Red Tier For Sonoma County Is Green Light For Schools To Reopen - Petaluma, CA - Schools in Sonoma County were given a three-week window starting Friday to reopen or do a phased-in reopening.
KSRO News Director Michelle Marques talks with Dr. Steve Herrington, Superintendent of the Sonoma County Office of Education about vaccination efforts, as well
February 1, 2021
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Santa Rosa City Schools are approving a study to consider unifying any or all of the 8 elementary districts that feed into their own middle and high schools. The Press Democrat reports the district’s board of trustees approved the study last month which would direct Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools Steve Herrington to hire a firm to conduct the study. $200,000 in total have been set aside for this consolidation study and another being done for West Sonoma County Union. These studies come as districts across the county struggle to retain students, as the County reports a 5% decrease of students in the past five years.
This article was updated to include information about President Joe Biden s Covid-19 response plan.
An unpredictable vaccine supply and lack of statewide coordination has school districts across California struggling to figure out how to vaccinate their teachers and other school staff and equally importantly, when.
After health care workers and staff at long-term care facilities, teachers and other school employees are included in the next phase (Phase 1B) of the state’s vaccine rollout.
But when they actually get vaccinated will depend on how many doses come into the state and are made available in each county, if there are sites to distribute vaccines and whether their counties have finished vaccinating health care workers and nursing home residents in Phase 1A of California’s roll out plan.
December 22, 2020
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Jack speaks with Dr. Steve Herrington, Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools, about the proposed legislation to reopen schools, potential roadblocks, possible re-openings, return protocol & other administrative variables: