They finally discussed how that waiver works and what it means for the bay area. State superintendent tony thurman. So good to have you with us again. Thank you, kristen. Thanks for having me on. Our timing could not be better because, you know, the state just issued the guidelines for that waiver process last night. Literally, we are all just diving into the details now. And before we get into which schools should or should not apply for a waiver based on that, whats the idea behind the waiver . Why give an exception to Elementary Schools . The department of Public Health put out this guidance and the notion is you could create small centers of students on campus and that really provides for support for parents that have to go to work and students do better with inperson instruction. Our schools struggle with space demand, so its hard to maintain physical distance but if you can accommodate safely that you can some students on campus in small numbers, that does create an important opt
The last one left off, away from the classroom. Thanks for joining us. No one will be sitting in these chairs anytime soon after the governor announced this afternoon that public and private School Students cannot go back to class until their counties can slow the spread of the coronavirus. Schools in counties on the states covid watch list are not going to be able to reopen until theyre able to reduce their numbers of cases for 14 consecutive days and so far that effects 43 of 58 counties. When schools do reopen most of the students will have to wear masks. The governor says california is the first state to explicitly have this kind of max mandate. Abc 7 reporter Leanne Melendez joining us now on a busy day of Decision Making for the governor. That was a long press conference. Now Many School Districts were hoping for this mandate because it puts the burden off of them. Now, heres oakland unified, for example, which had 3 55 this afternoon send out a press release to say we had alread
School district announced today that its 54,000 students will be getting their Education Online this fall. The district summit said the decision was made after reviewing evidence from Health Officials as well as getting input from staff, students and families. School administrators will reveal more about how this is going to work in the next few weeks. When im on zoom with my 18 students, there is only so much we can do. At least they can see each other and i can put them in breakout rooms and they can chat and have recess. But there is no substitute for being in school live with your students. The district still needs to get chrome books in the hands of students that dont already have a computer. Plus the sf unified is having internet hot spots around the city so students can connect with their teachers. The fall semester begins august 17th. And conditions have changed significantly in reason weeks with a spike in cases in several counties as we reported. He says safety is paramount h
Really. Northern california and Southern California. Here are the rankings. Here are the rangings. The top five counties all in Southern California. L. A. , riverside, san diego, orange county, san bernardino. Thats 71 of all californias cases. Meanwhile the cabrera counties of santa clara,al need, a San Francisco, san mateo and could notra costa county only make up 9 of the cases. It is hard to say why and some of it is luck but we have to sewell it has more to do with behavioral differences. Whether people are out and about more or not wearing masks. For example in orange county, the Health Officer was criticized so badly for not having mandatory masks she ended up quitting. While in the bay area there hasnt been any public outcry. L. A. Has more than a combined population of all the bay area counties bat 7 million. There are some differences when it comes the Outdoor Recreation culture. So cal beaches have been making headlines for being pakds. In San Francisco it was one of the fir
Information technology a lot ubusinesses. Money went to big what equity actions have your task force presented to the governor so far . I break it down into short term and longterm. Shortterm we need to make the needs of the families of california that are hurting the most and that includes taking care of their healthcare needs. We have millions of hungry people in our state. It is critical and the governor is on this intensely to make sure people are being fed. Longerterm we need programs about creating jobs, getting them back to work, making sure the Education System and enables them to reach their potential so we have a short term specific need to make me needs today and the longerterm goal of creating a structure that addresses economic inequity in our state. Reporter time is of the essence. Have you presented the governor with specific action items . Absolutely. Look, we advise him on all of the Business Decisions he is making so the protocols for opening up a retail store, he is