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>>> WELCOME BACK. WITH SCHOOLS OPEN THIS FALL, WE
KNOW MASKS AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING WILL BE PART OF A
NEW NORM.
NEW NORM.
NEW NORM. INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS WILL NEED
TO WORK OUT HOW STUDENTS WILL
ATTEND WHETHER IT'S IN PERSON,
ONLINE, OR SOME COMBINATION OF
THE TWO.
THE TWO.
THE TWO. WE CAUGHT UP WITH CHRIS REYKDAL
WHO IS WASHINGTON STATE'S
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TO HEAR
WHAT HE EXPECTS.
>> THIS IS A COMPLICATED TIME
FOR THEM.
FOR THEM.
FOR THEM. AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
VIRUS THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T HAVE
ALL THE INFORMATION WE WOULD
LOVE TO HAVE.
AND WE ALWAYS CAUTIONED ON THE
SIDE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY.
AND NOW WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. IT CAN BE DIFFERENTIATED BASED
ON THE COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE TRYING TO
CREATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
OPEN.
OPEN.
OPEN. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY
THOUGH.
THOUGH.
THOUGH. SOME CAN'T MEET THE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING OF HEALTH AND STILL
GET EVERYONE BACK.
WHICH IS WHY, HERE WE ARE, PUT
OUR GUIDANCE OUT IN VERY EARLY
JUNE BECAUSE WE WANTED THE
DISTRICT TO HAVE SEVERAL MONTHS
TO WORK WITH THE PLAN AND HOW
DO WE PROVIDE CHILD CARE
OPTIONS OR BUSINESSES AND
EMPLOYERS.
EMPLOYERS. FOLKS WERE LIKE WHY DON'T YOU
WAIT UNTIL AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER
AND TELL THEM WHAT THE PLAN IS.
THEY NEED THOSE TWO OR THREE
MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT.
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY WORKING NOW
INCREDIBLE SPEED TO TRY TO
BUILD A PLAN AND WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO DO THAT.
>> AND REALISTICALLY, THINGS
COULD CHANGE DURING THE FALL;
CORRECT?
CORRECT?
CORRECT? IF WE DO HAVE THIS SECOND WAVE
WITH INFLUENZA AS WE DISCUSSED,
WHATEVER IS SET UP IN AUGUST
AND SEPTEMBER, MAY NOT WORK
OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
>> YEAH, PART OF OUR GUIDING
FRAME WORK IS EVERY DISTRICT
YOU HAD TWO PLANS, AT LEAST.
WHAT DOES YOUR FACE AND FACE
AND BEST POSSIBLE SCENARIO LOOK
LIKE?
LIKE?
LIKE? AND
LIKE? AND WHAT IS YOUR PLANS TO
TRANSITION TO REMOTE LEARNING,
OR PERHAPS EVEN A LONG-TERM
BASIS DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES.
EVERY DISTRICT IS WORKING ON
PARALLEL PLAN.
PARALLEL PLAN. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE IN EQUITY AND LEARNING
AND DISTANCE.
AND DISTANCE. BECAUSE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ARE NOT AS WELL FUNDED.
SOME FAMILIES DON'T HAVE THE
KIND OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL
ALLOW THEIR KIDS ZOOM AND MAKE
APPOINTMENTS AND ALL THAT.
WHAT IS THE EFFORT BEING MADE
TO BRING EVERYBODY ALONG SO
THAT WE HAVE, PROBABLY NOT AN
EQUAL CHANCE, BUT A REASONABLE
CHANCE FOR ALL STUDENTS TO
SUCCEED?
SUCCEED?
SUCCEED? >> OUR LEGISLATURE HAS MADE A
GAP IN CLOSING THAT.
WE STILL HAVE SOME DEPENDENTS
ON LOCAL LEVIES.
AND THAT IS WHERE YOU GET VERY
BIG DIFFERENCES IN THOSE
DISTRICTS DONATING TECHNOLOGY
FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS.
WE TRIED TO -- THE FEDERAL
CARES ACT IS HELPING STUDENTS
DO THAT.
DO THAT.
DO THAT. THE LEGISLATURE PUT MONEY AT
THE END OF SESSION IN A BROAD
BAND APPROACH.
BAND APPROACH. IT'S NOT IDEAL.
YOU HAVE TO GET CLOSE TO IT FOR
PROXIMITY.
PROXIMITY. BUT AT LEAST THERE'S
CONNECTION.
CONNECTION. AND EVERY DISTRICT IS THINKING
ABOUT HOW TO PRIORITIZE
STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE THAT
KIND OF CONNECTION ACCESS FOR
NEXT YEAR.
NEXT YEAR. IF YOU ARE A DISTRICT THAT
CAN'T ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE FACE
TO FACE.
TO FACE.
TO FACE. WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS FIGURING
OUT WHO CAN'T CAN'T CONNECT IN
THOSE.
THOSE.
THOSE. THAT IS THAT DETAILED PLANNING
THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> I SEE.
>> I SEE.
>> I SEE. OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. AND
OKAY. AND THE THING THAT I WORRY
ABOUT AS A PARENT, MY CHILD'S
GROWN.
GROWN.
GROWN. BUT JUST THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
ASPECT OF THIS, THE CONFUSION,
THE FEAR FOR KIDS.
THE UPSET OF THEIR ROUTINE
WHERE THEY'VE BEEN ISOLATED
FROM THEIR FRIENDS AND
GRANDPARENTS AND GOING TO
SCHOOL, HOW DO TEACHERS FEEL
WITH THAT?
WITH THAT? HOW ARE YOU COPING WITH THE
DEVELOPMENTAL, EMOTIONAL STAGES
OF GETTING THROUGH THIS FOR
CHILDREN?
CHILDREN?
CHILDREN? >> A COUPLE DIFFERENT BASE.
AS A PARENT OF A 16-YEAR-OLD
AND 14-YEAR-OLD, THEY WERE
SOPHOMORE AND EIGHTH GRADE,
THEY HAD DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES
THE TWO OF THEM.
SAME SCHOOL DISTRICT, SAME
TEACHING AND LEARNING MODEL,
SAME PARENTS AND SAME FAMILY,
BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
AND THEY DID RESPOND TO IT
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. SO IT'S A REALLY POWERFUL
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. WE'VE GUIDED DISTRICTS INTO
THEIR RETURN TO SCHOOL.
THEY NEED REALLY EFFECTIVE
SCREENERS.
SCREENERS. NOT JUST ACADEMIC, SCREENERS,
BUT THEY REALLY NEED SOCIAL,
EMOTIONAL HEALTH SCREENERS.
WE HAVE THOSE TOOLS ON OUR
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE. THOSE ARE BROADLY SHARED.
MANY DISTRICTS ARE GOOD AT THIS
ALREADY.
ALREADY.
ALREADY. BUT THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY
THOUGHT ABOUT IT AS A SUBSET OF
STUDENTS WHERE SOMETHING HAS
OCCURRED, SOME IDENTIFICATION
HAS BEEN MADE WITH THAT.
AND NOW IT'S ABOUT UNIVERSAL
SCREENING.
SCREENING. THERE MAY BE A LOT OF STUDENTS
IMPACTED BY THIS.
WHO WERE NOT ON THE RADAR
BEFOREHAND.
BEFOREHAND. WHAT I WILL SAY AS A PARALLEL
NOTE, I GET MESSAGES FROM
STUDENTS AND I MEET WITH THEM
AT A DISTANCE TO UNDERSTAND
THEIR EXPERIENCE.
THEIR EXPERIENCE. THERE IS A FAIR NUMBER OF THEM
THAT SAID THIS IS AWESOME.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
THEY FELT THERE WAS A PRESSURE
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY A
PREFERABLE EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
AND FOR SOME OF THEM THAT DON'T
USE SCHOOL AS THAT SOCIAL
CONNECTION, THEY SAID GREAT I
GOT MY ASSIGNMENT AND I WANT TO
WORK INDEPENDENTLY.
WORK INDEPENDENTLY. I'M ALWAYS CAREFUL TO SAY THAT
THIS WAS A UNIVERSAL IMPACT.
AND OTHERS SAY THIS WAS OKAY.
WHICH BRINGS ME THE
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. THERE IS STUDENTS THAT ARE
REALLY FRIGHTENED IN THIS.
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO LEAVE YOU
AND GO TO ONLINE, KEEP BUILDING
OUT THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
STUDENTS IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
HAVE YOUR FACE TO FACE MODEL
AND MAYBE ON A PERMANENT BASIS
CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
DISTANCE LEARNING.
DISTANCE LEARNING. SO WE ARE INNOVATING OUT OF
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> SUCH A CHALLENGE.
FINAL QUESTION, WHAT WORRIES
YOU THE MOST, KEEPS YOU UP AT
NIGHT?
NIGHT?
NIGHT? AND WHAT GIVES YOU THE MOST
HOPE?
HOPE?
HOPE? >>
HOPE? >> I WILL START WITH THE WORRY
THAT IS UNKNOWN.
WE KEEP DESCRIBING THIS AS
TRAGIC AS ANET QUAKE OR MOUNT
ST. HELEN GOING UP.
SNOWSTORMS COME AND GO AND WE
KNOW WE ARE CLOSING DOWN
SCHOOLS WITH TWO FEET OF SNOW
AND SNOW MELT.
THERE IS NO CERTAINTY OF THIS.
WE KNOW THERE IS A LONG
DURATION.
DURATION.
DURATION. WE KNOW SCIENTISTS TELL US IT'S
QUITE AWHILE FOR VACCINE.
IT'S EVEN LONGER FOR AN UP TICK
IN VACCINE TO GET THAT
COMMUNITY IN A BROAD WAY.
SO IT'S THE LACK OF KNOWING
THAT MAKES IT HARD.
WE TOTALLY CHANGED OUR MIND SET
FROM GETTING INTO AN EVENT TO
PERMANENTLY THINKING ABOUT HOW
WE PROVIDE LEARNING.
SO THAT IS THE PART THAT KEEPS
ME AWAKE AT NIGHT IS THE
CHALLENGE OF THAT.
WHAT I'M HOPEFUL ABOUT IS
EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES.
EVERYONE RECOGNIZED SUDDENLY
WHEN WE REACH DOWN HOW MUCH
BIGGER SCHOOL IS THAN SENDING
YOUR KIDS THERE TO LEARN
SUBJECTS.
SUBJECTS.
SUBJECTS. THEY REALIZE WOW, THAT IS WHERE
MY KIDS GO.
SAVING FAMILIES TENS
OFTHOUSANDS OF DIRECT DOLLARS
BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS PLACE THEY
GO TO AND LEARN AMAZING
CONCEPT.
CONCEPT.
CONCEPT. AND THEY ALSO LEARN, I HOPE MY
YOUNG PEOPLE DID.
SNAPCHAT AND INSTAGRAM AND
TWITTER AND SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS
ARE INTERESTING AND GREAT THEY
HAVE THEM.
HAVE THEM. KIDS KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN
BEING WITH MY FRIENDS AT
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. EVEN AS YOUNG PEOPLE THEY
REALIZE HOW POWERFUL SCHOOL IS
FOR HUMAN CONNECTION.
AND HOW DIFFERENT IT IS WHEN
YOU SHARE SPACE WITH TRYING TO
LEARN THAN TRYING TO DO IT OVER
A SCREEN.
A SCREEN.
A SCREEN. I HOPE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE LEARNED
A LOT OUT OF THIS.
YOU KNOW ME, I HAVE TO PUSH
AHEAD WITH WHAT IS AWESOME AND
LEARN FROM IT.
I CERTAINLY LEARNED FROM WHAT
DID NOT GO WELL.
WE NEED TO COME OUT STRONGER
AND BETTER OUT OF THIS.
IT WILL TAKE AWHILE BUT IT WILL
BE THERE.
BE THERE.
BE THERE. >>> UP NEXT, AN EYE OPENING NEW
STUDY REVEALS THE POWER OF
PRAISE.
PRAISE.
PRAISE. HOW IT EFFECTS