ON
ON THE
ON THE HELP ON ERIC STILL PART OF THE LATEST FROM POWER UNIFIED AS THEY HAVE VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY ON A PILOT PROGRAM
FOR REOPENING THE GRADUAL
ROLLOUT. WE'LL START WITH
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN
THREE WEEKS THREE SCHOOLS AND A
PILOT GROUP WILL START IN
PERSON LEARNING ON OCTOBER 1ST
AND THE REST OF THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS A WEEK AND A HALF LATER
TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE PLAN
TO POWER UNIFIED BOARD
PRESIDENT MICHELLE O'CONNOR
RADCLIFFE IS HERE WITH US THIS
MORNING. GOOD MORNING,
MICHELLE. GOOD MORNING, ERIC.
SO A UNANIMOUS VOTE HERE.
THE BOARD MUST FEEL THAT
THE DISTRICT HAS A GOOD SAFE
PLAN IN PLACE. WE DO. IT WAS A
GOOD PLAN AND THEY DID ASK
THE BOARD FOR SOME AND TO
APPROVE SOME TWEAKS TO IT. LET
OTHER MEETING LAST NIGHT AND
THAT INCLUDED I'M ASKING ALL OF
OUR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, EVEN
THE YOUNGEST TO BE WEARING
MASKS AT ALL TIMES ON CAMPUS
EXCEPT FOR DESIGNATED MASK
BREAKS. AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE
PPE. WE'VE REALLY UPPED OUR
GAME AND I THINK WHEN OUR WHEN
OUR ONLINE I AM SORRY WHEN I
WENT OUR DISTANCE LEARNING AND
BACK TO SCHOOL TO POINT OUT
MANUAL COMES OUT. I THINK
PARENTS WILL BE IMPRESSED WITH
THE CHANGES AND THE ADDITIONS
THAT WE'VE MADE TO OUR SAFETY
PROTOCOLS. MICHELLE, AS YOU
KNOW, THE COUNTY'S INFECTION
CASE RATE IS A TENTH OF AWAY
FROM MOVING US INTO THE WORST
HERE THE PURPLE TIER. WE'RE
GOING NO MORE ON THAT NEXT
WEEK. SO WHAT IS THE DISTRICT'S
PLAN IF THAT SHOULD HAPPEN?
WELL, SO WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY
THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION VIA THE COUNTY HEALTH
THAT EVEN IF WE DO DIP IN I
GUESS RISE INTO THE PURPLE
CATEGORY THAT SCHOOLS WILL
STILL BE ALLOWED TO BE IN
SESSION AND REOPEN. SO OUR PLAN
IS ACTUALLY TO WATCH THOSE
NUMBERS VERY CLOSELY,
PARTICULARLY AT OUR LOCAL ZIP
CODES BECAUSE WE WOULD HATE TO
MAKE A CHOICE NOT TO REOPEN AT
THE LAST SECOND BASED NUMBERS
THAT ARE HAPPENING ELSEWHERE IN
THE COUNTY. YOU JUST COVERED
XENIA STATES LARGE NUMBERS SO
WE WOULD HATE TO MAKE OUR
DECISION BASED ON COLLEGE
STUDENTS IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF
TOWN BUT WE'RE WATCHING THOSE
NUMBERS CLOSELY. YEAH, I HAVE
HEARD A LOT OF PARENTS THAT
HAVE MESSAGED ME AND THEY DON'T
FEEL THAT THE SAN DIEGO STATE
NUMBER SHOULD EVEN BE PART OF
THE OVERALL POPULATION AND
OVERALL NUMBERS BECAUSE IT
SKEWS A BIT. BUT HOW ARE
THE FIRST THREE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS THE FIRST THREE P USD
SCHOOLS BEING CHOSEN AND WHAT
IS THE DISTRICT HOPING TO LEARN
FROM THOSE SCHOOLS REOPENING
BEFORE THE OTHER ONES OPEN UP?
SO IT IS INITIALLY WHEN WE WHEN
THE BOARD WAS TALKING ABOUT IT
INITIALLY AND STAFF GAVE US
THEIR RECOMMENDATION IT WAS A
THREE SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM. BUT
AS THE BOARD CONTINUED TALKING
ABOUT IT, STAFF WHO WERE
SITTING AND PHYSICALLY
DISTANCED OUT AN AD IN OUR
AUDIENCE BASE WITH WE'RE
GETTING REAL TIME TEXTS FROM
PRINCIPALS ALL OVER OUR
SCHOOLS. CAN MY SCHOOL BE ONE
OF THOSE THREE? SO THEY WERE
OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER OF
PRINCIPALS WHO WERE CALLING
SAYING MY STAFF IS READY. LET'S
GO. CAN WE BE THE FIRST? SO IT
MAY ACTUALLY BE TWO PHASES THAT
WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT. IT'S
JUST THREE SCHOOLS. SO THERE
MAY BE QUITE A FEW MORE THAN
THAT. BUT ON OCTOBER FIRST
THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE READY AND
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME
PROCESS WITH THEIR STAFF AND
LET US KNOW THAT THEY REALLY
ARE READY AND EVERYBODY'S ON
BOARD WILL OPEN ON OCTOBER 1ST
.AND I THINK JUST TO GIVE
THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS I SHOULD
SAY THAT WILL OPEN ON OCTOBER
12TH SOME TIME TO SEE OK, WE'VE
GOT A MODEL THAT WHEN WE ONLY
TOOK TEMPERATURES AT TWO
ENTRANCES. SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE
A THIRD ENTRANCE AND THINGS
LIKE THAT. EVERY TIME HOW HOW
DO LUNCH DISTRIBUTIONS WORK?
YOU'RE TRYING TO NOT HAVE KIDS
PASS CLOSE BY EACH OTHER.
RIGHT. RIGHT. I THINK JUST SOME
OF THE PROTOCOLS MEETING
THE ACTUAL STUDENTS ON
THE GROUND WILL BE VALUABLE FOR
THESE SCHOOLS THAT WILL OPEN,
YOU KNOW, TWELVE DAYS LATER.
YEAH. OK. MICHELLE, THANKS SO
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY
APPRECIATE. I KNOW THE SURVEY
FOR THE PARENTS THE MAJORITY OF
THE STUDENT PARENTS IN THAT
DISTRICT WANTED TO SEE THAT
SCHOOLS OPEN UP SO