.IT'S
.IT'S CALLED STRONGER TOGETHER. IT'S A GUIDEBOOK FOR THE SAFE REOPENING OF
CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
IT IS OUT THIS MORNING. IT'S
NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
DOCUMENT. THERE'S STILL MUCH
MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE
DETERMINED. AND JOINING US THIS
MORNING IS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED
SUPERINTENDENT CINDY MARTIN TO
TALK US THROUGH WHAT'S NEXT.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU, CINDY.
WELCOME. SO THERE ARE SO MANY
SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA
LIKE A THOUSAND WITH SAN DIEGO
UNIFIED ONE OF THE LARGEST.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? OH, YES.
THANK YOU. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU
THIS MORNING AND WHAT WE'RE
EXPECTING ABOUT OPENING FIRST
OF ALL THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED
FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL IS
AUGUST 30 FIRST AND
THE GUIDELINES THAT CAME OUT
YESTERDAY THAT YOU'RE REFERRING
TO ARE THE GUIDELINES FROM
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND THOSE GUIDELINES
LAY OUT BROAD SCALE STATE
LEVEL. WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT
AROUND THE RESPONSIBLE AND SAFE
REOPENING OF SCHOOLS AND
THERE'S THINGS IN THERE AROUND
SOCIAL DISTANCING, AROUND
SANITIZING PROCEDURES FOR
THE BUSES, PROCEDURES FOR
THE CAFETERIAS AND HOW EATING
AT THE CAFETERIA AND THEN IN
THE CLASSROOM BEING SIX FEET
APART. AND OF COURSE WHAT
PEOPLE ASK A LOT ABOUT ARE
THE MASKS AND THOSE REQUIRED IN
THIS SOME BROAD GENERAL
GUIDELINES IN THERE. BUT AS WE
ALL KNOW, THOSE GUIDELINES
CHANGED AND THEY CHANGED WITH
INFORMATION AS THEY AS IT
BECOMES AVAILABLE. SO THAT'S
WHAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY IS
THE CURRENT INFORMATION. SO
BACK TO THE MASKS. YOU'RE
RIGHT, CINDY, A LOT OF PARENTS
ASKING ABOUT THAT. ANY
CLARIFICATION ON THE MASKS FOR
KIDS BEFORE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED?
WILL THEY BE REQUIRED WALKING
INTO THE SCHOOL IN
THE CLASSROOM? WHAT DOES
LUNCHTIME LOOK LIKE FOR THE SAN
DIEGO UNIFIED KIDS? THE GUIDE
THE GUIDE THE GUIDELINES
YESTERDAY VERY CLEARLY TALKED
ABOUT COMING INTO THE SCHOOL
AND NOT HAVING BIG GATHERING.
SO AS YOU ENTER PUT THEM OUT.
BUT I THINK IF PEOPLE THINK
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT A
RESTAURANT RIGHT NOW AT THAT
SCHOOLS OR RESTAURANTS THEY ARE
LOOKING AT THE THINGS READY TO
OPEN WHEN YOU GO INSIDE A
BUSINESS YOU HAVE TO STAND SIX
FEET APART AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE
YOUR MASK ON. BUT WHEN YOU SIT
AT YOUR TABLE YOU TAKE YOUR
MASK OFF. THOSE ARE THE KINDS
OF THINGS THAT BUSINESSES ARE
STARTING TO INTERPRET.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDELINES
FOR LOCAL BUSINESS SCHOOLS ALL
ACROSS THE STATE TOOK THOSE
GUIDELINES AND SAID OK, WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN REAL
PRACTICALITY? AND OUR GOAL IS
ALWAYS TO SAY WHAT ARE
THE PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES
AND HOW DO WE MAKE THAT WORK
FOR CHILDREN? SO WE UNDERSTAND
SO TO BE CLEAR, A CHILD COULD
BE AT THEIR DESK IN
THE CLASSROOM WITHOUT THE MASK
AS LONG AS THEY'RE SIX FEET
AWAY. THAT'S WHAT YESTERDAY'S
GUIDELINES SAID. AND SO THERE'S
A LOT OF INTERPRETATION AROUND
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WE ALSO
KNOW THAT IS ED MASKS NOT
AMENDED AND SO WE HAVE TO GET
CLEAR THAT EVERY PEDIATRICIAN
AND OUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO
BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TO MAKE
THAT JUST WORKS AND THAT'S
WITHIN WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS
AND WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE AT
THE CURRENT TIME. AND LISTEN.
BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 30
FIRST. A LOT CAN CHANGE. WE SEE
THAT IF YOU CHANGE THE DISEASE
GO SO YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY AT
THIS POINT IT COULD CHANGE. YOU
MAKE A GOOD POINT. IT COULD
CHANGE BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A
WHILE NOW AND THE WHO JUST CAME
OUT SAYING THAT ASYMPTOMATIC
SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS IS VERY
RARE. THEY SAY THAT WHILE
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD CAN HAPPEN,
IT'S NOT THE MAIN WAY IT'S
TRANSMITTED. SO DOES THAT MEAN
YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT
THE GUIDANCE AS FAR AS MASKS
ARE CONCERNED? ABSOLUTELY.
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE HAS
BEEN ABOUT THAT HAS BEEN
LOOKING AT THE GUIDELINES AND
MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT
THOSE ARE AND WHAT'S
THE CURRENT RESEARCHES. BACK IN
APRIL, DR. TARIFFS ARE
DISTRIBUTED. CHRISTIAN BROUGHT
TO US THE RESEARCH FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES. WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY EIGHT COUNTRIES THAT
HAVE HAD SCHOOL CLOSURES
COUNTRY WIDE AND LOOKING AT
WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THEIR
REOPENING. WE'VE LOOKED AT
IRELAND DARLING HAMMON WHO'S
THE CHAIR OF THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION HAS PUBLISHED A STUDY
ON OTHER COUNTRIES AND WHAT
THEY'VE DONE WHEN THEY'VE
OPENED UP THEIR SCHOOLS AND
WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T
WORK AND WHAT IS REALLY
THE HEALTH OBJECTIVE ON
SPREADING PREVENTING THE SPREAD
AND THAT'S WHAT APPLIES TO
CHILDREN AND WHAT DOESN'T AND
WHAT IS A GREAT LEARNING
CONDITIONS KIDS NEED TO BE ABLE
TO LEARN. AND FOR US TO BE
RESPONSIBLE WITHIN THE MOST
CURRENT RESEARCH AND GUIDELINES
WE TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THESE STAGGERING OF CLASSES.
ARE THERE GOING TO BE KIDS
GOING ON CERTAIN DAYS? MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND I KNOW
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION ON ON HOW THAT MIGHT
WORK. ARE THEY GOING TO GO BACK
TO SCHOOL FOR A FULL SCHOOL DAY
AT SAN DIEGO UNIFIED? WHAT WE
KEEP SAYING IS SO IMPORTANT IS
WE UNDERSTAND OUR FAMILIES NEED
PREDICTABILITY IN THE SCHEDULE
AND STABILITY IN THE SCHEDULE.
AND WHILE WE SAID THAT
THE GOVERNORS MAY REVISE
THE BUDGET WITH I WAS PROPOSING
A CUT TO OUR SCHOOL AND NOW
WE'RE SEEING SOME GOOD NEWS
COMING OUT OF THE STATE THAT
WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION AS WE GET THE FINAL
BUDGET OPTION WHICH IS JUNE
15TH SEEING WHAT THE FUNDING
WILL LOOK LIKE AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE ADDITIONAL CUSTODIAL
COUNSELING, NURSING THERE'S
ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WILL COME
WITH A RESPONSIBLE REOPENING
THAT'S WITHIN THESE GUIDELINES.
AND SO AS WE PLAN FOR THE FIRST
DAY OF SCHOOL ON AUGUST 30,
FIRST WITHIN THE GUIDELINES AND
WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE
BEEN GIVEN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER AND
OPEN WITHIN BOTH OF THOSE
CONSTRAINTS. IN THE DOCUMENT
THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY, THEY
GAVE FOUR DIFFERENT HYPERSCALE
ARTICLES SCHEDULING MODELS,
FUNDING HAVE PREDICTABILITY,
INSTABLE. AND SO OUR PARENTS
KNOW WHAT THEY CAN COUNT ON. SO
OUR TEACHERS KNOW WHAT THEY CAN
COUNT ON AND THERE'S GOING TO
BE SOME IN-PERSON LEARNING AND
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME
DISTANCE LEARNING AND THAT'S
BASED ON THE SHEER NUMBERS IN
FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME
STUDENTS. WE HAVE NINE THOUSAND
STUDENTS THAT HAVE ASTHMA AND
THERE ARE A THOUSAND STUDENTS
WHO ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE AND
IT MIGHT NOT BE RECOMMENDED BY
THEIR OWN FOR IN-PERSON
LEARNING EVEN WITHOUT
THE HEALTH GUIDELINES. SO AN
ONLINE LEARNING OPTION WILL
STILL NEED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR
SOME KIDS. BUT WE WILL HAVE OUR
BOARD WORKSHOP ON JUNE 16TH.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT DETAILS AROUND
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED APPROACH TO
SCHEDULING AND WHAT'S GOING TO
WORK WITHIN THE GUIDELINES
WITHIN THE BUDGET AND TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF SOME FAMILIES ARE
SAYING WE WANT TO STAY IN
ONLINE LEARNING FOR A WHOLE
YEAR UNTIL THERE'S A VACCINE
AND SOME FAMILIES ARE SAYING WE
WANT TO COME BACK AUGUST 30
FIRST FULL TIME EVERYDAY ALL
DAY, GET THAT GOING AND MAKE IT
SAFE. AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR
WHAT WE KNOW OUR CHILDREN AND
OUR FAMILIES NEED WITHIN
THE BUDGET AND THE HEALTH
GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE GIVEN.
YES, ANYTHING. ALL RIGHT,
SANDY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK HERE. I KNOW
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE BUSY
LOOKING AT ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED
HERE AND THERE'S A LONG ROAD
AHEAD HERE BUT WE APPRECIATE
EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE