(CALmatters) – Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday touted the state’s progress in reopening schools, even as California continues to offer its students the least amount of in-person learning in the country.
Silhouettes of students walking between buildings reflected in a window at Ruby Bridges Elementary school in Alameda on March 16, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
At a press conference at a Sonoma County elementary school that had reopened two days before, the governor said that more than 9,000 of the state’s 11,000 schools have already welcomed students back to campus or plan to do so soon. That’s about the same figure he cited a month ago. As of Wednesday, only 62% of elementary students, 37% of middle school students and 39% of high school students had the option of receiving some level of in-person instruction, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis of state data.
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UpdatedTue, Mar 16, 2021 at 10:56 pm PT
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The governor addressed recall efforts against him. The reality is, (it) looks like it s going on the ballot. (Eli Walsh/Bay City News)
ALAMEDA, CA Gov. Gavin Newsom visited an Alameda elementary school on Tuesday, criticizing the effort to recall him while touting the state s progress in reducing coronavirus cases and expanding vaccine access. Newsom visited Ruby Bridges Elementary School as part of a series of school visits in recent weeks as students return to in-person classes for the first time in roughly a year.
Those reopenings were spurred earlier this month by Newsom s signing of a $6.6 billion legislative package to support increased safety for students and educators as well as personal protection equipment, improvements to classroom ventilation and regular coronavirus testing.
Newsom Touts Reopening Schools, Plummeting Covid-19 Cases On Eve Of Recall Signature Deadline
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Gov. Gavin Newsom visited an Alameda elementary school on Tuesday, criticizing the effort to recall him while touting the state s progress in reducing coronavirus cases and expanding vaccine access.
Newsom visited Ruby Bridges Elementary School as part of a series of school visits in recent weeks as students return to in-person classes for the first time in roughly a year.
Those reopenings were spurred earlier this month by Newsom s signing of a $6.6 billion legislative package to support increased safety for students and educators as well as personal protection equipment, improvements to classroom ventilation and regular coronavirus testing.