>> THANK YOU LISA AT THE PERFECT TIME AND FROM ONE TO 5 THE HOTTEST TIME OF
THE DAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY I AM WE WENT OVER
THE GENERAL PLAN IN PLACE FOR
STUDENTS AND STAFF AT NORTHSIDE
ISD FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL
YEAR BUT WE ASKED FOR A VIEWER
IN COMMUNITY QUESTIONS AS WELL
AND THERE HAS BEEN
OVERWHELMING RESPONSES.
>> NORTHSIDE ISD SUPERINTENDENT
DOCTOR BRIAN WOODS JOINS US
LIVE AGAIN THIS MORNING.
GOOD MORNING SUPERINTENDENT
WOODS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> SO ONE OF THE
VIEWER QUESTIONS L AST WHAT
HAPPENS WITH TEACHERS WITH THE
NUMBERS OF DISTANCE LEARNERS
ARE LOW.
>> IT’S IT’S A GREAT WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO STAND UP IS A IS A SYSTEM THAT WOULD HAVE PARENTS
SAY TO US WHAT
THEIR PREFERENCES IN THE
RELATIVE
NEAR FUTURE.
>> AND THEN TRY TO MATCH THAT
PREFERENCE WITH HOW WE
STAFFER SCHOOLS. THAT’S GOING
TO BE PRETTY CHALLENGING WORK.
BUT THAT’S OUR GOAL IS TO TRY
TO MATCH THOSE 2 NUMBERS UP IF
YOU WILL.
>> AND ACTUALLY WE JUST GOT A
QUESTION A FEW MOMENTS AGO
JACKIE WROTE IN ASKING WHAT’S
THE PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION IN
REGARDS TO BUSES ARE THERE
GOING TO BE TEMPERATURE CHECKS
WHEN STUDENTS HAVE TO ENTER
THE BUS AND WHAT IS THE
SANITATION PROCESS LOOK LIKE
FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
>> YEAH I THINK THOUGH THERE
WILL DEFINITELY BE
TRANSPORTATION WE HAVEN’T
DECIDED YET IF WE’RE GOING TO
LIMIT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ON
THE BUS VERY LIKELY WILL
NEED TO. AND HAVE NOT DECIDED
YET WHETHER OR NOT TEMPERATURE
STRUCTURE WILL BE REQUIRED TO
GET ON
A BUS. WE’RE WE’RE GOING TO TRY
TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO BRING
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL RATHER THAN
USE ON THE BUSES THEY WOULD IN
NORMAL TIMES. WILL WILL ALSO VERY LIKELY HAVE TO STAND UP MULTIPLE ROUTES IN THE SAME
NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WE CAN
LIMIT
THE NUMBERS. AND THEN SANITIZE
THE BUS AFTER EACH OF THOSE
ROUTES. SO IT WILL BE AN
EXTENSIVE PROCESS.
>> AND ANOTHER VIEWER QUESTION
THIS ONE
FROM ALFREDO HE IS ASKING
THROUGH OUR ETHIC YOU SECTION
OF KSAT
DOT COM. HE SAYS THEY’RE ALL
MOST LIKELY BE A LOW NUMBER OF
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS THIS SCHOOL
YEAR SO WHO WILL TAKE OVER FOR
SICK TEACHER OR IF THERE NEEDS
TO BE A QUARANTINE.
>> YEAH IT’S IT’S IT’S A GREAT
I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE AN ALL
HANDS
ON DECK. SITUATION SO EVERYBODY
WHO’S IN A SCHOOL.
>> WE’LL HAVE THE NEED TO COVER
WHERE
WE CAN’T IF A TEACHER CAN’T BE
IN THE CLASSROOM. SO
FOLKS THAT NORMALLY WOULD NOT
HAVE THOSE DUTIES WILL VERY
LIKELY THIS COMING YEAR THAT’S
THE GOOD FOLKS LIKE COUNSELORS
AND A READING SPECIALIST AND
SO FORTH, WHO’LL HAVE TO ADD
THAT TO THEIR LIST OF DUTIES.
>> YOU KIND OF YOU BRIEFLY
TOUCH THE POSSIBILITY OF
TEMPERATURE CHECK WE HAD
ANOTHER VIEWER FRANK ASK WHAT
MECHANISMS ARE GOING TO BE IN
PLACE TO MAKE SURE STAFF
STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS
DON’T COME INTO WORK SICK.
>> YEAH, I
THE BEST ANSWER TO THAT WE
HAVE AS OF TODAY IS A SELF
SCREAMING WE’RE LOOKING AT
ELECTRONIC SO
SCREAMING APPS THAT WOULD APPLY
TO BOTH STAFF AND TO STUDENTS
AND FAMILIES AND THAT WOULD
HAVE TO BE COMPLETED AND AN
OBVIOUSLY IN A WAY THAT THAT IS
SATISFACTORY BEFORE FOLKS COULD
ENTER THE BUILDING.
>> AND ANOTHER VIEWER QUESTION
SOME AND SAMANTHA WANTS TO KNOW
IF A CHILD OR TEACHER GET SICK
WITH COVID-19 AND THEY
HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR ABOUT 14
DAYS, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATES AND PE
TEACHER PAY.
>> I DON’T
ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE OR
WHERE THE
STAFF MEMBER IS WORKING IN
DISTANCE LEARNING WHICH WE WILL
DEFINITELY HAVE UP AND RUNNING
BY THE FIRST DAY
OF SCHOOL. I DON’T SEE THAT IT
IMPACTS THE THEIR ATTENDANCE
FOR TEACHER PAY. I THINK WE CAN
SOMETHING DETRIMENTAL ON ON
BOTH OF THOSE TRUMP’S.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION ANGELA
LAST. HOW WERE YOU GUYS HOW DO
YOU PLAN TO
HANDLE IT. IF A TEACHER DECIDES
TO QUIT OR BREAK A CONTRACT
BECAUSE OF FEARS TO COVID-19
ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO REPORT
THAT HE AND IS IT CAN
NEGATIVELY AFFECT THAT TEACHER
OR OTHER TEACHERS IN THE
FUTURE.
>> YEAH WE REALLY HAVEN’T
GOTTEN TO THAT POINT WE’RE
REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO
CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT
WITH
MINIMIZE THAT I WILL REALLY
FOCUSED ON IS TRYING TO CREATE
AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE PARENTS AND
STUDENTS AS WELL AS STAFF FEEL
COMFORTABLE COMING TO THE
BUILDING AND IF THEY DON’T.
WE CAN DO DISTANCE LEARNING
EFFECTIVE WAY THAT’S SAFE FOR
EVERYBODY SO REALLY TRYING TO
BE A MORE PROACTIVE THAN WORRY
ABOUT THAT KIND OF COURSE TRACE
OF HER.
>> ALL RIGHT DOCTOR, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.