Kern County Back on Monitoring List - What that means for education

Schools look to distance learning.

PHYSICALLY OPEN FOR IN PERSONEDUCATION WHEN THE COUNTY THEYARE OPERATING IN HAS BEEN OFFTHE MONITORING LIST FOR 14CONSECUTIVE DAYS..

AND WITHLOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIALSANTICIPATING BEING PUT BACK ONTHE LIST THIS FRIDAY FULLDISTANCE LEARNING IS BECOMINGTHE ONLY OPTION.."SAFETY WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE THEDETERMINATIONOF HOW WE GO ABOUT EDUCATING OURKIDS AS WE MOVE INTO THE FALLAND WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THISPANDEMIC"ON FRIDAY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOMLAID OUT A LIST OF GUIDELINESFOR STUDENTS TO RETURN TO INCLASSINSTRUCTION... BUT IN ORDER TOMOVE FORWARD WITH THIS..

EACHCOUNTY MUST BE OFF OF THE STATESMONITORING LIST FOR 14 DAYSPRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY BACK."SCHOOLS WHO DON'T MEET THISREQUIREMENT .

THEY MUST BEGINTHE SCHOOL YEAR THIS FALLTHROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING"PRIOR TO MONDAY KERN COUNTY WASNOT AFFECTED, BUTWITH THE COUNTY POSSIBLY ADDEDTO THE STATES MONITORING LISTTHE 14 DAY COUNTDOWN BEGINS .BUTTONWILLOW UNION SCHOOLDISTRICT ASSISTANTSUPERINTENDENT HEIDI WHITCHERSAYS THE DISTRICTORIGINALLY OPTED FOR IN CLASSINSTRUCTION..BUT WILL NOW REVERT TO THEIRBACK UP PLAN OF DISTANCELEARNING..ADD SOT -SUPERINTENDENT PRINCIPALBUTTONWILLOW UNION SCHOOLDISTRICT"SINCE MARCH NOTHING HAS BEENTHE SAME FOR TWO DAYS INA ROW..

SO WERE JUST TRYING TOBE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBE BUTALSOPROVIDE A QUALITY EDUCATION FORTHE STUDENTS OFBUTTONWILLOW..

"WHITCHER SAYS THEIR ORIGNAL PLANWOULD HAVE INCLUDED TWOOPTIONS FOR PARENTS IN CLASSINSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WHOCHOSE THAT ROUTE..

WHILE OTHERSSTILL HAVING THEOPTION TO LEARN FROM A DISTANCE."WE HAD 12O STUDENTS WHO HADSIGNED UP FOR THE VIRTUALLEARNING AND THAT WAS ON FRIDAYOF LAST WEEK ..

SO ABOUTHALF OF OUR STUDENTS SO FAR HAVESIGNED UP FOR THAT VIRTUALCLASS."AND WITH THEIR SCHOOL YEARSTARTING EARLIER THAN MOST ..

ONAUGUST 5TH..

THEY WILL NOT BEABLE TO MEET THE GOVERNORSGUIDELINES.AND OVER AT KERNVILLE UNIONSCHOOL DISTRICT.SUPERINTENDENT STEVEN MARTINEZTELLS ME THEY ARE RUNNINGINTO SIMILAR ISSUES .ADD SOT -"IN CLASS INSTRUCTION WITH TWOCOHERTS A MORNING COHERT AND ANAFTERNOON COHERT..

BUT THEN ALSOOFFERING DISTANCE LEARNING FORANY FAMILIES THAT WANTED IT..THAT WAS OUR PLAN WE WERE GOINGTO TAKE THAT TO OUR BOARD ONFRIDAY..

BUT WITH THE RECENTDEVELOPMENTS UM THAT'S NOT GOINGTO BE THE CASE"AS FOR WHEN STUDENTS ARE ABLE TORETURN TO THE CAMPUS UNDER THEGOVERNORS GUIDELINES.

HE LAIDOUT 5 PRINCIPLES WHICH INCLUDE.SAFE IN PERSON SCHOOL BASED ONLOCAL HEALTH DATA MASKREQUIREMENTSPHYSICAL DISTANCING AND OTHERADAPTATIONS REGU