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With Federal Relief Dollars on the Way, Districts Face Big Decisions
Reduce class sizes, lengthen the school year, provide tutoring—or let principals decide?
Mergeruite Roza & Chad Aldeman
April 7, 2021
https://www.educationnext.org/with-federal-relief-dollars-on-the-way-districts-face-big-decisions/
State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts
State Issues Updated K-12 Guidance Strongly Recommending a Minimum Three-feet Physical Distancing between Student Seating in the Classroom to Align with Latest Science and Recent CDC Guidance
Date: March 20, 2021
Number: NR21-094
Contact: CDPHpress@cdph.ca.gov
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR21-094.aspx
California adopts CDC’s recommendation to reduce social distancing in school to 3 feet
Change could significantly increase number of students who can attend class at the same time
John Fensterwald
MARCH 19, 2021
Science Brief: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in K-12 schools
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Updated Mar. 19, 2021
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-research/transmission_k_12_schools.html
CDC Updates Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools to Reflect New Evidence on Physical Distance in Classrooms
Press Release
Embargoed Until: Friday, March 19, 2021, 12 p.m. ET
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/p0319-new-evidence-classroom-physical-distance.html
Kids don’t need to keep six feet apart in schools. Three feet is just as safe.
Our research found no difference in coronavirus spread among students and staff with different guidelines.
Westyn Branch-Elliman, Polly van den Perf, and Elissa Schechter-Perkins
March 15, 2021 at 3:00 a.m. PDT
CDC misinterpreted our research on opening schools. It should loosen the rules now.
Keeping schools closed or even partially closed, based on what we know now, is harming children.
Dr. Tara O. Henderson, Dr. Monica Gandhi, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, Dr. Daniel Johnson
Opinion contributors
March 9, 2021 3:15am ET, Updated March 9, 2021 3:16pm ET
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/09/cdc-school-opening-covid-rules-guidance-column/4628552001/
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers
In Hobbs, New Mexico, the high school closed and football was cancelled, while just across the state line in Texas, students seemed to be living nearly normal lives. Here’s how pandemic school closures exact their emotional toll on young people.
by Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman
March 8, 12:58 p.m. EST
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-lost-year-what-the-pandemic-cost-teenagers
CDPH admits “There is no study that has specifically tested the differences between physical distancing approaches (6 feet vs. 4 feet. vs. 3 feet) in reducing in-school transmission.”
https://mobile.twitter.com/ReopenCASchools/status/1367925933068353539/photo/1
Opinion by Jeanne Noble
March 4, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. PST
Jeanne Noble, a physician, is director of covid response at the University of California at San Francisco emergency department.
CA pediatricians say students can safely return to the classroom
Over 500 pediatricians in San Diego and Imperial counties say they strongly support students going back to school in person.
Author: LaMonica Peters (KFMB)
Published: 10:19 PM PST February 9, 2021
Updated: 10:19 PM PST February 9, 2021
Roseville high school district keeps 5-day schedule after surveying parents and moving desks
BY SAWSAN MORRAR
FEBRUARY 01, 2021 01:25 PM, UPDATED FEBRUARY 01, 2021 06:38 PM
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article248915054.html
