Fresno Pacific University makes plans for in-person learning this fall
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Fresno Pacific University junior Veronica Mendez smiles just thinking about a return to campus. I m also very excited because we get to be back on campus, we get to see our professors, we get to see our peers, said Mendez.
The history student says online learning hasn t been easy. You re doing everything at home, continued Mendez. You re doing family life at home. If you re doing an on-campus job, you re doing that at home.
The thought of spending senior year back in a classroom has her sights set on the future.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) Several Valley school districts are using COVID-19 surveillance testing to help keep students and staff safe in the classroom.
Kids aren t the only ones taking tests these days in local schools. Staff members are now regularly checked for COVID-19. What they required is once we were open, we had to determine and test 10% of our employees that are face to face with students, said Clovis Unified Associate Superintendent of Human Resources, Barry Jagger.
This practice, known as surveillance testing, is a requirement for schools to hold in-person classes. Each district does it a bit differently. We select a date, I send out an email informing our staff that it s a great time to volunteer to take a test, the date, the time, and then we get sign-ups, said Roberto Gutierrez, the Deputy Superintendent of Kings Canyon Unified. Usually, we have quite a bit of staff wanting to volunteer.
In-person classes for Clovis Unified secondary students pushed back again
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CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) 7th to 12th-grade students in the Clovis Unified School district will have to wait even longer to return to their school campus.
In-person instruction was supposed to be phased in on January 6th - then that date got pushed back two weeks because of new guidance from the Fresno County Health Department.
Now that date is being delayed even further to at least February 1st.
The district points to the lack of change in county-wide COVID data.
It says it will have more updates in the coming days.
Clovis Unified School District delays bringing back secondary students
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CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) Empty parking lots and vacant campuses - not the scene Clovis Unified staff had planned for the day. We were really disappointed to share news on New Year s Eve that we re making a modification, says Kelly Avants.
Last-minute guidance from the Fresno County Health Department changed their starting plans. They came to us with new guidance and we ve always been committed to following the guidance that our local health officials have given to us, in which we hold on our next phase of returning for two week, Avants said.
The distribution plan for the COVID-19 vaccine in Central California
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The first shipment is expected to arrive Tuesday.
The pandemic is now in its ninth month so the vaccine will also serve as a shot of confidence in the fight against the coronavirus.
Nearly 8,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine are now headed to the Fresno County Health Department. About 40,000 more doses are expected by the end of the month.
Fresno County Community Health Division Manager Joe Prado said, We expect to receive our first shipment to arrive in the next 24 hours so as we receive notification, we ll be able to take receipt in the next 24 hours.