ABCFT - YOUnionews - March 19, 2020
MEMBER WELLNESS by Tanya Golden
Wow. What a frantic week teachers spent brushing up on or learning new online formats, preparing packets; now being called offline learning so fancy, all the while caring for those who depend on them too! These huge undertakings has pushed most of us to our limits.
Working at this pace takes a toll on our physical and mental wellbeing so here are some resources to help you take care of yourself and your family.. Getting used to working remotely takes time and from what I read, planning and creating a routine are key. Click here to read about 100 Things to do while stuck inside due to a pandemic and here Protect your mental health.
Let’s have some fun too! Practice those tech skills you just learned and upload your favorite memes below.
MEMBER RESOURCES
Remote Learning Community:
Is your school or community preparing for possible school closures due to the spread of COVID-19? If the answer is yes, join our online community for educators, school support staff, and parents to share ideas, lesson plans, and resources. In this community, you will find remote learning resources to address the needs of children who may have to stay home from school for prolonged periods of time. You can also engage with fellow educators and parents in the discussion section and share helpful tips, or ask for advice.
Help us add lessons for remote learning, or share how your community or school is preparing by uploading resources to share with educators across the country. What resources are you sending home with students? How are you communicating with your students if schools close down? Are there projects you are asking your students to do at home? Share your lesson plans, handouts and resources with educators from across the country.
How to engage with this community:
Step 1: Join the Community (select the orange join community button on the bottom right).
Step 2: Share your thoughts with fellow educators and parents in the discussion section. Join a current discussion thread, or start your own topic.
Step 3: Upload a lesson plan, resource, handout, or something that you think would be helpful to share with other educators and parents preparing for school closures (select the orange upload lesson button on the bottom right, assuming you joined the community).
CDE website has some free distance learning resources for educators. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/
Here’s a great group of videos on Google classroom that were sent out by the Leal staff and administration. In preparation for many of our classes to begin work through Google Classroom tomorrow, I've included some links designed to help you become familiar with the platform. Enjoy!!️
In-depth platform tour: rmd.me/X1m5xIl9wCL
How to Engage Your Students During School Closures with Remote Learning
While thousands of schools are closing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, learning still goes on, and teachers must find creative ways to facilitate it from home. In an effort to support teachers that are facing school closures, this Texas educator has shared actionable tips that will better engage students in distance learning activities. From remote learning apps that can track performance, to free, fun resources that don't require Internet access, these tools will ensure learning will take place despite the extended break.
KEEPING YOU INFORMED
There has been an incredible amount of information and news that has transpired over the last week. Here are a few highlights.
Newsom signs order to ensure state funding for school closures
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday to ensure that public schools across the state retain funding if they have to physically close schools due to coronavirus concerns. The order directs school districts to use state money to fund distance learning, provide school meals and arrange for student supervision during school hours. The executive order did not, however, go as far as some educators had wanted. About 90 minutes before Newsom issued his directive, the California Teachers Association, urged him to go further. “To protect students and educators, we believe closing all public schools and community colleges would be one of the safest measures to help mitigate further spreading of the virus right now,” said E. Toby Boyd, the president of the teachers’ union.
DIGITAL LEARNING
Schools Nationwide Start Transition To Online Education
The Wall Street Journal (3/16, Koh, Subscription Publication) reports millions of students are transitioning to online education this week as state leaders have mandated all schools close to curb the spread of coronavirus. As a result, teachers are finding themselves relying on educational technology that has never been used on such a large scale. Educators are also concerned about the limitations of internet access in some homes.
NBC News (3/16) reports that “preparing schools to move instruction online is a massive undertaking, said Keith Krueger, who heads the Consortium for School Networking, a membership organization for school technology leaders.” As districts shift to online education, “parents and teachers have been sharing stories online about kids using apps to make it look like they’re attending a class by videoconference, when really they’re out of the room.” Teachers also have to constantly tell their students to mute their microphones so he or she can be heard. Despite the challenges, “some teachers who are used to teaching online say they’re hopeful that this national experiment in online education will encourage schools to use more digital tools and figure out which students lack access to technology.”
Digital Trends (3/16, McGrath) reports teachers and students going online “will have to prepare for an array of tools,” such as Microsoft 365 Education and the Google Suite for Education, according to Stephen Noonoo, K-12 Editor at EdSurge. He warns that “pacing is very different from standard classroom pacing, meaning that teachers can’t cover nearly as much ground.”
Many educators are concerned that their schools are not ready for the digital transition. Chalkbeat (3/16) reports that “a survey conducted by the Illinois State Board of Education found that almost two-thirds of educators in the state said their school districts were not prepared to conduct remote learning.”
Schools’ Online Coronavirus Plans Shine Spotlight On Continuing “Digital Divide” In The US. The Washington Post (3/16, Romm) reports as schools around the country “shut their doors in response to the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak,” some are “migrating their daily lessons and homework assignments onto the Web.” But many “administrators and teachers lack that digital luxury – illustrating how a public health crisis has brought to light a technological one.” Even in the “time of TikTok, an era when every song, movie and book seem a mere click away, millions of Americans lack basic broadband or simply cannot afford it.” Data compiled by the Pew Research Center showed that in 2018, “nearly one in five students between kindergarten and 12th grade do not have computers or speedy Web connections.”
The FCC has said “approximately 12 million students fall into the homework gap because they don’t have internet access at home,” Education Dive (3/13) reports. FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said, “Now with schools closing their doors and migrating to online instruction, we are going to magnify this problem.”
Teachers Of Young Children Grapple With Providing Online Instruction
NJ News (3/16) reports on kindergarten teachers who have been asked to create “lesson plans in the event that online learning was implemented because the coronavirus pandemic reached a point where” schools would be closed. It “takes more work and preparation to prepare for online education,” according to one teacher at Fairview Elementary in New Jersey. Xena Valenzuela said as she “worked through the weekend converting files, updating her Google Classroom page and making adjustments to ensure students will be able to access all necessary resources.”
ABCFT PRESIDENT’S REPORT - Ray Gaer
Each week I work with unit members in representations, contract resolutions, email/text/phone call questions, site concerns, site visits, presentations, state/national representations and mediations. WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED!!!
What a crazy crazy crazy week we’ve had! I don’t know about you but I wake up and I feel like I’m in an alternate reality. However, I’m thankful that ABC is full of amazing people who are all watching out for each other while still being focused on how to help our students make this monumental instructional shift. As ABCFT Chief Negotiator said on Saturday afternoon in our meetings with District administrators, “The overall goal is that we are preparing to offer our students instruction online...don’t worry about accountability or how many hours you should be in front of Video X or chat Y. These trainings are designed to be a support for us rather than another unwanted source of stress.” I hope all of you are keeping in mind that this is a unique situation so we will do the best we can under these trying circumstances.
Here are some answers to some typical questions that we are getting through emails and phone calls:
Will we continue to get paid?
YES. Last Friday, Governor Newsom guaranteed through emergency legislation that school districts would be held harmless and that districts will continue to earn full ADA. Talking with Dr. Sieu today she continued to stress that all ABCFT unit members will continue to earn pay either on-site or remotely. With the passage of SB117 the ABC School District and all other districts in California will receive reimbursements for any extra costs associated with the COVID-19 emergency including funding for meals, protective clothing, cleaning supplies, and the disinfecting of our schools and classrooms.
How long will we be out?
There is nothing official yet and the school board is set to have their next meeting on March 24th, however, looking at the rhetoric at the State and National level you should prepare for longer than two weeks. My guess is that we will have school closure in place till at least after Spring Break on Monday, April 20th, 2020.
Can I still go on campus to plan and work in my room?
Today (Thursday) is the last day that teachers will be allowed to work on campus due to a number of reasons but ultimately for their safety and wellbeing. At some point, you will most likely see a directive from Human Resources stating that employees will not be allowed on campus. In my conversations with Dr. Sieu, she stated that only essential personnel will still be at the District Office such as payroll, IT, Human Resources, and the Superintendent’s office. It is Dr. Sieu’s philosophy that “those who can work from home should work from home,”
I feel like I’m not doing enough and I’m not used to working online. Will I get in trouble?
Another nugget from Ruben Mancillas where he states, “This is an emergency situation. I appreciate the professionalism and conscientious nature of our members but would suggest that focusing on their own physical and mental well being is the best thing they can do for their students right now. What this will eventually look like will necessarily be a compromise between the most idealized vision that IT and Academic Services has envisioned and the reality that will evolve when actual teachers do their best to implement and engage with actual students in the coming weeks. All of this is unfamiliar and expectations need to be kept reasonable across the board. My guiding principle is to "remain flexible." We will get through this but let's keep our eyes on the big picture. ”
What is happening to those students from families that do not have internet access or access to adequate meals throughout the day?
Those students without a device or internet access are being contacted and this critical element for remote learning is being addressed. The district purchased over 800 hot spots to help families without internet access and those have been distributed this week and they are working to get more to the families in need. This week the ABC School District was able to provide over 3,000 meals during this first week of providing nutrition for our community. In my phone call with Dr. Sieu, she acknowledged that there is an overwhelming demand for continued meals and that these meals are available to anyone who is 18 or younger regardless if they are students at ABC.
With the district now being closed down on Fridays, we have made the decision to make sure we get you the YOUnionews on Thursdays for your viewing convenience. If there are major changes or breaking news we will send alerts to ABCFT members with the up-to-date details. Meanwhile, I want you to know that in my conversation with Dr. Sieu she raved about the professionalism and spirit of the ABCFT teachers, nurses, and SLPs. Parents throughout the community have been complimenting the district on the dedication and thoughtfulness of ABC teachers. She wanted me to tell you all that because it’s true. I almost forgot to mention that she did say that state testing is canceled and that we are still awaiting what will happen for AP and SAT testing. More info to come as changes become official.
Okay, we now have an ABCFT drinking game. If you hear any more “talking heads” or politicians saying on camera that this situation is “unprecedented” you need to take a drink of whatever beverage you have available but you can’t tell your family unless they guess why your laughing.
Take care, be safe, and thank you for all you do!
In Unity,
Ray Gaer
President, ABCFT
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
SAFE WORKPLACES
COVID-19: A toolkit for California educators and staff
How to stay safe on the job, actions the union can take
The latest CFT articles and news stories can be found here on the PreK12 news feed on the CFT.org website.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
03/16/2020
AFT Says National Schools Shutdown Inevitable Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Follow AFT President Randi Weingarten: http://twitter.com/rweingarten
----- NEWS STORY HIGHLIGHT-----
California lawmakers approve $1bn in funding to stem coronavirus
California lawmakers approved a plan Monday to spend as much as $1bn on the state’s emergency medical response as it readies hospitals to combat an expected onslaught of patients due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The bill appropriates $500m for emergency response from the state’s general fund with an additional $500m available if needed. The spending plan also seeks to provide assurances to schools that funding will continue despite coronavirus -related closures. State officials estimate schools serving as many as 85% of California’s public education students have been closed over the last week. An initial $100m will be made available to cover school cleaning expenses and adopted waivers that will ensure funding for school districts and state-funded child care during school closures. Also on Monday, the chairman of the Assembly Education Committee, Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach, said he would shepherd legislation that would give districts flexibility to meet the state’s minimum instructional time requirements. That has been one of the unresolved issues for districts that have closed schools.
Trump Signs Coronavirus Bill With Provisions On Sick Leave, Students Meals
Education Week’s (3/18, Ujifusa) “Politics K-12” blog reports that President Trump on Wednesday evening “signed emergency coronavirus legislation that eases rules for meals schools provide to students, and provides certain leave benefits related to schools.” After passing the US House last weekend, The Families First Coronavirus Response Act passed the Senate by a vote of 90-8 on Wednesday. The legislation “provides certain job protections related to school closures and government employees, including teachers.” Government employees, public school teachers, and those working at organizations with 50 or more people “would be entitled to an initial 10 days of unpaid sick leave if they are impacted by the coronavirus. This would be followed by paid leave equal to at least two-thirds of their normal pay.” The legislation also “incorporates three House pieces of legislation designed to make it easier for students to access food, including those typically served by schools.”
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Teachers Scrambling To Cobble Together Long-Term Remote Lesson Plans
Education Week (3/18, Schwartz) reports now that “most states have closed schools in response to the coronavirus, teachers have found themselves planning for remote learning for the foreseeable future, often with a few days – or a few hours – notice.” While some teachers have “put together physical or virtual packets that they hope will bridge the gap for the few weeks their districts are shut down,” others have been “asked to move their entire classroom online, conducting instruction live.” But now, teachers are “facing another hurdle: The potential that schools may stay closed longer than originally planned, possibly through the end of the year.”
----- NATIONAL NEWS -----
Federal government to make it easier for states to drop testing requirements
With the vast majority of U.S. schools closed in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, states are moving to scrap their federally mandated reading, math, and science tests, which were scheduled for the coming weeks and months. The U.S. Department of Education has said it will consider allowing states to not test this year, and says it will make it easier for them to ask for flexibility. “Secretary DeVos asked our K-12 team to work on broad waiver authority for the states, and it will be ready to be pushed out to education leaders in the coming days,” department spokesperson Angela Morabito said in a statement Wednesday. The head of the Council of Chief State School Officers said the organization expects the education department to announce that expedited process on Thursday. “We want state leaders focused on making decisions about the health and safety of students and teachers and not consumed with questions ,” Carissa Moffat Miller said. “State chiefs still strongly believe in assessments and that they’re an important tool for ensuring all students are learning, but it’s not possible or feasible for this spring.”
ED Exploring Expedited Process For Waiving State Testing Requirements
Education Week’s (3/18, Blad, Ujifusa) “Politics K-12” blog reports the Education Department on Wednesday “indicated that new waiver powers to address the impacts” coronavirus is having on state testing requirements and “ensuring equity for students with disabilities in online learning environments” would soon be forthcoming. ED spokeswoman Angela Morabito said, “Secretary DeVos asked our K-12 team to work on broad waiver authority for the states, and it will be ready to be pushed out to education leaders in the coming days.” DeVos released guidance last week saying the ED would consider a “targeted one-year waiver of the assessment requirements for those schools impacted by the extraordinary circumstances.” But the testing requirements included in the Every Student Succeeds Act have since “taken a backseat to urgent concerns about feeding low-income students who rely on school meals, quickly adjusting graduation requirements to fit the new reality.”
Chalkbeat (3/18) reports education advocates and leaders are “increasingly...calling for the feds to go further and issue a nationwide waiver.” But getting rid of the tests “will have substantial implications. The exams are widely used to evaluate teachers, decide whether students move on to the next grade, research educational policies, determine which schools are low-performing, and document disparities between schools and districts.”
As the ED considering reversing its stance that it “generally doesn’t grant broad waivers from the assessments,” the AP (3/18, Vertuno) reports several states have already “canceled standardized testing for this academic year as they face school closures that could last weeks or months.” Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott on Monday “canceled the annual State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests for about 3.5 million students,” while Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has also “cancelled standardized testing.”
States across the country shut down schools
Schools across parts of America will shut this week as the nation battles the coronavirus. Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin have made plans to close all schools. Many major metropolitan districts such as Atlanta, Denver, San Francisco, San Diego, Washington, D.C. and Austin, Texas, have also shuttered. Education Week has produced a map of all the school closures across the country which can be viewed here . Although 51% of school districts in California have shut down – including Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange County, and San Diego – a statewide closure has not been ordered. Gov. Gavin Newsom explained at the weekend why he has not mandated the closure of all schools in California, because of the different needs of districts depending on factors such as their size, and their geographic location. He also said the state would work with private organizations and public agencies to help districts provide breakfasts and lunches to low-income students while schools are shut down. Gov. Newsom said that on Tuesday, a detailed plan regarding education provisions will be published.
House passes Coronavirus legislation
The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan legislative package in response to the spread of coronavirus in the early hours of Saturday morning. The legislation includes a series of measures intended to bolster the safety net for families and workers whose livelihoods and health are affected by the virus. Under the legislation, private health plans will be required to cover coronavirus testing at no cost, and $1bn will be allocated for testing uninsured Americans. The bill also includes about $1bn for food security programs aimed at helping those who may struggle to get access to meals during the pandemic, including those who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food banks, and the 22m children who receive free or reduced-price lunch at school. Additionally, the bill gives some workers two weeks of paid sick leave and up to three months of paid family and medical leave, equal to no less than two-thirds of their pay.
Schools close across nation, learning moves online
The continued spread of the coronavirus pandemic has seen millions of U.S. students switch to remote learning as schools across the nation shut their doors. This has led to an unprecedented effort by educational authorities to establish new, effective ways of maintaining teaching, partly by using educational technology on a scale never before witnessed. Remote learning app Seesaw, as well as live chats via Google Classroom, among others, are being used as some 35 states have so far mandated that all schools close. The ACT and SAT tests’ next nationwide examinations are also being postponed or canceled. Meanwhile Lauren Camera writes in U.S. News that the shutdown is “likely to have major and long-lasting implications for the country's K-12 education system,” highlighting challenges such as how students who count on school for breakfast and lunch will continue receiving those meals, and how students will keep up with their coursework at home.
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California Districts Offering “Grab And Go” Meals For Low-Income Students
With nearly all California school districts closed to thwart the spread of coronavirus, “districts from Sacramento to Oakland, West Contra Costa and South San Jose — many of which closed starting on Monday — mobilized to distribute packaged food, sometimes for more than one day,” EdSource (3/18, Tadayon) reports. Many districts are replicating “what they do during the summers.” But the challenge for other districts has “been to set something up that works while heeding warnings to keep people at least six feet apart and to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people.” Most “grab and go” sites visited by EdSource reporters “had free meal pick up spots at a handful of campuses where adults could either drive up or walk up to get meals for the children.”
The San Francisco (CA) Chronicle (3/18) reports that “even before the Bay Area’s public schools closed their doors at the end of last week, school nutritionists across California had sprung into action, setting up the infrastructure needed to distribute food to millions of kids while limiting the face-to-face contact that would spread coronavirus.” Oakland school officials claim to have “handed out about 25,000 meals to 4,000 students this week.” Trish McDermott, Berkeley School District spokeswoman, said, “We expect the numbers to continue to rise.”
The Los Angeles (CA) Times (3/18, Blume, Myers, Xia) reports Los Angeles United officials have started ramping up “support and food services for the more than half a million children affected by the shutdown — most of whom rely on school for their weekday breakfast and lunch.” Lisa Melhouse, associate director of the California Department of Education’s Nutrition Services, said, “I’m just so impressed with so many school districts that are jumping on this so quickly to make sure their students are fed.”
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Santa Monica-Malibu issues pink slips
Dozens of Santa Monica-Malibu USD educators could have their positions cut by the end of this year after district leaders issued pink slips this week. In light of its recent discussions pertaining to deficit spending, lower enrollment and a lesser number of teacher retirements, SMMUSD’s board of education previously approved a resolution that would allow it to lay off the equivalent of 45 full-time certificated employees at the conclusion of the academic year.
Remote learning now delayed for Newport-Mesa students
Newport Mesa USD officials announced Monday that the district is shutting down all but a few essential operations and that online learning is postponed for now. Plans originally called for classes to be canceled through Thursday, as teachers planned their online learning programs. Lessons were to resume the next day and continue until April 3, before the district would have broken for spring break. However, on Monday, the district announced that everything, except for a few essential functions, will cease. Student lunches will continue to be available at all schools, for pick-up only, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and can be picked up at the front of all schools.
San Ramon Valley teachers in line for 2.5% pay raise
San Ramon Valley teachers will get a 2.5% salary boost under a tentative agreement their union reached with the school district. The tentative three-year agreement, which was reached March 10 after 21 hours of negotiations, is retroactive to July 1 2019 and covers the period through June 30 2022; it also addresses calls for reduced class sizes and more counselors and psychologists. San Ramon Valley Education Association officials divulged the contract details in an unusual Facebook Live briefing because of the shelter-in-place order triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ex-clerk admits to Orange County school embezzlement
A 64-year-old retired school clerk pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzling more than $709,000 from Placentia-Yorba Linda USD, during her time working in a billing office at Esperanza High School in Anaheim. Cynthia Marie Campbell’s embezzlement came to light when the school district was sent a late payment notice on a bill from a yearbook company that was marked as paid. The embezzlement from the school’s Associated Student Body funds occurred between 2012 and 2017, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors said they were limited to reviewing those years due to a lack of bank records for prior years. The district has since hired a new independent audit firm and developed an anonymous hotline and online system for people to report instances of fraud, theft or other concerns.
-----SPORTS -----
CIF commissioners to address fate of high school spring sports
The California Interscholastic Federation’s 10 section commissioners are scheduled to meet today to address the fate of spring sports in the state. In a letter sent to San Diego Section athletic directors and coaches, Commissioner Jerry Schniepp stressed the need for communication. “We hope to provide some clarity to how we are addressing closures and cancelations of schools and events due to the COVID-19 virus,” Schniepp said. “The CIFSDS has, and will continue to be in close communication with the state CIF, the San Diego County Office of Education and the superintendents of schools and school districts throughout the section. In the letter, Schniepp also touched on rules that are still in place during the shutdown: “High school teams will not practice or compete during the period designated by each school or school district in which schools are closed; this includes practicing at alt ernative sites. For all intents and purposes, ‘no-contact period’ guidelines will be in effect — coaches may not coordinate, schedule, direct or plan team activities and there can be no student-organized or led practices.
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Caution urged on facial recognition rollout in U.S. schools
A lack of regulation about the use of facial recognition technology at U.S. schools has alarmed education officials and lawmakers who say more research is needed before rolling it out widely. "Right now, it's like the Wild West (when it comes to facial recognition technology)," said Mike Matranga, executive director of security at Texas City Independent School District, which has installed facial recognition software at all of its schools. "Any tool in the hands of the wrong person, is bad. That's why we have to have good policies in place," Matranga told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Proponents of the technology say it enhance school security by identifying individuals deemed by schools or law enforcement as potential threats. But critics argue facial recognition cameras have potential for abuse and should be thoroughly researched before rolling out the technology on minors. Monica Wallace, a New York state Democratic legislator, introduced a bill late last year that would force schools in her state's government to halt the use of facial recognition for a year. During that time, the bill proposes the State Education Department should study the technology thoroughly. Schools should be investing in methods that have already been proven to promote safer environments, like promoting social and emotive learning, or hiring mental health counselors and security officers, she said.
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Free meals threatened by virus
As the coronavirus sees schools across the nation close down, educators are being faced with the challenge of not only how to continue teaching students, but how to continue providing meals to students who depend on the food they get at school. An estimated one in six children live in homes where not enough food is available, with the National Guard delivering food to needy students in New Rochelle, N.Y. Jessica Shelly, director of student dining services for Cincinnati Public Schools, where 83% of students qualify for free and reduced-price meals, commented: “There’s a significant need in our community to continue to support them as much as we can… Some of these families don’t have a stove. They don’t have a refrigerator. They don’t have a pan.” In Oakland, Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry, and his wife Ayesha, are teaming up with a food bank to provide m ore than 1m meals to students ] who cannot attend schools due to coronavirus shutdowns. Their Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation will work with the Alameda County Community Food Bank and Oakland USD on the initiative.
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CIF commissioners to address fate of high school spring sports
The California Interscholastic Federation’s 10 section commissioners are scheduled to meet today to address the fate of spring sports in the state. In a letter sent to San Diego Section athletic directors and coaches, Commissioner Jerry Schniepp stressed the need for communication. “We hope to provide some clarity to how we are addressing closures and cancelations of schools and events due to the COVID-19 virus,” Schniepp said. “The CIFSDS has, and will continue to be in close communication with the state CIF, the San Diego County Office of Education and the superintendents of schools and school districts throughout the section. In the letter, Schniepp also touched on rules that are still in place during the shutdown: “High school teams will not practice or compete during the period designated by each school or school district in which schools are closed; this includes practicing at alt ernative sites. For all intents and purposes, ‘no-contact period’ guidelines will be in effect — coaches may not coordinate, schedule, direct or plan team activities and there can be no student-organized or led practices.
NTA Life Insurance - An ABCFT Sponsor
About three years ago ABCFT started a working relationship with National Teachers Associates Life Insurance Company. Throughout our partnership, NTA has been supportive of ABCFT activities by sponsorship and prizes for our various events. This organization specializes in providing insurance for educators across the nation. We have been provided both data and member testimonials about how pleased they have been with the NTA products and the opportunity to look at alternatives to the district insurance choice.
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