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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Orange County health official expects new state guidelines for high school, youth sports to be issued this week |
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Orange County’s top health official said Tuesday, Nov. 17, that the county expects California this week to release “modified guidance” for high school and youth sports competition. Speaking at a press conference about the county’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Clayton Chau, director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, shared a timeline for the guidelines in response to a question regarding Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement Monday about high school and youth sports. Newsom said the state is considering delaying its guidance to allow high school and youth sports competition because of the rise of coronavirus cases.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/11/17/orange-county-health-official-expects-new-state-guidelines-for-high-school-youth-sports-to-be-issued-this-week/ |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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Schools districts countywide ramping up COVID-19 testing as students, staff return |
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As schools continue in the first phases of reopening campuses in person, increasing COVID-19 testing will be a part of the strategy to keep staff and students safe.
A number of districts in San Diego County have rolled out efforts to increase testing access, either onsite at school district facilities or through community testing facilities. Some are partnering with local healthcare providers to provide testing programs specifically for students, teachers and other staff members.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-11-18/school-covid-19-testing |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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In California, science guides whether to reopen hair salons — but not always schools |
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Ten months into the pandemic, California school districts are struggling with whether to reopen classrooms as public health experts warn that the risks of returning students to class might be outweighed by the harms of keeping classrooms closed. Frustrated parents, politicians and health experts say that too frequently, politics rather than science determines which children are now in classrooms learning in person and which are still sitting in front of a computer. So far, federal and state officials haven’t dictated when and how schools should reopen, passing the call to local county health officials.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Experts-Decisions-about-reopening-California-15735142.php |
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How one Northern California school district got teachers and students back in the classroom |
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There was little debate in Manteca about reopening schools. The district’s 25,000 students needed to get back into classrooms with their teachers, officials and parents argued. On Nov. 6, schools across the San Joaquin County district welcomed back transitional kindergarten through third-grade classes, with half attending in the morning and half in the afternoon. They also reopened high schools to juniors and seniors, role models for the younger grades, splitting them into two groups, with in-person classes two days a week each.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/How-one-Northern-California-school-district-got-15735130.php |
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USA TODAY
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Over 1 million children have been infected with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, report says |
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A new report released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association found that the coronavirus is infecting children now more than at any time during the pandemic. The number of U.S. infants, children and teens diagnosed with COVID-19 has surpassed 1 million, accounting for 11.5% of all cases in states reporting cases by age, according to the data.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/17/covid-19-over-1-million-kids-infected-study/6324129002/ |
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EDSOURCE
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‘Roadschooling’ families give new meaning to distance learning |
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Families dissatisfied with distance learning and being cooped up in their homes during a pandemic are loading up RVs and buses with textbooks and computers and heading out to see the country. “Roadschooling,” a mobile version of homeschooling, has been a full-time lifestyle for many families prior to the coronavirus pandemic. But since Covid-19 concerns sent students and employees home to work remotely it has become an option for a new group of families who have found themselves untethered by an office or school.
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https://edsource.org/2020/roadschooling-families-give-new-meaning-to-distance-learning/643928 |
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