Why do you want to serve on the CUSD board?
I have served as a CUSD board member for the past four years. My children graduated from Half Moon Bay High School. I have the ability to view the K-12 experience for students in its entirety. I would like to be a stable force through the pandemic, instituting routine study sessions that are non-decisional. This would provide uniform information to all board members and the public, improving understanding on complex topics that impact our students.
What would be your top priorities if elected?
My top priority will be to bridge public education through this pandemic, with a bias toward equity and access to resources for all students. Long- term equitable foundation pieces such as visual and performing arts will improve student performance in all subjects. Timing is right for CUSD to explore use of its surplus land. We must work with Sacramento on a different funding model, to achieve a sustainable base for better teacher pay.
Sacramento City Unified eyes fall for return to full in-person learning Share Updated: 8:24 PM PDT Apr 29, 2021 KCRA Staff Share Updated: 8:24 PM PDT Apr 29, 2021
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Show Transcript THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT 4:00. 32 GOOD MORNING TY: GOOD MORNING, I’M TY STEELE. MODERNITY WANTS TO MAKE UP TO ONE BILLION OF ITS COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES THIS YEAR. IN JANUARY THE INITIAL GLOBAL ESTIMATE WAS 3 MILLION DOSES. THE DRUGMAKER ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ADD MORE DOSES. THE GOAL IS 3 BILLION DOSES BY NEXT YEAR. ESTIMATES INCLUDE THE ON BUT THE COMPANY’S AUTHORIZED COVID-19 VACCINE ALONG WITH POTENTIAL LOWER DOSE VARIANT BOOSTERS AND PEDIATRIC VACCINES. TONI: GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS URGING THE FDA TO FOLLOW CALIFORNIA’S LEAD AND BAN MENTHOL FLAVORED CIGARETTES. THE AGENCY FACES A COURT ORDERED DEADLINE TODAY TO RESPOND TO A CITIZEN PETITION URGING THE BAN. EXPERTS SAY IT COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF BLACK AM
"The more you test, the more [positive cases] you may find. We were ready, we were prepared and excited to be able to offer this opportunity [COVID-19 testing]," said Victoria Flores, director of student support services at the Sacramento City Unified School District.
Bunker Hill schools offering telehealth
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Bunker Hill school nurse Christy Scott works with district students and families through the telehealth program.
BUNKER HILL Bunker Hill Community Unit School District No. 8 has brought telehealth services to each of its schools.
Partnering with Hazel Health, this remote rural district located in a federal-designated medically deprived area, has taken advantage of advances in technology in order to improve learning conditions for students, as well as healthcare access for all families.
The service officially began last week, after an enrollment drive secured approximately 30% of the district’s families to “opt in” to the optional service. While not designed to take the place of a primary care physician, this virtual “doctor on-demand” service occurs in the school during the school day.
The lawmakers go on to point out in the letter that there are currently nearly ten million fewer jobs in the U.S. than before the pandemic, and that case numbers and hospitalizations continue to drop countrywide.
“By allowing our nation’s schools to remain shuttered, you are depriving these children of the people and support systems they depend on,” the lawmakers wrote. “In addition to the impact of the youth mental health crisis, school closures are increasing education inequality in the United States.”
Santa Clarita has made its first steps in an attempt to reopen schools, beginning with the Castaic Union School District (CUSD), which voted to reopen their in-person classes after both state and county health orders allowed it Thursday.
Castaic Union School District To Discuss In-Person Learning For TK-2 Students
The Castaic Union School District (CUSD), is set to discuss returning Transitional Kindergarten through second-grade students back to in-person learning at their next board meeting next week.
CUSD is targeting Monday, Feb. 22 as the return date to allow TK-2 students to return to in-person learning, said Steve Doyle, the superintendent for the District.
“At the Jan. 14th meeting of the Board of Trustees, it was approved that Monday, Feb. 22nd was the planned target date for the return of our TK-2 students in the hybrid model,” Doyle said in a letter sent to Castaic parents last week.
The Castaic Union School District governing board appointed a new president during its annual organizational board meeting last month.
The board voted to appoint Mayreen Burk, representative for Trustee Area E, as CUSD board president for the 2021 year, which was previously held by Fred Malcomb, representative for Trustee Area C.
“I look forward to working as a board to focus on student achievement. I know we all look forward to having all of our students back on campus as soon as it is safe to do so,” Burk said. “We will also be focused on providing the social and emotional support our students and staff will need this year as we continue with distance learning and when we are able bring all students back on campus. This has been an extraordinarily tough year, and we want to make sure everyone gets the support they need.”