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Some local teachers unions balk at unsafe school reopening plans January 25, 2021 1:19 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg
Banners in support of elementary school teachers hang outside Brentano Elementary School on Jan. 4, a week before some teachers were required to return to in-person teaching. | Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times/AP
CHICAGO – President Joe Biden has set a goal of reopening the nation’s public schools safely within 100 days. Some local teachers unions are balking, saying school bosses are rushing ahead to in-classroom learning without taking all needed safety steps against the coronavirus pandemic.
The school board will start its meeting at 5 p.m. in closed session to have a conference regarding labor negotiations in response to the teachers’ union “demand to bargain” letter, dated Jan. 10, objecting to the school district s return-to-campus plans, posted on the Jan. 13 school board agenda. In the letter, the teachers union President Angie Genasci wrote, in part: The membership feels that the current plan of (1) bringing elementary students back to campus for two days in this and next week and beginning a full hybrid schedule the following week and (2) bringing the middle and high school students back to campus at the end of January before we know if the case rates have lowered to the guidelines set forth by our Governor, is not one that is taking into consideration the physical safety of our students or staff.
CARLSBAD
The Carlsbad City Council met Tuesday for a presentation on regional COVID-19 vaccination coordination. The council approved the Biotech and Beyond building as a regional point of distribution for vaccination and testing programs, coordinated by emergency services agencies. The council heard a presentation on the city’s Clean Energy Alliance power supply product offerings and agreed to offer several options, with the ability for customers to opt out and return to San Diego Gas & Electric if they preferred. Council member Keith Blackburn was approved as mayor pro tempore. Several appointments were approved: Jengi Martinez, Michael Luna and Michael Sebahar, Parks & Recreation Commission; Geoff Gray, Carlsbad Golf Lodging Business Improvement District Advisory Board.
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Plans to reopen for in-person learning at Pleasanton Unified School District took centerstage during the Board of Trustees first regular online meeting of the year on Thursday.
While Alameda County remains in the state s purple tier of COVID-19 monitoring and the Bay Area s regional ICU capacity has been in the single digits since last week, instruction continues for PUSD students via remote learning, but PUSD officials are progressing with plans to eventually return to the classroom.
Ed Diolazo, assistant superintendent of student support services, told the Board that Governor Gavin Newsom s plan to reopen schools released in late December pretty much aligned to what we already approved for when we re able to reopen, by staggering the reopening of elementary grades and focusing on small cohorts at the secondary level.
Governor outlines the framework to continue and expand safe in-person instruction in early spring, including a $2 billion early action proposal to support school safety measures
Governor’s plan is built on four pillars: Funding to Support Safe Reopening; Safety & Mitigation Measures for Classrooms; Hands-on Oversight & Assistance for Schools; and Transparency & Accountability for Families & School Staff
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom released the State Safe Schools for All plan on Dec. 30. This plan was created for California’s framework to support schools to continue operating safely in-person and expand the number of schools safely resuming in-person instruction.
Informed by growing evidence of the decreased risks and increased benefits of in-person instruction – especially for our youngest students – Governor Newsom is advancing a strategy that will help create safe learning environments for students and safe workplaces for educators and other school staff.