REOPEN
REOPEN CAMPUSES AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE. THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS IN LIGHT OF
THE GOVERNOR'S NEW GUIDELINES
TO REOPEN SCHOOLS LIKE WHAT
WILL THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENTS? SAN
DIEGO UNIFIED BOARD PRESIDENT
JOHN LEE EVANS JOINS US NOW TO
HELP PREPARE A LITTLE BIT HERE.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU, SIR. GOOD
MORNING. SO WE KNOW SAN DIEGO
UNIFIED WILL START TO START
THE SCHOOL YEAR VIRTUAL ONLY.
BUT IF THE COUNTY COMES OFF
THAT WATCH LIST FOR 14 DAYS
THE GOVERNOR HAS RECOMMENDED
FOR SCHOOLS THAT WANT TO
REOPEN. WILL SAN DIEGO UNIFIED
REOPEN TO IN-PERSON CLASSES
WHEN WE DESPERATELY WANT TO
REOPEN OUR CLASSES? YES, THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE
NEEDO GET OUT TO THE STATES,
WATCH THIS AND TO DO THAT.
THE NUMBERS NEED TO GO DOWN IN
TERMS OF THE CASE RATE AND
THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. SO
WE'RE WATCHING THAT VERY
CLOSELY. THAT'S BEEN OUR
INTENTION ALL ALONG TO HAVE OUR
SCHOOLS OPEN ALL DAY, EVERY
DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. WE JUST
CAN'T DO IT WHEN WE'RE UNDER
THIS PARTICULAR GOVERNMENT
RESORTED RIGHT NOW. AND WE
ANNOUNCED THIS LAST MONDAY
BECAUSE WE SAW THE WRITING ON
THE WALL. BUT I WANT TO MAKE
CLEAR ALL WE HAVE PLANNED FOR
SO FAR ALL WE'VE COMMITTED TO
IS THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
WE'LL BE ONLINE. BEYOND THAT WE
DON'T KNOW AND THAT'S WHY WE
WITH ALL THIS UNCERTAINTY WE'VE
SET AUGUST 10TH AS A DATE TO
GIVE PARENTS BETTER OUTLINE
ABOUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY EXPECT
TO PHYSICALLY REOPEN OUR
SCHOOLS. YET YOU SAY A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY. THAT'S A BIG
ISSUE. SO A LOT OF PARENTS THIS
IS GONNA BE FALLING ON THEIR
SHOULDERS AGAIN HAVING TO
STRUGGLE WITH BALANCING WORK,
DISTANCE LEARNING. WHAT CAN
PARENTS DO IF THEIR IS NO HELP
AVAILABLE TO THEM? I MEAN THIS
IS A BIG ISSUE. THIS IS A BIG
PROBLEM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY
WHICH IS WHY WE WERE VERY
RELUCTANT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS.
BUT YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE SEND PEOPLE INTO A
HOUSE THAT'S ON FIRE AND THIS
VIRUS IS UNDER CONTROL AT THIS
POINT. SO THE MAIN THING
PARENTS EVERYBODY CAN DO. WELL,
I HOPE AND TRUST AND INTEGRITY
THIS ENTIRE SUMMER IS THAT
PEOPLE WOULD WEAR MASKS
SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BRING
THE VIRUS DOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN MAKE
THE DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THEIR
STUDENTS GETTING BACK TO SCHOOL
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. JOHN, LET
ME JUST ASK A FOLLOW UP WITH
THAT. SHOULD THEY BE TALKING TO
THEIR JOBS, THEIR EMPLOYERS?
HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORK
BECAUSE WE GOT TO DO THIS
TOGETHER. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE
PUT OUT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FIRST
ABOUT THE FIRST WEEK. MOST
PEOPLE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW
FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL IS MEANT
TO BE THAT WAY. THEY NEED TO
THEY NEED TO BE ON NOTICE THAT
BY AUGUST 10TH WE HOPE TO HAVE
ANOTHER ANOTHER UPDATE ON WHEN
WE MIGHT MAYBE OPEN
THE SCHOOLS. WE HOPE IT'S
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. BUT
WE DON'T WANT TO JUST KEEP
SAYING WE DON'T KNOW WE DON'T
KNOW. THAT'S WHY WE SET THIS
FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.
BUT BEYOND THAT WE DON'T KNOW
AT THIS POINT AND THAT'S WHY WE
SET ANOTHER DATE OF AUGUST 10TH
.AT THAT POINT WE HOPE TO HAVE
MORE INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING
TO WORK WITH THAT EPIDEMIOLOGY
FROM UCSD AND THE COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT COME UP WITH
SPECIFIC METRICS IN TERMS OF
THE TYPES OF SAFETY MEASURES
THAT WE NEED TO TAKE WHEN KIDS
ARE ACTUALLY IN SCHOOL. SO
THE REALITY IS WE ARE LIVING IN
THIS UNCERTAINTY BUT WE'RE
GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE
THE PLANS. LAST SPRING WE HEARD
FROM PARENTS WHO SAID THEIR
KIDS WERE FALLING BEHIND AND
THAT THEY WEREN'T GETTING CLOSE
TO ENOUGH INSTRUCTION COMPARED
TO IN CLASS LEARNING. WHAT IS
THE DISTRICT DOING TO MAKE SURE
KIDS WON'T FALL BEHIND THIS
FALL IF THEY DO STAY HOME FOR
DISTANCE LEARNING? WE'RE NOT
GOING TO DO AS WELL WITH
DISTANCE LEARNING AS WE WOULD
DO WITH IN-PERSON LEARNING.
WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY STATEMENTS
TO THE CONTRARY. WE KNOW THAT'S
THE REALITY. THIS IS JUST WHAT
WE HAVE TO DO. IT STARTED WHAT
WE ARE GOING TO DO IS MAKE
DISTANCE LEARNING BETTER FALL
THAN IT WAS IN THE SPRING. I
MEAN THE TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS
WERE JUST THROWN INTO THAT WITH
ANY PREPARATION. ACTUALLY
THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL ISN'T
ME INTENSIVE TRAINING FOR
TEACHERS FOR STUDENTS, FOR
PARENTS ON HOW TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF ONLINE LEARNING
THE BEST THEY CAN. SO YOU KNOW
,ERIC AND I WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT THIS. HE WAS LOOKING ON
THE NEXT DOOR APP AND IT SEEMS
LIKE SOME KIDS MAY GET A BETTER
ADVANTAGE BECAUSE IF THEIR
PARENTS HAVE MONEY FOR TUTORS
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE AHEAD
THAN SOME OTHER STUDENTS. I
MEAN THIS IS A CONCERN AS BIG
CONCERN WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY WE
ARE OPPOSED TO HAVING TO DO
DISTANCE LEARNING. AND BRIAN
JIM SAID WE SET A PLAN FOR
OPENING OUR SCHOOLS FULL TIME
AND THE REALITY IS WE'RE JUST
NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT AT THIS
POINT. BUT WE MAKE NO QUALMS
ABOUT THE FACT IS THAT SOME
STUDENTS ARE GOING SUFFERED
MORE UNDER DISTANCE LEARNING
THAN OTHERS WHICH IS WHY WE ALL
NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A
COMMUNITY TO GET THIS VIRUS
UNDER CONTROL. THE FUTURE OF
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HERE FOR
THE FALL AND WINTER IT'S
EXPECTED TO BE DECIDED TODAY.
SO IF THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH
IT, WHAT IS THE DISTRICT'S
THOUGHTS ON THAT? IF THERE ARE
NO IN-PERSON CLASSES, IS IT A
CASE TO BE HAVING SPORTS?
WHAT'S THE DISTRICT'S THOUGHTS
?WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT BUT
IT WON'T BE GUIDELINES TO BE
YET. BUT FIRST OF ALL, WE KNOW
THAT OUR COUNTY IS UNDER AN
ORDER WHERE SCHOOLS PUBLIC
PRIVATE CANNOT OPEN AND WHEN WE
DO OPEN WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN SIX
FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCE, WEAR
MASKS AND SO FORTH. I'M NOT
SURE WHAT SPORTS CAN BE PLAYED
UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS. SO SO
DOES THE IMF COMING UP WITH
THE RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY. BUT
EVERYTHING IS STILL GOING TO BE
SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNOR'S
ORDERS IN TERMS OUR CURRENT
CLOSURES. BUT WE OUR HOPE IS TO
GET BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO GET
OUR SCHOOLS OPEN TO THEM AND
THE SCHOOLS ARE OPEN. HOPEFULLY
WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF ALTER
DOES SPORTS SEASON BUT WE JUST
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO
BE. AND I DON'T EVEN THINK
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT TODAY.
I SAY I'M GOING TO GIVE
GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF WHAT
HAPPENED BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF
SPORTS. BUT FIRST WE NEED TO
HAVE THIS ORDER LIFTED AND WE
NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 14 DAYS
OF CONSECUTIVE DECREASE IN OUR
CASE RATE AND OUR COMMUNITY
OUTBREAK AND WE'RE LOOKING AT
THAT. IT ALL STARTS WITH ALL OF
US. RIGHT.