WELCOME
WELCOME XANTHI PINKERTON FROM ELK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT. FIRST TEXT FOR YOU, WHEN WILL
SCHOOLS REOPEN?
A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE TALKING
ABOUT -- BUT I'LL GROVE HAS
SOME YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL SO WHEN
WOULD THEY POSSIBLY BE READY TO
GO?
>> I DON'T KNOW WITH THE PHASE
WILL BE FROM THE GOVERNOR AND
THE STATE OR THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION IN TERMS OF WHEN WE
CAN BRING STUDENTS BACK.
OF COURSE, HAVING STUDENTS ON
OUR CAMPUSES IS SO VITAL WITH
THEIR EDUCATION AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR OUR
COMMITTEE BUT FOR SOCIETY.
SO WHEN WE CAN, IT WILL REALLY
DEPEND ON WHAT THE NEXT PHASE
IS GOING TO BE WENT IT COMES TO
HEALTH AND SAFETY.
SAFETY WILL ALWAYS BE THE TOP
PRIORITY.
WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE OUR YEAR-
ROUND SCHOOL STARTING IN JULY
AND RIGHT AFTER OR RIGHT AFTER
FOURTH OF JULY AND THEN WE
COULD BRING IN TRADITIONAL
SCHOOLS TYPICALLY IN THE AUGUST
TIMEFRAME.
SO WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING
WHAT WILL BE COMING OUT GOING
FORWARD AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO
DO WHEN WE CAN (>> X1 COMING UP
IT WILL THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
IN FACE TO FACE CLASSES BE
REDUCED IN THE FUTURE?
YOU KNOW, WHAT MOST CLASSES
HAVE 32, 30 OR 28 OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
WITH BUDGETS AND ALL THAT, THAT
WILL BE TOUGH.
>> IT IS.
IT'S A VERY TOUGH DECISION AND
THERE ARE MANY SCENARIOS RIGHT
NOW THAT ARE OUT IN THE
EDUCATIONAL WORLD ON ARE WE
LOOKING AT 20 PERCENT OR 50
PERCENT OF STUDENTS BACK IN
CLASS.
ARE WE LOOKING AT COMBINATIONS
OF DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE
REDUCED NUMBERS OF STUDENTS
PHYSICALLY IN CLASS.
BUT SIMILAR NUMBERS OF STUDENTS
ALTOGETHER FOR A PARTICULAR
TEACHER.
AND AGAIN, WHAT MAKES IT MORE
COMPLEX, IS IF YOU'RE TALKING
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERSUS HIGH
SCHOOL.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS
RIGHT NOW THAT ARE OUT THERE
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE
PIT
>> NEXT WEEK, STUDENTS MISSING
OUT ON A MONTH OR MORE OF
SCHOOL TIME.
IS THE STATE PROVIDING ANY KIND
OF WAIVER FOR THE MISSED HOURS?
WILL THE DISTRICT LOSE MONEY
FOR THE LOST HOURS?
>> I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON
THAT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE WILL WAIT AND SEE.
I KNOW THERE ARE WAIVERS WHEN
THERE IS CRISIS SITUATIONS AND
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND WE
HAVE ALWAYS APPLY FOR WAIVERS
WHENEVER.
>> WHATEVER SENIOR ARL OAK
GROVE IS IN, EVERYONE'S INPUT
SO I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A
MESS DECISION ON THAT.
NEXT ONE, WITH YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS, OBVIOUSLY THERE
FEELING THAT THEY ARE LOSING
OUT ON ONE OF THE BIG MOMENTS
OF OUR LIVES.
THE GRADUATION.
IS THERE ANYTHING PLANNED FOR
ELK GROVE?
MAY BE VIRTUALLY?
>> WE ARE IN THE STAGES OF
PLANNING SOMETHING VIRTUALLY.
WE HAVE NOT CROSSED EVERY TEA
AND DOTTED EVERY EYE BUT THERE
IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE HAVE
EXPRESS THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
REWARDS IN THE REQUISITION AND
HIRING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
IS A TIME THAT IS CRITICAL FOR
STUDENTS BUT ALSO SOMETHING
THAT IS SO MEMORABLE FOR THEM.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE
DETAILS PIT
>> GOOD TO KNOW.
NEXT TEXT COMING IN, IS WHAT
HAPPENS IF OUR STUDENT HAS
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
SUBMITTING WORK ONLINE?
>> EVERY DISTRICT IS GOING TO
BE DIFFERENT.
IN OUR DISTRICT, WE PUT UP A
SUPPORT LINE FOR THEM.
IT'S THROUGH THE FAQ IN OUR
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE
PAGE THAT THEY CAN FIND ONLINE
AND THERE IS A NUMBER THEY CAN
CALL THERE TO TALK TO SOMEONE
IN OUR TECH SERVICES.
NOT -- WE CAN'T PROVIDE ALL THE
SOLUTIONS BECAUSE IT COULD BE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES OUT
THERE BUT WE CAN TRY TO AT
LEAST OFFER SOME DIRECTION AND
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AT
LEAST GETTING CONNECTED AND
HELP THEM TROUBLESHOOT WHAT IT
IS THEY NEED TO DO PIT
>> NEXT ONE.
I KNOW A LOT OF SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
THIS WHICH WAS GOING FORWARD
WITH DISTANCE LEARNING UNTIL
EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GET SOME SCHOOL ISSUED LAPTOP
OR HAS ACCESS TO A COMPUTER,
HOW DOES DISTANT LEARNING WORK
IF NOT EVERYBODY HAS
ELECTRONICS?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT
DISTANCE LEARNING THAT WE
EXPRESSED IN THE PAST IS THAT
IT IS SIMPLY JUST TEACHERS AND
ONE LOCATION AND A STUDENTS IN
ANOTHER.
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COURSE
IS, DEPENDING ON THE GRADE
LEVEL, AND DEPENDING ON THAT
CONDUCTIVITY.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS
EITHER HAVE A PACKET PHYSICALLY
THAT WE ARE TOUCHING BASE WITH
THEM ON THE PHONE.
AND THEN THERE'S CONDUCTIVITY
THEN THEY HAVE THEIR
ASSIGNMENTS.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN
TO HELP THEM GET THE MATERIALS
THAT THEY NEED WHETHER THEY ARE
SENT TO THEM DIRECTLY OR THEY
ARE PICKED UP AT THE SCHOOL
SITE OR THEY ARE DONE
ELECTRONICALLY.
SO THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT
SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE SIX
PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS ACROSS
THE GRADES THAT WE ARE WORKING
WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
TROUBLESHOOTING IT WITHIN WITH
THEIR CONNECTIVITY ISSUES.
AND WE ARE VERY POSITIVE AND
VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO OVERCOME WHAT EVER THE
CHALLENGES, EVEN IF IT IS JUST
A MATTER OF HAND DELIVERING A
PARTICULAR PACKET.
>> NEXT ONE, ARE
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
OFFERED THROUGH DISTANCE
LEARNING?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ALL OF THE
COURSES THAT ARE THERE BUT I DO
KNOW THAT'S FOR OUR SENIORS AT
LEAST THERE ARE COURSES THAT
WILL BE ELECTIVES THAT THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE IN TERMS
OF EXTRACURRICULAR, IT'S A
LITTLE COMPLICATED BECAUSE
NORMALLY FOR CURRICULAR COULD
BE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL HOURS.
SO IT'S A MATTER OF WHETHER OR
NOT STUDENTS ARE ENGAGING.
WE DO HAVE CTE COURSES AND WILL
BE INTERESTING TO SEE
>> GUEST: I JUST HAVE NOT
PERSONALLY SEEN ALL THE COURSES
STUDENTS ARE TAKING.
IF THEY ARE TAKING MORE THAN
SIX OR SEVEN COURSES AT THEIR
SCHOOLS AND ENGAGED IN OTHER
PROGRAMS.
I KNOW THAT SOME PROGRAMS ARE
STILL OPERATIONAL THAT ARE LIKE
IMPROVING YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT