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More than a few teachers are talking about a potential strike or taking other actions if they are not reassured of adequate safety measures.
As a host of OC schools start welcoming back students this week, there are mounting questions from teachers and parents about how reopenings – and potential outbreaks – will be handled.
District reopening plans say school officials will work with the Health Care Agency to decide on a case by case basis what to do if someone tests positive for coronavirus.
Petitions with over 500 unique signatures combined are pushing for the district to hold off on that as schools all over Orange County prepare to offer classroom instruction.
The district announced it would open up classrooms again for hybrid in-person instruction on Sept. 24 — making it one of the first districts in the county to return to school.
The transition to online learning favored students with access to technology, health care and whose parents could work from home and exposed a gap between the “have” and “have nots”.
Voice of OC is documenting the experiences of teachers in the Irvine and Santa Ana Unified School Districts on what it’s like to be a teacher in the midst of a pandemic.
The state Supreme Court denied the county’s Board of Education effort to sue over Gov. Newsom’s in-person instruction order just two weeks before schools should re-open.
OC school districts may soon open up classrooms again with plans approved over the summer. Voice of OC examined the variety of plans from across the county.
In a couple weeks, some students and teachers may be returning to their classrooms after months away now that OC is off the state’s coronavirus watchlist.