VICTORY
VICTORY PARK, THIS IS WFAA. >>> MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
MOVING TO AT HER LEARNING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MIDDAY.
MIDDAY.
MIDDAY. I
MIDDAY. I AM SONIA AZAD.
FIRST IT WAS DALLAS COUNTY AND
TODAY CALLING COUNTY MAKING IT
OFFICIAL THAT SCHOOLS WON'T
START ON CAMPUS THIS FALL.
GO TO OUR APP AND VOTE NOW.
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GO TO OUR APP AND VOTE NOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
HOW SHOULD STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS RETURN THIS FALL?
ONLINE OR IN PERSON?
WE ARE GOING TO GET RIGHT TO
ANNA DAVIS ON THE LATEST ON THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND POSSIBLE NEW
STATE GUIDELINES.
STATE GUIDELINES. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
SONIA.
SONIA.
SONIA. THIS IS BREAKING NEWS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. +@
NOW. +@ THE T.E.A.
THE T.E.A. JUST HANDED DOWN ADDITIONAL
GUIDELINES.
GUIDELINES. I AM LITERALLY PULLING UP MY
EMAIL THAT WAS JUST SENT OUT
FROM THE T.E.A..
WE WANT TO GO OVER WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM THE STATE AGENCY.
THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
MRS. GUIDELINES STATE WIDE.
SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL BE ABLE TO
TEMPORARILY LIMIT ACCESS FOR
THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS OF SCHOOL.
AFTER THE FIRST FOUR +@WEEKS, A
SYSTEM CAN CONTINUE TO LIMIT
ACCESS TO ON-CAMPUS INSTRUCTION
FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR WEEKS IF
NEEDED BUT THAT REQUIRES A BOARD
APPROVED WAIVER REQUEST TO THE
T.E.A..
T.E.A..
T.E.A.. IT IS +@SAYING THAT DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE STATE CAN LIMIT
EDUCATION TO ONLINE ONLY FOR
THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AFTER THAT IF THEY WANT TO+@
CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR AN
ADDITIONAL FOUR WEEKS, THEY
HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE
T.E.A..
T.E.A..
T.E.A.. THIS IS BIG NEWS AND GUIDANCE
FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD.
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FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD. IN NORTH TEXAS, WE HAVE SEEN
DISTRICT START TO MAKE
DECISIONS.
DECISIONS. I WANT TO SAY WHAT FOLKS ARE
DOING HERE.
DOING HERE. JUST THIS MORNING, WE HEARD
FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE IN NORTH
TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY CUMBERLAND
COUNTY+@ THAT DECIDED WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
LET ME SHOW YOU THESE
DISTRICTS.
DISTRICTS. THESE ARE +@PLANO ISD, McKINNEY
ISD, THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WILL +@
START WITH VIRTUAL C+@LASSES ON
FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS.
FRISCO MADE THE SAME CALL LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. THIS +@ALSO AFTER DALLAS COUNTY
+@ANNOUNCED DISTRICT IN THE ARE
WOULD BE ALLOWED TO REOPEN IN
PERSON OUT OF THE GATE AS WELL.
NOW, CALLING COUNTY HAS NOT
ISSUED A MANDATE.
THEY ARE MAKING THE CALL ON
THEIR OWN.
THEIR OWN. CLAY JENKINS ANNOUNCED THAT ALL
D+@ISTRICTS IN DALLAS CO+@UNTY
DELAY IN PERSON EDUCATION UNTIL
AFTER AT LEAST SEPTEMBER 7th.
THAT MEANS DISTRICTS CAN STILL
START ON TIME BUT ALL
INSTRUCTION WILL HAVE TO BE
ONLINE FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS.
THIS IS AS COVID CASES CONTINUE
TO RISE IN THE AREA.
TELL US I D SAYS THEY HAVEN'T
DECIDED TO START ON THE RITUAL
START DATE IN AUGUST OR PUSH
BACK THE FIRST DAY ALTOGETHER
THAT WE HAVE SEEN OTHER
DISTRICTS +@DO.
DISTRICTS +@DO. SUMMER CEDAR HILL, DeSOTO,
LANCASTER, AND DUNCANVILLE.
LOCAL TEACHERS SEEM TO SUPPORT
THIS MOVE BY THE COUNTY SAYING
IT GIVES THEM SOME PEACE OF MIND
THAT THERE WILL BE MORE TIME
+@
THAT THERE WILL BE MORE TIME FOR CASE NUMBERS TO GO DOWN AND
DISTRICTS TO COME UP WITH FIRM
PLANS.
PLANS.
PLANS. >>
PLANS. >> I LOVE THE KIDS I WORK WITH
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT
WILLING TO RISK MY LIFE AND MY
FAMILY' LIFE TO GO BACK INTO
THE CLAS+@SROOM.
THE CLAS+@SROOM. >> Reporter: WE TALKED TO
SEVERAL EDUCATORS YESTER+@DAY
NEARLY ALL OF THEM REALLY
APPLAUDED THIS SAYING WE DON'T
NEED TO RUSH BACK TO IN PERSON
EDUCATION AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE
DOING IT RIGHT.
ONE OTHER AREA IS +@TARRANT
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. THEY WILL BE MEETING WITH
SUPERINTENDENTS TODAY TO DECIDE
WHAT MAKES THE BEST SENSE FOR
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. WE
THEM. WE WILL SEE IF THEY LOOK AT +@
THESE T.E.A.
THESE T.E.A. GUIDELINES.
GUIDELINES. AS SOON AS WE KNOW MORE, WE
WILL L+@ET YOU KNOW.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A FLUID SITUATION.
WE HAVE A +@FULL LIST OF LOCAL
DISTRI+@CTS AND THEIR PLANS THA
LIST IS BEING UPDATED AS EACH
DISTRICT MAKES ANY ANNOUNCEMENT
OR CHANGES.
OR CHANGES. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR
DISTRICT IS DOING, YOU CAN TEXT
THE WORD SCHOOL TO THIS NUMBER,
214-977-6028+@.
214-977-6028+@. AND WITH+@ PLANS CONSTANTLY
CHANGING, OF COURSE, IT IS NOT
JUST CLASSES ON THE MIND, THERE
ARE ALSO EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES.
ACTIVITIES. THE ORDER PUTTING THOSE ON HOLD
UNTIL SEPTEMBER AS WELL. +@
WITH MORE ON THE TIMELINE HERE,
HERE IS ARIEL PLASENCIA.
>> R+@eporter: UNDER THE NEW
ORDER, NO EXTRA DRIBBLER
ACTIVITIES CAN HAPPEN.
ULTIMATELY, THESE FOOTBALL
MATCHES THAT WERE SCHEDULED TO
BE PLAYED EARLY ON LIKE THESE
TWO BEHIND ME, THOSE AREN'T
GOING TO HAPPEN ON THOSE
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED D+@ATES.
IT'S NOT ANY SECRET FOR MOST OF
US, WE DON'T +@WANT TO THINK
ABOUT A FALL IN NORT+@H TEXAS
WITHOUT FOOTBALL.
WITHOUT FOOTBALL. HERE IS THE PROBLEM.
WE ARE ABOUT SIX WEEKS FROM
+@
WE ARE ABOUT SIX WEEKS FROM THAT 2020 SEASON AND THE WAY
THINGS ARE LOOKING NOW, NOT
+@
THINGS ARE LOOKING NOW, NOT LOOKING SO GOOD.
WE HAVE ALREAD+@Y SEEN COVID-19
SHUT DOWN SO MANY SPORTS.
WE DID TALK TO DR. PHILIP LONG
WHO IS THE HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES DIRECTOR.
SERVICES DIRECTOR. WE ASKED HIM WHAT ARE THE ODDS
WE ARE GOING TO SEE ACTIVITIES
LIKE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
HAPPEN IN THE FALL.
IT IS ALL GOING TO DEPEND ON
THE NUMBERS.
THE NUMBERS. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS SOMETHING THEY
WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORING.
IT IS ALSO NO SECRET THAT
SPORTS BRING IN A LOT OF MONEY.
WITHOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL, MANY
SCHOOLS ARE +@IN DANGER OF TAKI
QUITE THE FINANCIAL HIT THIS
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. SOME MIGHT HAVE TO CUT SOME
ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.
ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. +@ ACTUALLY, MO+@RE THAN A DOZEN
COLLEGES HAVE ALREADY
ELIMINATED AT LEAST ONE SPORT.
STANFORD SAID THEY CUT 11 OF
THEIR 36 TEAMS.
WE SAT DOWN WITH REDDEN BAKER
WHO IS THE DIRECTOR A+@T THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND
HE IS HOPING THEY CAN AVOID A
SITUATION LIKE THAT.
>> IF THE NUMBERS STAY WHERE
THEY ARE TODAY, WE COULD
PROBABLY GET THROUGH A FALL AT
NO+@RTH TEXA+@S. +@WE HAVE A LI
BIT PUT AWAY.
BUT IF WE DON'T PLAY AT ALL, +@
IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT
SITUATION.
SITUATION. >> Reporter: IF WE WANT TO FALL
+@
>> Reporter: IF WE WANT TO FALL WITH