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State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Visits San Diego County Schools Open for In-Person Learning that Utilize Strong Safety Measures and Social-Emotional Supports
SACRAMENTO State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond raised his hand and joined elementary students for class today on two campuses in San Diego County that have stayed open for safe, in-person learning by implementing comprehensive safety measures and offering wide-ranging, whole-child supports for students and families.
State Superintendent Thurmond visited Castle Park Elementary and Joseph Casillas Elementary, both located in Chula Vista, an area among the hardest hit by the pandemic. The schools are two out of 49 schools in the Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD), which serves nearly 30,000 students, with 68 percent identified as Hispanic and 36 percent as English learners. CVESD is the largest transitional kindergarten through sixth grade school district in Cal
3 South Bay districts reopen schools for in-person learning
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and last updated 2021-04-12 11:41:55-04
(KGTV) â Three school districts in the South Bay are reopening their respective campuses for in-person instruction on Monday.
The Sweetwater Union High School District, Chula Vista Elementary School District, and San Ysidro School District will welcome students back with hybrid learning plans in place.
Sweetwaterâs interim superintendent said a little over 5,000 students will be back in classrooms for in-person learning.
The districtâs detailed reopening plan can be found at http://www.sweetwaterschools.org/reopening-schools-spring-2021/.
Chula Vista Elementary School District is expecting close to 60 percent of its students to return to schools as part of its hybrid model.
is the chief executive officer of The Lewis Prize for Music, and lives in Coronado.
Last fall, Luna, Bruno, Cesar and Kate enrolled in college immediately out of high school. As Latinx youth who speak English as a second language, college was never a certainty for them. Their start was even more impressive in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, when enrollment from low income and majority non-White high school students declined significantly more than enrollment at high-income or low-minority-enrollment schools.
Along with having engaged families, they shared the key experience of learning music. After handing them their first instruments 10 years ago, I have witnessed music’s role in helping them succeed.