FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) School district employees across the Central Valley are starting to receive their COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr. Rebecca Malmo, Executive Director of Student and Family Support Services, said she didn t hesitate when Madera Unified School District offered her the chance to get vaccinated. They allocated 200 doses, said Malmo. I was really grateful I was one of the people who made it onto the list because others declined it, so I was really fortunate.
Malmo is one of the first in the district to receive the vaccine, but she definitely won t be the last. Once we can get as many people as possible vaccinated in terms of our adult staff, then it s going to be a time when we can bring our students back, said Dr. Malmo.
Clovis Unified teacher explains new routines of distance learning
One sixth-grade teacher says her day to day instruction has completely changed.
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Multidirectional microphones and Zoom classes are daily tools for Mrs. Toews. We chose to do a simultaneous learning model, so I m teaching both live bodies and kids on Zoom at the same time, said Liberty Elementary teacher Chelsea Toews.
Resources just a year ago that she didn t have to use in the classroom. I will give instruction to the class. Everyone is able to see what I m doing, explained Toews. Zoom kids are watching from home, and the live bodies can see what I m doing on the board.
When will local schools reopen? Gov. Newsom announces new website with guidance for state educators
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CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a Safe Schools For All website, one which will offer state guidance to help schools safely reopen.
But at least one district superintendent in the Valley is upset with the funding mechanism the governor has in place to bring students back to campus.
Newsom invited parents to use a new, centralized website school.covid19.ca.gov if they have questions about the framework for a safe reopening of schools.
Administrators can use the website to get technical assistance on a safety plan.
Hundreds line up for drive-through mass COVID vaccination site at Sierra Pacific
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) Traffic was backed up in northeast Fresno, and hundreds of people waited on foot on Thursday for COVID vaccines at a couple of mass distribution sites, as Fresno County shifts its vaccination effort into a new gear. This means having some positivity in life, being able to look at the tunnel and saying there is light and it s coming closer, Sonia Niemotka, of Fresno.
The state moved up the timeline for seniors, and private healthcare providers are helping to speed up vaccine delivery.
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.