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OCDE NEWSROOM
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COVID-19 update: Second POD for school employees begins administering vaccinations |
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OCDE on Wednesday opened its second vaccination clinic for local educators, launching a new POD — or point of dispensing — in partnership with Capistrano Unified and the OC Health Care Agency. A team of school nurses delivered shots throughout the afternoon and evening in the gymnasium at Capistrano Valley High School, processing about 370 TK-12 school employees with appointments. Nearly 1,000 more appointments are scheduled through Saturday.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Another school district finalizes plans to reopen. Twin Rivers sets April 6 return date |
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Twin Rivers Unified School District and its teachers union have finalized an agreement to bring students back to campuses on April 6, making it one of the last districts in the county to finalize reopening plans. About 40% of students said they will remain in distance learning.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article249660438.html |
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Why there’s ‘a real feeling of hope’ Sacramento city schools could reopen next month |
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District officials and the Sacramento City Teachers Association union have proposed the same reopening dates, beginning April 8, in a rare point of consensus between the sides.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article249576288.html |
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EDSOURCE
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Nurse shortage could make reopening school campuses more difficult |
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School nurses could play a key role in helping school campuses reopen and keeping students and staff safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but many California schools don’t have one. In districts that have nurses, most divide their time between multiple schools. The lack of nurses on campuses can be challenging for schools, which must meet a raft of strict health and safety requirements in order to reopen campuses, including screening staff and students for symptoms of Covid-19, testing and contact tracing, and determining if anyone needs to be removed from the school and quarantined.
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https://edsource.org/2021/nurse-shortage-could-make-reopening-school-campuses-more-difficult/650403 |
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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE
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CALmatters
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Where is Tony Thurmond? State schools chief stays behind the scenes in school reopening debate |
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Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders had a lot of people to thank when they gathered earlier this week to announce the state’s plan to reopen public schools. They expressed gratitude for each other, name-dropped several Democratic lawmakers and even acknowledged teachers, parents and students who have struggled to learn at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Conspicuously absent from the shout-outs? State schools Supt. Tony Thurmond, California’s top education official. |
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https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/03/thurmond-reopening-california-schools/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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What do predictions of ‘herd immunity’ mean for schools? |
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As schools look toward the 2021-22 school year, health experts say that a return to “pre-pandemic normal” may not be wise — or possible. “This next year is going to be one of transition,” Dr. Sara Johnson, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Consortium for School-Based Public Health Solutions, told The 74. “We’re going to be playing on the defensive for a while until we have the data on the ground in schools to tell us … this is really the end [of the pandemic].”
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http://laschoolreport.com/what-do-predictions-of-herd-immunity-mean-for-schools/ |
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LAUSD to Resume High School Sports Competition |
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In accordance with state and local guidelines that cleared the way for a resumption of youth sports, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner Wednesday authorized students aged 13 and older to participate in outdoor competitions. COVID-19 new-case rates fell low enough in the county last month to allow the resumption of youth competition in sports such as football, basketball, soccer, and water polo, at the discretion of school districts and private clubs and leagues.
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https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/orange-county/education/2021/03/04/lausd-to-resume-high-school-sports-competition |
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