PREP SPORTS’ RETURN: The games finally have begun going on — but for now, just a few. Whether contact sports like football, wrestling, water polo and basketball happen will depend on just how quickly the virus decrease continues or whether there is a revision from the state.
K-12 Education
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White students in state more likely to be getting in-person instruction than Black, Latino and Asian students
More districts have opened elementary schools for in-person or hybrid instruction.
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A shot in the arm for school return: Districts united on ‘March-April’ elementary plan thanks to vaccination
A program to vaccinate teachers and support staff is moving ahead full steam, enabling the return of some 17,000 elementary students starting next month.
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Elementary students could return to Santa Cruz schools in March as vaccination tide begins to turn
With two more vaccination clinics set for this weekend, Santa Cruz school officials believe the path is being paved for a return to some in-person learning by mid-March.
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Key step toward a campus return: Kindergarten teacher vaccinations set table for more formal school plan
LOOKOUT EXCLUSIVE: Moves to get the educators and staff that oversee Santa Cruz County’s youngest students vaccinated may set in motion a game plan for the return of in-person learning.
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A look at teacher vaccination around the state: Much is being determined by location, luck
Vaccinating teachers has become a central sticking point in talks between districts and unions for returning students in person. Limited vaccine supply and a rapidly approaching end of the school year could threaten some reopening plans.
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Vaccine showdown: Schools here can apply to re-open, but in-person classes unlikely until teachers get doses
In a remarkable display of unity, teachers’ unions from eight of the county’s 10 public school districts joined forces in a letter to county Health Officer Gail Newel on Friday, asking her to reconsider her stance on letting at least some teachers get the COVID-19 vaccine now.
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Two PVUSD trustees cited ‘death threats’ amid Michelle Rodriguez saga. Days later, police say none reported
Trustees Georgia Acosta and Oscar Soto have yet to respond to repeated requests from Lookout about the threats — or any other aspect of the events that led to Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez being fired, then re-hired.
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Reinstated PVUSD superintendent Michelle Rodriguez back to work after ‘hardest 36 hours of my life’
‘I am willing, and believe it’s my responsibility, to try to meet them in the middle,’ Rodriguez says of trustees who initially voted to remove her. ‘And I will do that, because that is what’s best for children.’
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PVUSD trustees unanimously reinstate fired Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez, change board leadership
Pajaro Valley Unified School District trustees cap off week of infighting, outcry with dramatic reversal — rescinding dismissal of district chief and reshuffling leadership on the board.