The Bulletin

August 28, 2020 Update #1

Attendance plan

• Same attendance into aeries until September 8

• Will introduce an engagement log in order to comply with SB98

• May add codes to aeries and may have attendance reported at the end of the day

Hybrid Level 2

• Beginning Discussions

• Priority for safety and sanitation in the model

• Address class sizes

• Need time for pre check process

Waiver Vote via Google form- Hybrid edition

• Will change the process of the form and the sharing practice. I will control the form and will only allow principals to have permission to view but not edit.

• Voting must be done during a meeting.

• Update lists in order to share correct emails.

• All schools will need to do the voting process except Estancia, Cloud Campus, and Early college

• YESON15 Campaign

Cope

• Volunteers for Leah Ersoylu

NMFT COPE is “all-in” for Leah Ersoylu. We need you to help elect her for NMUSD Trustee Area 1. Please use this link to sign up.

https://tinyurl.com/volunteer4leah

September 4, 2020 Update #2

Yard Signs for Leah Ersoylu are available in the NMFT office

ReOPening Discussion

• Discussed Hybrid models with the district

  • Half day vs Full day model

  • Safety is our Priority

    • • Air ventilation

      • sanitation plan

      • Traffic flow

      • Pre-check process

      • Covid testing

Ratification meetings for the TA meetings begin Sept 2

California Change its guidelines for reopening

Go to " What's Going on? " for details

NMUSD Announces that applying for an elementary waiver would not expedite the process for schools reopening. It would have to open 14 days upon receipt of the application. That would have the opening on September 22. The earliest day the state said that we could reopen.

September 11, 2020 Update #3

Reopening Negotiations

• Discussed Air Ventilation Plan

  • District upgrade to the MERV 9a and 13 filters

  • Monitoring CO2 levels

  • Recommends not opening doors in order to have filtered air

  • Discussed the unique aspects of Estancia

  • Fire Marshall cited district for household appliances

  • We asked about additional stand alone filters; they will get back with us

  • Air cuts on 2 hours prior to arrival and stays on during business hours

Still awaiting a sanitation plan

School board voted to open schools on September 29 for elementary Tk-2; and Special Education October 1 for grades 3-6 & October 12 for secondary.

We are still negotiating!!

School Board also voted on an elementary waiver in case the state makes guideline changes.

We are still negotiating!!

October 7, 2020

Elementary Schools began in person instruction

We had negotiations for two days last week- Our topics- NO Agreement has been made

Secondary Hybrid Models- Hy-flex feedback and discussion

SPED PPE Request Protocol- Lack of communication. Confusing Directives

Elementary- Excessive duties . Lack of PPE. Mask Exemption, prep time

N95 masks for Nurses; Kn95 masks and face shield with drapes for those with mask exemptions

Schools who wrote open letters to the community- Kaiser, Newport Harbor High, Costa Mesa High, Corona del Mar High,

Letters were covered in the OC Register and the Daily pilot

Next negotiations- Oct 7 & 8

CDE is providing more flexibility in the reporting of engagement logs. I am hoping that NMUSD will follow suit.

October 8, 2020

NMUSD School Board Meeting

Secondary Principals presented to delay schools until December 17

5-1 Board vote to recommend secondary no later than December 17

Suggestions from the board: Work from School; Certain School begin prior to that day; safety is fine

October 16, 2020

MOU for Elementary Parent Conference

Defogging machines is report to be used in some schools

October 21, 2020

NMUSD sends a staff memo to Secondary Teachers to work on campus on Thursday

October 26,2020

School Board decided to adopt the Level 2 Hybrid Model for Secondary Schools

• Back Bay/Monte Vista HS – November 3, 2020

• Ensign MS, TeWinkle MS, Corona del Mar MS/HS, Costa Mesa MS/HS, Estancia HS and Newport Harbor HS – November 9, 2020

• Early College HS – Will remain in distance learning until further notice due to the challenges related to the alignment with the community college system

The Hybrid model consists of the following:

• Two cohorts to reduce the number of students on campus at one time by approximately 50%

• Two days of in-person instruction, two days at-home learning, and one half-day distance learning per week

• During at-home learning days, students and teachers connect during the assigned period

• At-home learning may include simultaneous, synchronous, asynchronous and/or independent learning and provides more frequent teacher/student contact all focused on moving learning forward daily

• As needed, option to learn at-home every day while remaining at current school

• Student supports with teachers are included four days a week in the bell schedule

• One half-day per week dedicated to on-going teacher professional development and/or meeting time including strategies and practices specific to hybrid instruction

Certain School Board members asks about 100 % for elementary-??? ( action being developed)

NMUSD unveils their dashboard fro covid cases:

https://nmusd-ca.schoolloop.com/pf4/cms2/view_page?d=x&group_id=1518855655664&vdid=ix15a2m3v1f6x

NMUSD contracted Care Solace, a new portal for mental health and addiction that is supposed to help employees. employee's families and students.

November 5, 2020

NMFT and NMUSD has an MOU for Secondary reopening.

All secondary teachers will be given the opportunity to participate in training on the Florida Virtual Curriculum and Schoology. If the training is offered after work hours, extra duty hourly rate of $41.21 will be paid

Level 2 Hybrid Secondary Instructional Format:

· Four Days a week: Full day, alternate cohorts

§ Instructional Block: 80-90* minutes

§ Passing/Transition Time: 5-10 minutes

§ Lunch: 30-40 minutes

§ Student Support/Intervention Block: 30 minutes at the beginning of the school day, the end of the school day, or may be woven into the instructional block. Format may be in person, telephonically or via ZOOM.

§ “Daily live interaction” of at least 15 minutes with at-home cohort during the period scheduled.

· Monday or Wednesday will be a day of Distance Learning (DL)

§ Staff on-site

§ Instructional Schedule Includes:

o Instruction Block: 30-55 minutes

o Break: 15-20 minutes

o Lunch: 30 – 40 minutes

o Professional Development, Staff, Collaboration or Department Meetings: 90 minutes.

The waiver vote at secondary schools will be conducted in the same manner as above, by the site no later than November 5, 2020.

Leah Ersoylu has defeated Vicki Snell and is elected to the NMUSD school board.

November 23, 2020

Issues with secondary schools and safety implementation

NMFT wrote an open letter to the school board to go to distance learning for secondary schools

Articles in the voiceofoc; daily pilot, and ocregister

Thanksgiving week.

NMUSD explains that if you are traveling that you must use sick leave when you come back because it does not fall within the guidelines of the emergency paid covid leave

November 30,2020

California reaches the purple tier. What does that mean?

• Nothing. The governor did not change any guidance for schools. Whoever is open are allowed to remain open without strengthening safety measures

• Governor states a Stay at home order for most businesses . Schools are exempt. Activates when the hospitalization rate falls below 15%

• Schools are supposed to maintain certain measures. NMUSD is only using some of those measures.

Negotiations for the Elementary MOU

December 7, 2020

MOU for Elementary Hybrid Instruction

• Classroom teachers and special day class teachers will receive long term substitute rate in lieu of a report card release date both for second and third trimester.

• Parent Conference Week: March 8, 9, 11 and 12, 2021 will be regular Level 2 school days, with AM/PM cohorts. March 10 is a student free day to conduct conferences.

• Regular and special day classroom teachers will be compensated for a total of six (6) hours at NMUSD hourly rate. This is provided for the conference time offered on the other four days.

• Beginning January 13, 2020, the Level 2 Hybrid Elementary Instructional Format will continue with a Distance Learning Day on Wednesday.

  • • Site leadership teams will discuss and finalize a schedule that meets the parameters listed below.

    • Staff on-site

    • Have the Distance Learning Instructional Schedule: A “morning meeting” of at least 10 minutes Math and ELA instruction occurs in two, 60 minute instructional blocks designed with a minimum of 30 minutes of synchronous instruction per student in each block. Students engage in asynchronous work while not engaged in synchronous instruction with classroom teachers during the instructional block.

    • Preparation Time: classroom teachers will receive 140 minutes of preparation time.

Newsom explains that Apple and Google have joined forces to have a positive contact app to aid with contact tracing

December 18, 2020

MOUs for Early College, Back Bay, and Cloud Campus get approved.

MOU for Elementary does not get approved

School Board Approves Secondary Schools to go to Distance Learning until January 22. Resumes January 25

Elementary stays in Hybrid

Still negotiating Health and Safety

Much discussion regarding the Cal/OSHA Guidelines

ICUs are full in Orange County. are 0%.

December 21, 2020

NMUSD will begin their roll out for surveillance covid 19 testing. Locations will be at TeWinkle and Back Bay.

XPRESS Urgent Care will be the vendor that will do district covid testing. They have 3 locations in orange county.

January 11 ( 3:30-5 pm) and 13 ( 3 pm - 5pm) will be the first two days of testing. The district will send out a sign up and send out more dates on the demand. This is covered by the district and not your personal health insurance and is free.

TeWinkle Middle School Gym

3224 California St

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Back Bay High School MPR

390 Monte Vista Ave

Costa Mesa, CA 92627

NMUSD will be doing safety inspections in January to make sure that we are following the newest safety guidelines.

We expressed the concern regarding the infection rates and people working at school sites and urged the district to reevaluate the choice of having teachers work at school.

January 8, 2021

1st week back at school

Distance Learning for Secondary; In Person for Elementary

Miguel Cardona - New Secretary of Education

Betsy Devos resigns after the Capitol Building Insurrection

Governor announces the beginning of vaccine roll out for teachers. He estimates mid February. Most professionals believe March would be more accurate.

$2 bill for Safe Reopening of Schools - begins TK-2

California is investing $1.5 Bill for special education

$300M for infants

Special School Board meeting for Russell Lee Sung's Evaluation Monday January 11, 2020 9 am

January 13, 2021

Vaccine information:

Orange County Department of Health announces their launch for vaccine roll outs. Here is their press release for the Disney SuperPod is attached and link is below:

https://cms.ocgov.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=119006

There is also super pod at the OC Fairgrounds and as well an app to alert the community of when it is their turn to receive the vaccine. You can sign up at this website.

https://covid19.othena.com/patient-registration/agreement

Here is the AFT Town Hall on January 12 Regarding Vaccines. They answer many of the medical questions regarding efficacy.

https://fb.watch/2_SVF_6Uv4/

Vaccinate all 58 website for more information:

https://covid19.ca.gov/vaccines/#When-can-I-get-vaccinated

March 5, 2021

Athletics are back! Outdoor High contact sports ( football; water polo) are back for practice and competition. Limited observers and weekly testing. Low and moderate outdoor sports will play and practice without testing

US Government is going to continue with standardized testing. States may write waivers for less accountability and measures but are not allowed to waive testing all together.

It is the first official week for teacher vaccinations in orange county. People have found much success through their medical providers and pharmacies ( CVS, Walgreens, etc.)