New superintendent for West Contra Costa Unified has concrete ideas for closing achievement gaps edsource.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from edsource.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
About half the teachers return to school as students resume classes in West Contra Costa Unified
Only half of teachers return in West Contra Costa school district
Some students in the West Contra Costa Unified School District returned to classrooms on Monday: Some students will be back for just a couple of hours a day, twice a week and many of them will not see their teachers in person. Allie Rasmus reports
RICHMOND, Calif. - Some students in the West Contra Costa Unified School District returned to classrooms on Monday: Some students will be back for just a couple of hours a day, twice a week and many of them will not see their teachers in person.
Some students in West Contra Costa Unified return to campus; teachers allowed to stay home ktvu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Kathy Chouteau
As the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) readies to reopen Mon., April 19, the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) has announced the reactivation of a number of supplementary bus linesâalso known as the 600-seriesâto schools throughout the East Bay. Due to the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders, the supplementary bus lines had been temporarily suspended since March 2020.
Following Gov. Gavin Newsomâs December 2020 announcement of the âSafe Schools for Allâ guidelines to reinstate in-person academic instruction, AC Transit worked to coordinate with East Bay school districts and independent school administrators to determine their reopening dates and has confirmed that multiple schools will reopen Monday.Â
By Kathy Chouteau
The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) has a new superintendent. At its Wed., April 14 meeting, the Board of Trustees voted 5-0 to name Dr. Kenneth “Chris” Hurst, Sr. as the district’s next superintendent. Dr. Hurst, who will leave his role as superintendent of the Othello School District in Othello, Wash. to lead the WCCUSD, will commence his three-year contract May 17.
In his new role, Dr. Hurst will bear the distinction of the being the WCCUSD’s first permanent African American superintendent. (Per the district, Sylvester Greenwood and Dr. Cynthia LeBlanc both served as interim superintendents for one-year terms). He will be the district’s 10