California Schools Put to the Test: COVID-19 Testing and Safely Reopening Campuses
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English - November 04, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEducation News News Commentary education schools funding california finance policy legislation budget teachers business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Despite the pandemic, California students are beginning to return to campuses for in-person instruction. In this episode, we connect with education leaders in San Diego and Napa counties to explore how schools in their regions are addressing key guidelines for reopening safely, including partnering with their county health departments to test employees for the COVID-19 virus.
OUR GUESTS:
When and how best to safely reopen our schools for in-person instruction remains top of mind for students, families, educators, communities, and the whole state. It has also become highly politicized. Under California's color-tiered monitoring system, schools in many counties across the state are now eligible to resume in-person classes, as long as they follow guidelines for safety and physical distancing -- and many students are indeed back on campuses. Josh and Paul share challenges to reopening in their counties, strategies being utilized to address them, and protocols in place for when positive cases occur.
Also, series host Paul Richman shares a few highlights from recent informational hearings in the state legislature.
JUST OUT: To help organizations, including schools, increase COVID-19 testing capacity, on Nov. 4 the California Department of Public Health issued a letter to school leaders and a Playbook regarding the new Valencia Laboratory state partnership.
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