Gov. Newsom Orders Most California Schools Online For Fall

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🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that all public and private schools in counties on the state's Covid-19 watchlist must operate remotely this fall. More than 30 counties are on the list, including most counties in the Bay Area. We'll discuss how districts are planning for remote instruction and what it will take for schools to resume in-person learning safely. And we want to hear from you: what questions or concerns do you have about remote instruction in your district? If your kids are learning from home, how have you adapted? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.5	Schools in the California counties that are on the state's coronavirus surge watch list will not be able to reopen to classroom instruction this fall until those counties see a minimum of 14 consecutive days of declining coronavirus cases.
1:07.0	That's according to guidance released by Governor Newsom on Friday. We all prefer in-classroom instructions for all the obvious reasons, social and emotional
1:13.5	foundation.
1:14.5	But only, only if it can be done safely.
1:18.3	We'll hear about the guidelines and we'll take your questions about what schools will
1:21.6	look like this fall and what role parents will have to play to make distance learning
1:25.9	work.
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