TEXAS,
TEXAS, THIS IS THE FIRST DEATH RELATED TO COVID-19. SOT: "MY HEART HAS JUST BEEN BROKEN
AND SADDENED ALL AFTERNOON." A
BELOVED LOCAL EDUCATOR, HARDIN
JEFFERSON I-S-D BAND DIRECTOR
MIKE WESTBROOK DIED TODAY, JUST
DAYS AFTER HE GOT SICK.
UNCHARTED TERRITORY-- THAT'S
WHAT STUDENTS AND PARENTS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE
EXPERIENCING" SOT: ": I'M
JUST HAPPY THAT THE PARENTS ARE
WILLING AND ABLE TO HELP WITH
THIS" 12 NEWS AT 10 STARTS
NOW
BREAKING TONIGHT. THE U-S NOW
HAS AS THE MOST
RECORDED
RECORDED CORONAVIRUS
CASES
CASES IN
CASES IN THE WORLD. MORE THAN 85,000 CONFIRMED CASES. THAT INCLUDES A NEW CONFIRMED
CASE --SOMEONE IN PORT ARTHUR
WHO IS IN THEIR 40'S. MORE
THAN 12- HUNDRED AROUND THE U-S
HAVE DIED.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS EXPERIENCED ITS
FIRST CORONAVIRUS- RELATED DEATH
TODAY. BELOVED HARDIN JEFFERSON
I-S-D BAND DIRECTOR MIKE
WESTBROOK DIED -- JUST DAYS
AFTER GETTING SICK.
THE 54-YEAR-OLD MUSIC EDUCATOR
TOUCHED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS
OF STUDENTS IN THREE SOUTHEAST
TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
FRIENDS SAY WESTBOOK LOVED TO
CRACK JOKES AND HAD A PASSION
FOR HIS STUDENTS.
12NEWS REPORTER TYLER
SEGGERMAN LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE
LASTING IMPACT HE HAD ON THE
GOLDEN TRIANGLE.
YOU CAN FEEL THE DEVASTATION
NOT ONLY HERE IN HARDIN COUNTY,
BUT ALL OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS,
FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC NEWS. I
SPOKE WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE
TODAY WHO SAY WESTBROOK WILL BE
TRULY MISSED.
25-30 100-110
NATS HJ BAND ON FIELD YOU
CAN'T SEE MUSIC...BUT YOU CAN
CERTAINLY FEEL IT. ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...THE FEELING OF
SADNESS PLAYED THROUGH THE MINDS
OF MANY. TIPTON SAYS "MY HEART
HAS JUST BEEN BROKEN." OCHOA
SAYS "I THINK WE'RE ALL STILL
IN SHOCK." ON THURSDAY...54-
YEAR-OLD DOCTOR MICHAEL
WESTBROOK...PAS SED AWAY FROM
THE CORONAVIRUS. A LONGTIME BAND
DIRECTOR FOR HARDIN- JEFFERSON
HIGH SCHOOL...HIS IMPACT ON
STUDENTS SANG FAR BEYOND THE
CLASSROOM. OCHOA SAYS "YOU COULD
ALWAYS TELL WHEN HE INTERRACTED
WITH
WITH HIS
WITH HIS STUDENTS THAT HE JUST REALLY CARED FOR THEM AND THEY OF COURSE LOVED THEM RIGHT
BACK." JOSE OCHOA...THE BAND
DIRECTOR AT LITTLE- CYPRESS
MAURICEVILLE SAYS HE CAN'T
REMEMBER WESTBROOK EVER BEING IN
A BAD MOOD. OCHOA SAYS HE ALWAYS
MADE PEOPLE SMILE WHEN HE WALKED
INTO A ROOM...AND NOT BEING ABLE
TO SEE HIM ANYMORE...WON'T BE AN
EASY TRANSITION.
EASY TRANSITION.
OCHOA
OCHOA SAYS "ALL OF OUR HEARTS BREAK JUST THINKING OF THE STUDENTS WHO WILL GO BACK TO
CLASS WITHOUT HIM OR HIS FAMILY
COMING HOME WITHOUT HIM BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A TOUGH LOSS."
WESTBROOK DIDN'T JUST TEACH
MUSIC FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS NATS
SYMPHONY HE ALSO PLAYED IT...FOR
THE SYMPHONY OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
TIPTON SAYS "HIS LOVE OF MUSIC,
DIDN'T MATTER IF IT WAS
CLASSICAL, JAZZ OR GOSPEL. HE
JUST WANTED TO MAKE MUSIC AND HE
WANTED TO MAKE MUSIC WITH
PEOPLE." MUSIC DIRECTOR CHELSEA
TIPTON THE SECOND TELLS ME
WESTBROOK WAS ALWAYS READY TO
WORK AND PASSIONATELY SHOWCASED
HIS AFFECTION FOR MELODIES ONTO
OTHERS. TIPTON SAYS THE LOSS OF
A BELOVED MUSICIAN AND MAN IS
DIFFICULT...BUT HIS MEMORY WILL
NOT FADE AWAY. TIPTON SAYS "HIS
MEMORY WILL LIVE IN ON THROUGH
OUR MUSIC AND WHEN WE GET BACK
ON THE STAGE, WE WILL CERTAINLY
HONOR HIM."
HARDIN-JEFFERSON ISD DID
RELEASE A STATEMENT, TALKING
ABOUT HOW HE REVIVED THE MUSIC
PROGRAM DURING HIS 13 YEARS
HERE. AT THE END, IT READ QUOTE
"THE ENTIRE HJ COMMUNITY IS
HEARTBROKEN...IN SOUR LAKE,
TYLER SEGGERMAN, 12NEWS.
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS, THERE
ARE A TOTAL OF 18 CONFIRMED
CASES OF COVID 19.
9
9 IN
9 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THAT INCLUDES THE NEW PORT ARTHUR CASE -- SOMEONE IN THEIR 40'S.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A CHRISTUS ST.
ELIZABETH HOSPITAL EMERGENCY
ROOM EMPLOYEE WHO HAS TESTED
POSITIVE. ELSEWHERE-- 1 CASE
IN ORANGE COUNTY. 4 IN HARDIN
COUNTY-- WITH THE ONE FATALITY.
2 EACH IN CHAMBERS AND LIBERTY
COUNTIES. TYLER, JASPER AND
NEWTON COUNTIES HAVE NOT
REPORTED ANY CASES
PAUSE OPEN
DOCTORS AND NURSES ARE THE ONES
ON THE FRONT LINES IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST THE CONROAVIRUS.
LOCALLY--- SOME ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE DECISIONS OUR LOCAL
LEADERS ARE MAKING. WHILE OTHERS
SAY THERE ISN'T ENOUGH PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR
HOSPITAL WORKERS.
200 MILLION PEOPLE-- 21 STATES.
ALL HAVE A "STAY AT HOME" ORDER.
BUT NOT TEXAS. GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT HAS LEFT IT UP TO LOCAL
LEADERS. A COMMON SOURCE OF
STRIFE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. .
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WE SPOKE
WITH SAY WITHOUT TOUGHER
RESTRICTIONS--- THE CORONAVIRUS
SPREAD WILL GET WORSE.
ANOTHER ISSUE THEY'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT IS A LACK OF PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
WE CONTACTED BOTH CHRISTUS AND
BAPTIST HOSPITALS -- ABOUT THEIR
POLICIES WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS
LIKE MASKS, GLOVES AND GOWNS.
CHRISTUS HEALTH RESPONDED SAYING
IN PART: "WE ARE UTILIZING
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CDC GUIDELINES,"
WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR
BACK FROM BAPTIST.
HERE ARE THE 3 THINGS YOU NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS. NUMBER
ONE -- THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
U.S. CASES HAS RISEN TO MORE
THAN 85,000. THIS-- AS
TESTING HAS BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD. AND MORE THAN 1,200
HAVE DIED
NUMBER TWO -- GOVERNOR ABBOTT
HAS ORDERED A MANDATORY
QUARANTINE FOR FOLKS FLYING BACK
INTO
INTO THE
INTO THE STATE FROM NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT AND NEW ORLEANS.
AND NUMBER 3 -- THE NUMBER OF
WORLDWIDE CASES HAS SURPASSED
500-THOUSAND. ACCORDING TO
JOHNS HOPKINS-- MORE THAN
120,000 PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED
FROM THE VIRUS.
NEW INFO FROM THE ROLLER
COASTER ON WALL STREET. AFTER A
ROUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS--- THERE'S
FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS. FOR THE
THIRD STRAIGHT DAY-- STOCKS WERE
UP. THE DOW GAINED NEARLY
1,400 POINTS TODAY. INVESTORS
SHOWING CONFIDENCE AS THE NEW
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE
ADVANCES THROUGH CONGRESS.
AND MORE ON THAT FINANCIAL
RELIEF PACKAGE. EARLIER THIS
EVENING-- IN HIS REGULAR
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE
BRIEFINGS-- PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID
THE BILL WILL BRING RELIEF FOR
AMERICAN WORKERS AND FAMILIES
"I WANT TO THANK DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE FOR
UNANIMOUSLY PASSING THE LARGEST
FINANCIAL RELIEF PACKAGE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY 96-0 AND I HAVE
TO SAY IT'S THE LARGEST BY FAR
AND I'M PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL THAT
BOTH PARTIES CAME TOGETHER TO
PROVIDE RELIEF FOR AMERICAN
WORKERS AND FAMILIES IN THIS
HOUR OF NEED."
AN HOUR OF NEED IS RIGHT--- AS
LOTS OF AMERICANS ARE WONDERING
HOW THEY WILL MAKE ENDS MEET AS
THE AWAIT THEIR SHARE OF THE
STIMULUS PACKAGE. ACCORDING
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR--
NEARLY 3.3 MILLION AMERICANS
FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
LAST WEEK. THAT'S THE
HIGHEST
HIGHEST NUMBER ON RECORD SINCE 1982. FOLKS IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY
ARE ESPECIALLY FEELING THE BURN.
FROM BARBERS TO BARTENDERS, MANY
ARE JUST HOPING THAT BETTER DAYS
ARE AHEAD SO THAT THEY CAN
RETURN TO WORK. WE SPENT
SOME TIME WITH A MID COUNTY
BARTENDER NAMED CRYSTAL CHESSON.
SHE'S ONE OF THE MILLIONS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THAT'S OUT OF JOB
BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT
RESTRICTIONS. THE TOUGH
PART? HER FAMILY IS RUNNING OUT
OF OPTIONS.
"WE LIVE CHECK TO CHECK WORKING
AS SEVERS AND BARTENDERS SO YOU
KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
COMING IN NOT BEING ABLE TO BE
AT WORK."
OFFICIALS WITH WORKFORCE
SOLUTIONS SAY BECAUSE OF THE
UNCERTAINTY OF THE VIRUS---
RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD TO HAVE A
GOOD IDEA OF THE LONG TERM
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES THIS
HEALTH CRISIS WILL HAVE ON
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FAMILIES.
ALL NEW AT 10... TECHERS NOW
HAVE SOME HELPFUL HINTS FROM THE
EXPERTS. LAMAR'S COLLEGE OF
EDUCATION HAS STEPPED UP TO HELP
EDUCATORS MAKE THE SWITCH -- TO
ONLINE LEARNING. VICTORIA
DELEON FOUND OUT WHAT THEY'RE
OFFERING.
0:00 - 0:08 00:37 - 00:48
THE RESOURCES RANGE FROM LESSON
PLANS, VIDEO TUTORIALS, AND EVEN
WORKSHEETS FOR KIDS IN PRE-K
THROUGH THE TWELFTH GRADE. THE
BEST PART? THESE RESOURCES ARE
COMPLETELY FREE TO MAKE THAT
SWITCH OVER A LITTLE EASIER.
STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE
PLUGGING IN THE LAPTOPS NATS AS
THEY SWITCH OVER TO COMPLETELY
ONLINE CLASSROOMS. NATPOP:
12:18:04 IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT
MODALITY. IT'S THE NEW NORM AS
COVID19 CONTINUES TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DR.
KENNETH YOUNG IS AN ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL
LEADERSHIP AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY.
HE SAYS A LARGE PORTION OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS
ALREADY USE TECHNOLOGY TO SOME
EXTENT. DR. KENNETH YOUNG
SOT12;28;25 BUT TO HAVE TO MAKE
THIS SHIFT FROM FACE TO FACE
EDUCATIONAL SETTING TO ONLINE
INSTRUCTION IN THIS VERY SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME IS AN INCREDIBLE
CHALLENGE. DR. YOUNG AND OTHER
FACULTY MEMBERS AT LAMAR BEGAN
OFFERING ONLINE RESOURCES TO
HELP
NEIGHBORING EDUCATORS
EFFECTIVELY SET UP THEIR NEW
ONLINE CLASSROOMS. DR. KENNETH
YOUNG NATS WE'RE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER, SO WE'RE GONNA GET IN
HERE AND WE'RE GONNA LEARN
TOGETHER. THIS INCLUDES
WORKSHEETS AVAILABLE AT THE
CLICK OF A BUTTON, NATS AND
LOTS OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
NATPOP YOU GOTTA BE CREATIVE.
AFTER ONLY A WEEK, LAMAR
UNIVERSITY ESTIMATES ANYWHERE
FROM 250 TO 500 EDUCATORS THAT
HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THESE
RESOURCES. BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO
KNOW FOR SURE, SINCE THE SOCIAL
MEDIA POSTS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING
SHARED. DR. KENNETH YOUNG
12:19: 03 THEY DO WHAT TEACHERS
DO, THEY HAVE COME TOGETHER,
THESE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES ARE
COMING UP WITH PLANS AND
CREATING SOME DELIVERIES, SOME
GREAT CONTENT, IT'S BEEN PRETTY
AMAZING TO WATCH AND TO BE A
PART OF. LL TAG: THESE TOOLS ARE
ALSO AVAILABLE TO PARENTS THAT
ARE HOME
ARE HOME
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLING THEIR KIDS. YOU CAN FIND A
FIND A
LINK
LINK TO
LINK TO ALL THOSE RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE 12NEWSNOW.COM IN BEAUMONT, VICTORIA DELEON,
12NEWS.
TWO OTHER SCHOOL UPDATES
TONIGHT. THE LAMAR INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY HAS DELAYED ITS
SPRING 2020 COMMENCEMENT
CEREMONIES. AND NEDERLAND I-S-D
HAS CLOSED SCHOOL THROUGH APRIL
10TH. THE DISTRICT SAID THAT
MEAL SERVICES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS TIME.
UNCHARTED TERRITORY-- THAT'S
WHAT STUDENTS AND PARENTS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE EXPERIENCING
AS THEY LEARN HOW TO USE
FLEXIBLE EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
TEACHERS SAY KEEPING A SCHEDULE
IS KEY TO STAYING ON TRACK.
COMMUNICATE WITH THEM IF YOU --
OR YOUR CHILD NEEDS EXTRA HELP.
ASSISTANT SUPERITENDENT JULIE
GAUTHIER SAYS THEY'RE USING A
COMBINATION OF ASSIGNMENTS AND
TECHNIQUES, TO HELP STUDENTS
KEEP LEARNING.
JULIE: "WHETHER IT BE GOOGLE
CLASSROOM FORMAT OR PAPER FORMAT
OR HOME DELIVERY WHATEVER IT IS
WE WORK THAT OUT."
FOR
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