I'M
I'M OVER
I'M OVER WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO WE THOUGHT OUR KIDS WERE GOING TO BE HOME
FROM SCHOOL FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS
.
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE RIGHT
NOW GIVES OUR DISTRICTS A VERY
SERIOUS MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT
THEIR STRATEGIES AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO GET
OUR STAFF AND FACULTY PREPARED
FOR A LOT MORE LEARNING THAT
MAY HAPPEN AT A DISTANCE NOW A
YEAR LATER, THE GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCES AN EMERGENCY
PROCLAMATION THIS MORNING
GIVING ALL STUDENTS THE CHOICE
TO LEAVE FULL TIME REMOTE
LEARNING BEHIND AND RETURN TO
THE CLASSROOM BY NEXT MONTH.
WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS FOR MANY OF OUR
CHILDREN AND THIS WILL PROVIDE
THEM AN OPTION THAT SUITS THEIR
NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILIES WHILE
CKIM TO KING5 NEWS AT FIVE A.M.
MARK WRITES AND I'M JESSICA
JANNER.
CASTRO IN FOR JOYCE TAYLOR.
HERE ARE THE DETAILS.
THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
PROCLIMATION INCLASSROOOM
LEARNING MUST BE AVAILABLE
APRIL 5TH FOR KINDERGARTEN
THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS AND APRIL
19TH FOR SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH
GRADE.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE
WILL BE HYBRID MODELS IN MOST
CASES WITH STUDENTS ALLOWED IN
SCHOOL SOME DAYS AND USING
REMOTE LEARNING THE OTHER DAYS.
BUT WILL DISTRICTS COMPLY WITH
THE ORDER AND WHAT DO TEACHERS
THINK?
KING5 CHRIS DANIELS IS JOINING
US NOW WITH THAT PART OF OUR
COVERAGE.
CHRIS JISSICA WASHINGTON
GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE MAY NOT
HAVE MADE MANY FRIENDS IN THE
TEACHERS UNION TODAY AFTER HE
FORCED THE RETURN TO SCHOOL
EXACTLY ONE YEAR TO THE DAY
AFTER HE CLOSED THEM DUE TO THE
PENDING THE PLAYGROUND'S
BEARING THE CLASSROOMS EMPTY
FOR ONE FULL CALENDAR YEAR.
HE'S KIND OF FORCED YOUR HAND
HERE, HASN'T HE?
WELL, I MEAN YEAH, HE'S THIS IS
AN OPTION THAT HE HAS SHANDRA
HAMPSON IS THE SEATTLE SCHOOL
BOARD PRESIDENT.
I'M HAPPY FOR FOR OUR STUDENTS
THAT ARE GOING TO GET TO GO
BACK.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO IT AS WELL AS WE COULD
HAVE THAT LUKEWARM RESPONSE
SHARED BY THE LOCAL AND STATE
TEACHERS UNIONS TO AFTER THE
GORNOR SAID IT IS
UNEQUIVOCALLY TIME FOR ALL
GRADE LEVELS TO RETURN TO CLASS
.
THIS IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK
UP THE PACE SEATTLEPI SCHOOLS
HAVE CONTINUED TO PUSH BACK A
START DATE FOR EVEN THE
YOUNGEST LEARNERS AS THE
DISTRICT IN UNION ARGUED OVER
HEALTH SAFETY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTOCOLS.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE DISTRICT OR
THE UNION SAYS THEY CANNOT MEET
YOUR DEADLINE?
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SAY THAT
BECAUSE THEY CAN.
WE KNOW THEY CAN BECAUSE
FOURTEEN OTHERS FOURTEEN
HUNDRED OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THINK
THERE'S SOME HYPOCRISY THERE.
HANSEN SAYS SHE BELIEVES INSLEE
HASN'T CONVEYED THE SAME
COMPASSION FOR TEACHERS AS HE'S
NOW SHOWING FOR THE KIDS.
IT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE
THIS SUDDEN URGENCY WHEN WHEN
WE WERE DEMANDING URGENCY AND
VACCINATING TEACHERS THAT
SUPPORT WASN'T THERE.
KEEP IN MIND THERE MAY BE MORE
ANGST IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE STATE'S LARGEST THAN
OTHERS.
THERE IS AN OUTGOING
SUPERINTENDENT.
A TEACHERS UNION RECENTLY GAVE
HER A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN.
ACCORDING TO HAMPSON, THE
DISTRICT STANDS TO LOSE TWENTY
TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE
ALLOCATION MONEY BECAUSE
OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT HERE.
HYBRID CLASS WILL THOUGH BEGIN
NEXT MONTH.
THAT IS A STORY FOR NOW LIVE IN
SEATTLE, I'M CHRIS DANIELS
KING5 APNEWS.
CHRIS, THANK YOU.
MEANWHILE, SOME PARENTS ACROSS
THE STATE ARE BREATHING A SIGH
OF RELIEF AFTER TODAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT KING5 REPORTER
CHRISTINE PEI LIVE FOR US AT
WOODINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WITH
THEIR REACTION CHRISTINE.
YES, A SIGH OF RELIEF BUT AS
ONE MOM TOLD ME, TEARS HAPPY
TEARS WHEN YOU HEARD THE
GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY
AT LONG LAST PARENTS
OF STUDENTS ATTEND THE
NORTSHORE PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT SAY THEY ARE VERY GLAD
TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT BUT SOME
SAY IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE'VE ASKED ENOUGH FOR STUDENTS
AND OUR FAMILIES.
GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE MAKING
CLEAR WASHINGTON'S KIDS NEED TO
GET BACK TO IN SCHOOL LEARNING
NOW IS THE TIME TO RIDE THOSE
STUDENTS WHO WISH TO HAVE THAT
OPTION TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
THAT MAGIC.
INSLEE IS ORDERING ALL PUBLIC
SCHOOLS TO ADOPT A HYBRID MODEL
OF IN-PERSON AND REMOTE
LEARNING NEXT MONTH WITH ALL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALLOWING AT
LEAST 30 PERCENT OF WEEKLY
TEACHING HOURS ON CAMPUS BY
APRIL 19 AND STUDENTS MUST BE
ABLE TO GO TO CLASS AT LEAST
TWO DAYS A WEEK IN THE
CLASSROOM.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S ENOUGH
RIGHT NOW?
NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
DOMINIQUE FRANTZ, WHO LIVES ON
THE NORTH SHORE SCHOOL
DISTRICT'S AS IT SHOULD BE 100
PERCENT KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL AND
EYEMAN OWULD CHILDREN ALL
SCHOOLS OWULD DAYS IN PERSON
FRANCIS KIDS ATTEND PRIVATE
SCHOOL WHO'S BEEN BACK TO
IN-PERSON LEARNING SINCE
OCTOBER AND ADVOCATES STRONGLY
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GO BACK
TO NORMAL.
THERE'S NO MORE EXCUSES.
THERE ARE NO MORE EXCUSES.
WE CAN DO IT IN THE PRIVATE
SCHOOLS.
WHY CAN'T WE DO IT IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
A LOT OF HAPPY TEARS OTHER
NORTH SHORE MOMS LIKE JENNIFER
RILEY WHOSE KIDS GO TO
WOODINVILLE HIGH.
WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR SOMETHING TO
HELP WASHINGTON'S KIDS.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT
SOMEBODY HAS STEPPED IN AND
KIND OF GIVEN THAT HARD FAST
DADLINE TO SHCOOLS.
AND TO BE CLEAR, GOVERNOR
INSLEE SAYS THAT AS THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ROLL OUT WITH THEIR
CHANGES, THEY MUST