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Petersburg outbreak up to 10 active cases; Superintendent explains distance learning situation Posted by Angela Denning | Jan 5, 2021 Petersburg is seeing its highest COVID-19 active case count since the start of the pandemic and officials are cautioning about the virus spreading in the community. This outbreak has changed operations this week at the hospital and the schools. Petersburg’s emergency operations center Tuesday announced three more COVID positive test results, all in the same family and connected to other cases already announced. Petersburg is now reporting 10 active cases wit...

Published: Monday, 28 December 2020 13:16 Due to weather impacts the following sites are closed Monday, Dec. 28: Moorpark College, Oxnard College, Freedom Park and Santa Paula. Ventura County Fairgrounds is open. It is a walk-in site. Enter on Shoreline Drive. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Testing by Appointment at State Testing Sites. The state offers two testing sites. One is located in Newbury Park at the Thousand Oaks Library and the other is at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. Appointment required. Call 1-888-634-1123 or visit www.lhi.care/covidtesting Testing by Appointment at C...

The standardized state testing, you know, it has become a right answer, rather than a way to think. a way to open up your minds to figure out answers for yourself. and, that is what the biggest problem is. martha: some of the people who complain about the common core say they feel like the federal government is mandating to the states but the federal government says, no, we're not. they claim that is not true. what do you say, based on your own experience? how is it really working? >> it's not working very well at all. you know, we are, what east happening is we are just inundated with data co...

Year so students were in class on saturday. administrators are worried about student performance. >> the biggest impact is going to be on our state testing towards the end of the year. we do that in may. >> students say it wasn't so bad. for some students, it was probably fun. art students and band using the day to go on field trips they missed because of the bad weather. all right. after a raucous weekend, those still able to stand in places like new orleans and rio are entering the stretch run of mardi gras, fat tuesday is tomorrow. >> and carnival, the masked contest took over the famous ...

Is destroying our ability for these children to have the opportunity to succeed. >> there you go, the move about camden, the governor to appoint a new superintendent and leadership team to run the nose diving education system. to give you an idea how bad things are, look at the stats. 23 of camden's 75 schools now ranked among the worst, a 56% graduation rate, with only 38% graduating able to pass state testing. joining us to talk more about this, nbc education correspondent ra ham a ellis. great to have you here. how significant is this move? >> it will be significant if it makes a difference...