State Public Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón rescinded a public health order requiring that all school employees show proof of vaccination or be tested at least weekly. The new policy is effective Sept. 17.
The California Teachers Association has told Governor Gavin Newsom that the union wants schools in counties with high Covid-19 infection rates to remain in distance learning for 100 days so that the state can develop a more aggressive plan to slow the spread of the virus and have all school staff vaccinated.
“We need a clear and coordinated state, county and local plan that puts the health and safety of our communities first and does not take shortcuts toward the path of opening schools in person,” stated union leaders in a letter to Newsom Wednesday. “To do otherwise will continue the ‘yo-yo’ effect we warned of last summer and this fall opening schools, only to then close them because we failed to have the necessary layered protections and asymptomatic testing in place.”
all of the students, parents, they are scared that the students might be assigned to her class. students and parents deal with different substitutes [unintelligible] they deserve to be taught by teachers that are good role models. we re not sure if she is physically ill or mentally ill because we are not doctors. for a person to be absent 70% of the year, it is not really inconsistent. the packet that you are holding in your hand right now, these are the samples of the parent s letters written to our principal. we get no response. there are approximately 500 signatures in the package. we have approximately 40 parents over here. it is hard to assemble that many people together around for the day s meeting today s meeting. what you guys are looking at right now is a very great problem that we have. [beeping] is my minute up already? i ll wrap it up. what can the school board do for us and the children? and what can parents expect for the near-term resolution to this ongoing p
this is the second immediate tim e we ve reviewed their budget. he has certainly been the case that if there was a deficiency identified, where one thing was corrected, it went back and forth. because the petitions are supposed to be complete perfected a, when they come to us, we have not had the back and forth to do that. if we had unlimited time and staff to do that. so the only chance was when a clarification can on the actual verses rounding it out. if i am looking at something like this and looking at an average, it takes away those kind of things. it is not the maximum amount for every individual person. they take into account how many people use their wives health insurance and independent, so what and so forth. this is based on how many people are to the health insurance and how many people are not. these are the kinds of thing is where if the assumption is not put forward in a clear way, we re going to have some issues about that. that is what we tried to move o
again, this is just a suggestion. so does everybody understand what the option is in order to give the board members of little bit more time to have a discussion around the budget peace? he would have a regular budget meeting on the twenty eighth, we would have a special meeting right after to discuss this one item. it would be brought on may 3 half of the committee as a whole meeting for final vote? is there a question about what the proposed timeline is? this is provided that the state would be willing to put this on their agenda and willing to address in it if need be. just a point of clarification. what is supposed to take place and before that? take place before that? they can come and answer the questions that have been stated here? that is the purpose that comes to the budget meeting for the presentation. is it to clarify those things? did you have any opportunity to have dialogue with edison? as you were making recommendations, it did not sound like that hap