President sanchez so were missing miss norton clerk moliga. President sanchez welcome to our staff and our families and our students particularly with us. Staff leaders and everybody and to my colleagues on the board. This is going to be quite a long meeting. Most likely quite emotional at times and im going to just make the case to the quorum that we need to treat each other with respect. Were not going to tolerate folks talking over other people, particularly our student delegates which happened last week, and so, again, we expect a quorum though we are discussing issues, theres a lot of emotion in this. And i may have to make that plea more than once, but, again, welcome, everybody. Section a is general information. And b is our opening items approval of the board minutes for october 6, 2020. And we need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Thank you. Any corrections . All right. Roll call. Clerk thank you. [roll call] okay thats five ayes. President sanchez thank you. Two is th
School districts throughout the state have been preparing for a more robust Online Education program than theycould offer in the spring when the pandemic for struck. At that time teachers and parentdistruggled with ance learning from simply getting online to getting assignments done. Tonight we consider the challenges a opportunities the new school year brings, when instruction shifts online. Joining me now v Senior Editor of education julia mcavoy. Also joining us his doctor alicia smith the executive director of the Education Trust west. Thank you bo for joining us. It to be here. Julia lets start with you. Most of californias schoolchildren are going back to school this month but online only. There is a process to get a waiver for elementahool kids. Can you tell us about the criteria . Schools and districts which are in counties where the caseload is under 200 per 100,000 residents, they can apply. Than they have to meet all s so safety criteria, plants were Distance Learning, small
I dont know the definitive answer. I think n that yes, you are correct. We need to check that and get back to you. Right, my concern is, given everything we know in the short term, i would hate for San Mateo County to act because of that imperative. And then i guess the question is, is it possible, i guess you cant really pass we vote to pass both. That sounds bizarre. Not to say that you want to change your vote and but it there a way for the City Attorney to pass both measures . We prefer no government structure but if there were government structure positions, we support them. We couldnt do Something Like that. I understand this is very unorthodox. As of our meeting right now, and if they vote the Santa Clara County board of supervisors. That impasse is what will prevent the measure from appearing on the ballot. It wont be the action we take no matter what action we take. Because thats what you might call a preexisting condition. And as i said, i had any number of conversations with
That i was talking about before. I dont think that we can leave public bank to decide at this point. Thank you. Chair fewer thank you. Clerk that is the only caller. Chair fewer okay, Public Comment is now closed. Madam clerk, is there any more business today. Clerk no further business today. Chair fewer thank you very much everyone. We are adjourned. Disantsing. The second Corner Grocery store i went to, tables were set up. This means, you know, were in the middle of a pandemic, and i think my life is more important than having to pay a quarter for a paper bag. I think this should be suspended for Senior Citizens or suspended, period, until the mayor says that were going back to normal and. [beeping] thank you, caller. Are there any other callers in the cue operation . No more callers in the cue. All right. Thank you, operations. Thank you, charles. The next item is item 5, an update on the departments ongoing Racial Equity hish tive. The speaker is timmy [indiscernible]. This item is
Bring in the uk up to speed is the message from labour, as they aim to bring ultrafast broadband to eve ryo ne bring ultrafast broadband to everyone in the uk over the next ten yea rs if everyone in the uk over the next ten years if they win the general election. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. You join us for a special your questions answered programme where borisjohnson will be taking questions from members of the public in an hour long live phone in on the bbc news channel, radio 5 live. We will be heading to our studio in salford shortly. Its not too late to send in your questions. Over the course of the Election Campaign we hope to put questions from you to the leaders of all the Political Parties. But first a major policy announcement from labour, who planned to deliver fast and free full fibre to every household and business by 2030 and will part nationalise bt to deliver that and tax tech giants to cover the costs, which labour estimates at £20 billion. Her