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Salinas Union High School District starts school Wednesday. It s a long time coming for thousands of students and staff. Students in the district are coming back full-time if they want to.The concerns, anxiety of the pandemic are still there but so is the thrill to learn in a classroom again. It is a monumentous task. There are just so many moving parts, said Kati Bassler, Salinas Valley Federation of Teachers president.It s setting up the desks in the classrooms, learning how to share space to figuring out how to enforce COVID-19 protocols.On Wednesday, 16,500 students are expected to return to in-person learning five days a week at Salinas Union High School District. Masks will be required for all inside, while outside is optional. Face coverings cannot include bandanas or neck gators.Bassler said, there will be a lot of challenges but that s life. And I think that we have all experienced so many challenges and discovered how resilient we all are, We have really focused on
A former Salinas High biology teacher is charged with having sex with a 17-year-old girl for the second time in six years.
Juan Govea was charged with felony sexual assault on a minor, five years after charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with the same minor were dismissed after victim refused to testify.
According to a 2017 interview with the Monterey County DA s Office, prosecutors are allowed two dismissals in a felony case, which opened up the door for the woman at the center of the case to change her mind down the road.
Now, new charges have been filed regarding his relationship with the same minor: Two counts of oral copulation with a minor.
In California, CRT is
on the move.
As reported by the New York Post, on June 23rd, Hayward Unified School District’s board of trustees cast a unanimous vote.
The Bay Area board approved a mandatory “ethnic studies” program based on Critical Race Theory.
It’s the state’s first such required curriculum covering every grade level including preschool.
Forty million taxpayer dollars will whack away at white supremacy.
By next year, the course of study will be required for graduation.
An official press release fingers the focus:
The Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) Board of Trustees voted unanimously at the June 23, 2021 meeting to approve a new Ethnic Studies policy for the district and to waive the need for a second reading. …
Hayward Unified School District, in the Bay Area, serves 30 schools
On June 25 the board voted to make ethnic studies compulsory for all students
The curriculum will be informed by and include Critical Race Theory
The district is spending $40 million on the new program, including consultants
The consultants will train the teachers - some charging $1,500 an hour
The scheme is part of Governor Gavin Newsom s $100 billion education plan