schools-can-be-used-as-covid-vaccine-clinics |
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CAPISTRANO DISPATCH
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School Board Reconsiders P.E. Grade Policy |
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After deciding in December to allow a grade of credit or no credit to be issued in secondary physical education classes, Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) is now leaving the door open when it comes to students being able to receive a letter grade.
During a CUSD Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 20, trustees decided to revisit the grade policy during a Feb. 17 meeting, with an eye toward allowing students to earn an A letter grade if they worked to receive such. |
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https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/school-board-reconsiders-p-e-grade-policy/ |
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WASHINGTON POST
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Partly hidden by isolation, many of the nation’s schoolchildren struggle with mental health |
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More than 10 months into the pandemic, mental health is a simmering crisis for many of the nation’s schoolchildren, partly hidden by isolation but increasingly evident in the distress of parents, the worries of counselors and an early body of research. Holed up at home, students dwell in the glare of computer screens, missing friends and teachers. Some are failing classes. Some are depressed. Some are part of families reeling with lost jobs, gaps in child care or bills that can’t be paid.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/student-mental-health-pandemic/2021/01/21/3d377bea-3f30-11eb-8db8-395dedaaa036_story.html |
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EDSOURCE
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L.A. Unified experiments with new tutoring program during pandemic |
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An after-school tutoring program kicked off amid the global health crisis is showing early promise in pockets of Los Angeles Unified, where a drop in grades among students has upended the nation’s second-largest school district’s approach to grading and instruction. Step Up Tutoring, a new nonprofit that connects volunteer tutors with teachers whose students need additional academic support, is in its pilot phase.
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https://edsource.org/2021/l-a-unified-experiments-with-new-tutoring-program-during-pandemic/647345 |
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CALmatters
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COVID-19 cases, new syndrome on the rise among children, especially Latino chidren |
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At least seven California children have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, more than 350,000 kids have tested positive for the virus and the number of youngsters diagnosed with a new, rare inflammatory syndrome continues to spread. All of these stats are on the rise just as a new highly contagious strain of the virus is worrying parents and experts alike and as the state tries to move toward reopening schools next month.
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https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/01/covid-new-syndrome-children/ |
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