Palm Springs Unified School Board reviewed their reopening timeline at their meeting Tuesday night. Their initial goal to return on February 16th is now on hold for the time being. “Our adjusted case rate is 107.2, in order to be eligible for reopening you need to be at at 28 per 100k [residents], and […]
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Starting Monday Riverside County schools can apply for waivers to open for in-person teaching. The waivers would only apply to certain grades and applicants will have to go through a thorough application process. NBC Palm Springs spoke to Riverside County Public health officials who explain the process. Many families have reported issues with online learning […]
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) – San Diego County has officially been removed from the state’s COVID-19 monitoring list, setting in motion a 14-day countdown that could see K-12 students back in the classroom as soon as Sept. 1, depending on the guidance of individual school districts. The announcement comes as San Diego County public health officials […]
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The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is launching an extensive program to provide regular Covid-19 testing and contact tracing to all students and staff, and to families of those who test positive. Superintendent Austin Beutner said in a press release Sunday the effort was “unprecedented” but necessary to safely reopen schools. “This will provide […]
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A Republican leader in the state and several parents are suing Governor Gavin Newsom over COVID-19 related school closures. They want schools to reopen, but the governor and health officials say it’s best they remain closed. NBC Palm Springs spoke with Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County’s top health officer, to get his opinion on schools […]
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Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser issued a memorandum to officials of public and private elementary schools in Riverside County Wednesday. The memo addresses that while the state provided guidance for the school waiver process earlier this week, Riverside County does not currently meet the state’s threshold to begin accepting waivers. The memo […]
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Up until today, the decision on schools reopening for in-person instruction has been left up to local districts to decide. Governor Newsom has announced that schools located in counties on the state’s monitoring list must stay closed. The state is looking critically at the counties on the so-called coronavirus watch list. Now telling them their […]
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday ordered all school campuses to remain closed when the academic year begins in counties on the state’s monitoring list due to spiking coronavirus cases — including Riverside, San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange counties. The order means districts across Southern California will begin the new school year with […]
