Again this is part of the effort to slow the spread of the virus as much as possible. Kron fours dan kerman has been following the story he joins us live. Dan. Or out in front of Sanchez Elementary School here in San Francisco in as you can see theres nothing going on there hasnt been anything going on here any of the other schools in the area across the bay area all day because the schools have been closed because of the shelterinplace orders and now the School Districts have decided because those orders are in place and because the schools need to contribute to the slow the spread of the virus. They need to keep the schools close not to the beginning of april but to the beginning of may. Across the Bay Area School classrooms, playgrounds and parking lots are empty. Thats because School Districts of shutdown classroom instruction to slow the spread of the coronavirus of course he would rather be in school, we know that Public Schools are an essential part of or Greater School communit
Resources. Theyre all located their that one spot. The city says of this space there allows for greater collaboration while also keeping workers safe with social distancing. Well heres what the state has so far in terms of supplies to combat the coronavirus over 24 million in 95 masks have been distributed within the state. A 100 million additional in 95 mask have also been secure it so thats good news 66,800 tests have been conducted so far and 10s of thousands are still waiting for results. Well 6 bay area counties will extend School Closures through may 1st and thats an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus kron fours dan kerman has details. The signs outside San Francisco Sanchez Elementary School might say the school is closed through april 3rd. But now the San Francisco Unified School District along with the county offices of education in alameda contra customer in san mateo and santa clara had extended the closure another month we want to truly embrace what is being put o
Students and 19,000 employees. Bureau chief Tracee Wilkins explains why leaders decided to stick with the local favorite even after a nationwide search. I am so proud to announce, without reservation, my appointment of dr. Monica goldson as the permanent chief executive officer of reporter there were plenty of Standing Ovations after dr. Monica goldson was named the new c. E. O. Of the Prince Georges County Public School system. Goldson has been serving as interim c. E. O. For the past 11 months. She was appoint today that positionfter former c. E. O. Kevin maximwell decided to step down after years of controversy. Under maxwells leadershipment school wasid dived, lost money and was entangled in a scandal that led to overght of the system. It is a neway. From july 23rd, i will continue to do that. Reporter the County School sysm is in need of stability. Its had some eight leaders in the last 20 years. Goldson was among 20 national candidates. The Selection Process lasted a month and a
Right now on news 4 this week, new leader. The local favorite picked to lead Prince Georges County after a nationwide search. Crystal city transforming ahead of amazons arrival there. Well explain how that is going to be changing your commute. And daring rescue. A young man helped save a young mom from a potentially deadl. Dog attack announcer welcome to news 4 this week. Herlo, evne. Im leon harris, and this week the interim c. E. O. Was officially named the permanent c. E. O. Of Prince Georges County schools. Dr. Monica goldson has overseen thchool district since last july. She will be in charge of 200 schools and centers, 130,000 students and 19,000 employees. Bureau chief Tracee Wilkins explains why leadersecided to stick with the local favorite even after a nationde search. I am so proud to announce, without reservation, my appointment of dr. Monica goldson as the permanent chief executive officer of reporter there were plenty of Standing Ovations after r. Monicaoldson was named t
Over President Trumps reported vulgar language describing some chris. The president denies using an expletive but people in the room say the reports are true. Weijia jiang has the latest. Reaction to alleged comments made by President Trump were swift and strong from democrats and republicans. The statements of the president are reprehensible, racist, they are totally incorrect. This remark by the president of the United States is blatant racism. During a meeting in the oval office on thursday senator dick durbin proposed restoring the immigration package. The president interrupted him and said why do we want all these people from expletive hole countries here . We should bring in for people from places like norway. I cant defend it. I dont think anybody can. I dw where he wanted to go with it. The president denied reports on twitter. He wrote the language used by me at the daca meeting was tough but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the out landish proposal mad