Yep, California Really is Getting Hotter and Drier
Every ten years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, averages climate data from the past three decades to get an idea of where the country is weather-wise. And the latest figures show that California s is ALREADY getting warmer and drier.
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Noah Diffenbaugh teaches Earth Systems Science at Stanford University
LAUSD Drops Extended School Year
For much of the last year, Governor Gavin Newsom has been encouraging California schools to extend their school years and add instructional days to their calendars to make up for lost classroom time during the pandemic. To that end, state lawmakers recently approved more than 6-billion in reopening aid … and gave schools the option to spend it on longer school days OR years. But in the L.A. Unified School District … the governor s idea has been a tough sell and this week, the school board decided to approve a normal calendar without an extensi
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In-Person Classes Mean Some Students Are Seeing Teachers, Classmates For First Time
Before teacher Barbara Wexler’s eighth graders returned to campus, she was worried she wouldn’t recognize them.
“A lot of the time, you’re teaching to black boxes,” said Wexler, who teaches at Hale Charter Academy in Woodland Hills.
During online Zoom classes, many teachers say it’s common for students to leave their cameras off.
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As a result, many students and teachers who have
returned to L.A. Unified School District campuses over the past month some of whom have been working together for almost a full school year are now actually seeing each other for the first time since the pandemic forced schools to close campuses.
‘Hoping There’s Quietness Here’
Some high school students heading back to LAUSD campuses say they need a place to escape the distractions of home.
At home, Naytelin Teodoro juggled her Zoom classes and caring for her 4-year-old brother. Now, she’s back on campus at Garfield High School.
“Taking care of my brother and also doing Zoom is a little hectic,” the high school senior said. “It gets a little draining. You have to feed the little kid and also do work, so it’s a lot.”
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“In my house currently,” added Garfield senior Sarahai Cisneros, “it’s my family plus my grandparents. We don’t have a huge mansion; it’s a very small house. It gets frustrating trying to work with other people’s schedules.”
At middle- and high-school campuses across LAUSD, the youngest students will return first.
Half of the district’s 6th and 9th graders will have the option to return to campuses on Tuesday; the other half will return on Wednesday.
Students in the remaining grades will get the option to return on Thursday or Friday, depending on which “advisory” classroom they attend (an advisory is like the modern equivalent of “homeroom”).
‘That’s Going To Take Time’
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Some critics have
accused LAUSD leaders and United Teachers Los Angeles negotiators of setting overly cautious plans for reopening campuses. Those critics have reserved their harshest judgment for the plans on secondary campuses, where students will spend the entire day in their advisory classroom, learning on Zoom while their advisory teacher leads separate classes from the front of the room.
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