>> leasacksroo i don't think a waiver is appropriate at this time. >> some elementary school students could be back in the classroom soon if a waiver is approved for schools and counties on the state's monitoring list. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. >> part of our commitment to building a better bay area during this pandemic clugs focusing on education. this week we're concentrating on elementary schools, at least today. the state has released guidelines for the schools and the counties on the monitoring list to apply for a waiver to hold in-person classes. melanie woodrow has the details. nla eary er: according to newly sc g t-k-through sixth to have in-person classes, even if it is in a jurisdiction

on the covid-19 monitoring list. >> i don't think a waiver is appropriate given the rate of transmission and the number of cases. >> reporter: david howard is a parent of school age children in mill valley. he is planning to protest along with the teacher's association tonight. >> you get a bunch of kids in a classroom with stagnant air. that's a petrie dish to spread the virus. >> reporter: a marin county spokesperson said no ma ridge county schools have applied for the waiver yet because a specific application will not be dribbled until this friday. the california department of public health recommends that schools within jurisdictions with 14-day case rates, more than two times the threshold to be on the county monitoring, should not be considered for a waiver to reopen in person instruction. california state epidemiologist dr. erica -- >> they need to be consulting with their local communities which may include staff, parent organizations, we want this to be a close contact in the

community. >> in an email, they told abc7 news, educators want desperately to be back in classrooms and schools with their students doing the work they love. but there is too much at stake to ignore science, facts and safety. san francisco unified school district said it is planning to begin the fall semester in distance learning for all students. also, that it will take the waiver option into consideratio gradual hybrid of in-person learning for some students this fall. oakland unified school district said it will not be seeking any waivers. abc7 news. tomorrow, oakland teachers are back on the job for a school year with a lot more questions than answers. they're still negotiating what a return to school will look here's leslie brinkley. >> this is brooklyn. she's 6. >> reporter: what will school be kehen it starts next week?

no one in oakland knows for sure. >> i wish we knew more. what we've heard from the school is that they're planning a 30-minute whole class zoom for kids each day for the first few weeks of school. they're going to try to have teachers do some individual time with families, and some home visits. >> reporter: brooklyn at least has a school tablet she was allowed to keep over the summer. there is a big sticking point of starting up another round of virtual classes. >> my biggest fear is that the virtual learning will be ineffective. >> we need prep time to make sure we can do this right. that's the most common feedback we're hearing from families. the spring did not go well. i think we can be a lot more effective this ti areking at a situation where this might be long term. >> reporter: teachers want more flexibility so they can care for their families when classes resume and they want wellness time to destress. safety, of course, is paramount

as the year begins with crisis distance learning. the district hopes to go back to in-person teaching but there are so many variables. brooklyn said she misses her friends but likes being close to her family. she imagines her school day. >> a little practicing my writing and reading, and then at the end of the day, i'm going to practice my math. >> reporter: all that's known is tomorrow, teachers start lesson planning and professional development and it will be a very strange first day of school for everyone next monday. in oakland. abc7 news. >> we've created this interactive ma'am to help you figure out what school districts are doing this fall. it details each school district's start date, their distance learning plans and plans to safely return to campus. you can check it all out at abc7news.com. the surge of coronavirus cases is slowing a bit. santa cruz county reported 5

final new cases. california added another 4,500, bringing the state's total to more than 519,000. that is about 3,000 cases below the average for the past week. nationwide, nearly 4.8 million cases. california health and human services secretary says 14.5% of all tests conducted in the u.s. are being performed in california. but he wants even more testing. >> we want to see an increased number of tests, identification of cases so we can intervene at the local level. the earlier we find a case, the earlier we can act. and this is why we focus so much test processing delays, getting our testing up to scale across the state. >> he said he continues to see hot spots. especially in the central valley. california has recorded 6.5% of all the deaths in the u.s. san francisco's director of health says the city has the highest rates of testing in the u.s. >> we are finding about

ca of covid-19 every day. that number has started to drop a bit from its high point two weeks ago. but it is still very concerning. this is one of our key health indicators. anything above 50 cases a day continues to put us in the red zone. >> he said new research shows if 80% of the population uses face coverings, we can prevent outbraegs of covid-19. authorities are considering issuing citations for people not wearing a mask. if approved, the f f the first offense would be $100. if you get caught a second time, would it double to $200. a third offense, $500.av mir measures. good luck trying to find disinfectant wipes in stores.

they said the oakland based company is out of wipes and probably won't have any more until next year. the ceo said the company has been unable to keep one a six-fold increase in demand. part of the problem stems from supply chain issues in china. the martinez couple accused of paging over a black lives matter mural in martinez appeared in court for the first time today. nicole anderson and david nelson enter not guilty pleas to three misdemeanor charges after being captured on video, pouring black paint on the mural on the july 4th holiday. the attorney said the couple took action as a way to protest the city'sthe district attorney office for charminging with a hate crime. >> had she just charged vandalism would be a different issue. that she charged it as vandalism and a hate crime is what makes this problematic. a reach, an overcharge, a

political message. the justice department should not be weaponized in that matter. >> if convicted, the couple could receive a year in jail. san jose's police chief is stepping down. eddie garcia has been with the force for 28 years. chris nguyen spoke with the chief to learn more with what went into his decision and what he plans to do next as he approaches retirement. >> reporter: in the bay area's largest city, eddie garcia said serving his community to the best of his ability has been a personal mission. >> this is where i moved to. where my entire family learned to speak english when we got here and rose to the tenth largest city as the chief. >> reporter: the chief's announcement this week that he would be retiring at the end of the year may have caught some people by surprise bundle to chose closest to him. >> that was always going to be my intention when i turned 50. i've been doing this six i was 21 years old. nearly 29 years since i started my academy.

>> we sat down with the chief as he spoke about the strides made under his leadership since taking on the role in 2016 after rising through ranks. the chief pointing to his commitment to greater transparency as well as his focus on community policing. >> we can get better. we know we need to get better and we can honor the work that these men and women do on a daily basis when they're keeping our streets safe. >> reporter: so what's next for san jose's top com? for now, he's focused on a smooth transition. >> i have no idea what the future holds for me. i can channel my inner brett favre. >> reporter: the chief hinting his next act could involve a blend of law enforcement ander is vandservant leadership. >> i'm going to reflect and i guess we'll see. >> reporter: with four months to go until depart you, the chief is giving himself some time to soak it all in. >> i think we can say there are things we should have done

better but overall, i'm proud of what we accomplished. i couldn't have double it on my own if not for the men and women working here. a former police officer had his personalized license plate request rejected by the dmv and he blames anti-law enforcement attitudes. scott parker applied for a plate that red, blue thin l which he says is thin for blue thin line. a term used for law enforcement. he said he applied for it before june's social unrest and then it was approved. well, he received the rejection letter last week. the dmv calling that request aggressive, threatening or hostile. >> i feel that my rights have been violated as far as freedom of speech, freedom of expression. w forcemenofcers have parkhu motorcycle that reflect

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part of our commitment building a better bay area includes education. all this week we'll focus what back to school will like for parents, teachers and students. in a few days and weeks, instead of being in the classroom, students will learn virtually. has online improved enough? a look at what teachers are saying and what schools are doing to make it more robust. >> school is a big part of life. learning new concepts, forming new friendships. independence. for a brief period, we thought everything was going as planned. until it wasn't.

this was july 21st. >> this is abc7 news. >> we begin with california's sobering mile stone. 400,000 coronavirus cases. >> students, teachers and parents had to face grim reality as more school districts opted for distance learning due to covid-19. >> a lot of sadness about it and frustration. >> yet an oakland teefler pauses as she recalls the first day of kindergarten last year. >> one of my favorite days of the school year as a teacher. everything is new. they've got, their hair is perfectly combed. so much nervousness and excitement amongst everybody, parents, teachers, students. >> when she was forced to teach online, she already had a relationship with her students and knew how to engage with they will. she knows nothing about her new students. >> the classroom will be in your home. and i'm going only the your

teacher. but your caregiver is going to have to play a very different role than they would normally. >> i am lucky enough to work from home. my husband is working from home. so we can try to be available to help as much as we can. but i can't do high school math. >>ndy' feelings are echoed by other parents throughout the bay area. she has three daughters. one of them, sophia, will start high school online. >> i was hoping to meet new people and through zoom, that's very hard. through distance learning, that's harder. >> with only a if you days before the start of classes, parents want to know if the online experience has improved since march when schools wednesday on lockdown. the short answer? >> i would say more prepared than in march. >> he willen is the director of leadership public charter schools. here she is, in a meeting with her staff. last march, schools mostly used

asink ron us learning which uses online channels like google classroom and others without real-time interaction. >> the teacher asigns assignments to all the students here. and then the students get the assignments and then they post back. >> it's not live. it is whenever they can do it. >> exactly. >> schools are now committed to do more learning. >> the teachers see the students and the students see us. >> teachers will be able to use document cameras commonly known as elmos. >> you can be sitting at a desk, especially with a math problem, and write it out and the students can see you doing this live. >> even though things seem to be coming together, our oakland kindergarten teacher worries her students won't have enough

tablets to begin the year. school districts have invested heavily in purchasing tablets and chrome books. bundle every family is prepared to deal with the intricate rasys of technology. >> the analogy i've made, if i had my 27 kids in my class and i said i've got pencils for you and i'll get you a pencil in october. i don't know how to think about that aspect of the kids who will be unable to participate. >> abc7 news. >> and coming up at 4:30, she will continue the conversation about how elementary schools can move forward and educate students during this pandemic. it's part of our building a better education week. that's coming up at 4:30. are you tired of being cooped up at home? how about checking out some windows of the world. window swap lets you enjoy the view from other people's windows. it lets you gaze through dozens

of windows, oh, that's nice. you can also submit your own view. and it is time right now to peer into the windows at chateau christian. which sounds a little bit creepy. fear not, kids. it's just a guy at his computer. >> it's safe. it's safe. >> with a few windows behind him. good that i have windows so i know what the weather is like outside. it is windy today and much, much cooler than yesterday. we had gusts to 28 miles an hour. fairfield right now. check out the 24-hour temperature change. we've had a sharp cooldown since this time yesterday. here's a view from emeryville. only 63 degrees. 68 in oakland. mid 70s in mountain view. san jose and gilroy. you can see the fog pushing through the golden gate right now. still warm upnorth. 74 in napa.

88 in fairfield and concord and livermore, coming in in the low 80s. he'sg in. these are the forecast features. damp and drizzly the next two nights. windy and even cooler tomorrow than today. and we'll be warming up over the weekend. areas of drizzle continuing through the evening hours into tomorrow morning. there will likely be some areas of wet roadway for the morning commuters, and the showers and drizzles will continue into tomorrow evening. it will be rather wet by august standards. >> we estimate totals by tomorrow night will be up to about a tenth at fremont. those totals will grow even more going into the overnight hours tomorrow night. for this night, look for lots of clouds and fog and drizzle and overnotice lows in the upper 50s. then tomorrow, we'll see very breezy to gusty conditions.

lingering low clouds. high there's range from upper 50s at the coast to mid to upper 70s inland. here's the accuweather forecast. it will start to warm up a little bit thursday, friday. saturday and sunday will bring us temperatures in a range that is more typical for this time of year. upper physical to about 80. and then temperatures will moderate and cool down next week. it looks like an interesting seven days ahead. windy and drizzly and then warming up to summer-like temperatures over the weekend. >> the kind of weather and variety you would like the enjoy from a chateau. specially chateau christian. >> oh, yes. >> thank you, spencer. an olympic swimmer without an olympics taking on a rather unusual new role. why she's swimming with a glass of milk on her head. >> how where can a healthier heart lead you?

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golf is taking place in our own backyard this week. abc7 sports anchor joining us on a classic summer day in san francisco biffle that, i mean it's a good day for niece and 17 layers. chris in. >> reporter: i'm doing good.

i have 19 layers. the fog is present. this event was supposed to be in mid may. it is a beautiful week for golf. we're ready for it. we got a sneak peek of the course today. the fog obviously present. mostly afternoon. even now. it got a look at the course, several holes. 110 and 18. all the best are here including tiger woods, brooks koepka and the one's number one golfer, justin thomas. it is very different. no fan this year. something that will be very missed. >> it will be very different. but it's still a major championship. still the best players in the world. we all understand that. there will be plenty of energy from the competitive side. >> i think you draw some energy from the fans. you really do. even if you play poorly, that

comment, come on. go get them, whatever it might be. >> it might wake you up a bit. there continues to be a lot of firsts. i think the world is starting for a major sporting event. >> reporter: this should be a lot of fun. tiger woodsmajor. it will feel the pressure of a major. a lot of fun. our sister network espn has it thursday and friday and of course we'll have the highlights all week long. it should be a fun week here in san francisco. >> yeah. bundle up. >> you've got all the big names. it will be fun. chris, enjoy the. thanks so much. >> the former stanford swimmer and five-time olympian is working on an unusual combination, swimming and milk. check out katie ledey. they swims thehead. it is part of the got milk campaign. the new mulan will skim the

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school. >> i would love to be back in the cla i know it is not safe. >> i'll be your teacher. >> i really hope this year brings a lot of learning. >> then we can have some deeper learning than we had in the spring. >> no schools can reopen for in-person learning until we amend it. >> we're definitely more prepared than we were in march. >> better prepared, but what is ahead for elementary school students, teachers and parents? abc7 is committed to building a better bay area. now, this week we are focusing on education and what back to school will look like for parents and students this fall. good afternoon. now we're going to spend the next half-hour talking with experts about mak distance learning work at elementary schools. zooming in today, we have eduardo, co-founder of camp

edmo. san francisco's school's deputy instruction, and jordan, san jose chief innovation officer. now, welcome to all of you. last night the state threw a monkey wrench saying it would grant for some schools to be able to reopen in person. is that something the school district is considering at the moment? >> we appreciate the information and the action from the state. and we're definitely taking that into consideration as we planned for our hybrid phase. but at this time all of our schools will be starting back on august 17 in a distance learning format. >> is it something that you have consulted with parent already? i'm sure that there are some, not many, who would like to go into that hybrid mode that you mentioned as soon as possible?

are you talking to teachers? have you consulted with parents? >> so as we've been planning out what the hybrid model looks like, which would include that, we're looking at co--creating with a book family members and others. what we heard loud and clear in our town halls, surveys, educators and students alike, was that safe and health was paramount. safety and health. we want to hold that and with that lens we're saying we'll start off remotely for all students and then move into the gradual hybrid model when our situation and circumstances say that it is safe to do so. >> for those of you at home who may be a little confused, let me explain that this would mean instruction would be provided to very small groups and only tk, transitional kindergarten, to sixth grade. so a specifying group of kids. the school has to provide or prove that they can keep

distance with students and it has to prove that it has the necessary ppe to even be considered. now, jordan with the stiff san jose, are schools there in the south bay even considering asking for a waiver? >> at this point in time, we are planning for a blended learning option. and part of. is, we've come up with the ability to support educators and implementing a blending, blended and distance learning form. in addition, the digital divide is something that we've been very strong on pushing particularly, by mayor liccardo, especially since even in 2017, he mentioned this homework that exists which undermines because of the inability to access tech and reliable

internet. >> do you know, if this is coming majorly from parochial schools, from private schools? the waiver petition? >> well, you know, i can't speak of, for some of the private schools. i would say this is something that we have to work through. i know our santa clara koichbl education has been hard at work to try to address these issues. >> i have to go back to you, i promise i will return to the other panelpanelists. distance learning begins on august 17th. can you tell me what that first day will look like? >> yes. it will be a lot like a first day even in traditional school but thank you remote or virtual format. our educators will focus on connection and building community and getting to know the students. not just that first day but the

first several weeks will be about welcoming the students, setting expectations for how they'll do distance learning, getting to know who they are as people, learners, and prioritizing that wellness and that connection piece we heard loud and clear as a theme and something people want more of as we move into distance learning in the fall. >> so will teachers also be able to talk to parents? how involved will parents be during the first few days? >> that's what i was going to add. a huge piece of. is not just the connection between student and student and teacher and teacher. but between the caregiver, guard i can't , the guardian and parent as well. it is not just from the purview of the student but the parent. how do we connect better through this process in the fall? >> let's go to sal. who doesn't recognize your voice, by the way. thank you so much for teaching

me algebra so i can teach my kids. in a way, you've been preparing for this for years and years whafrl are you offering this time around to students to support their learning in the fall? >> yeah. none of us could have predicted this scenario. when we started seeing the school closures were a possibility last spring, it was one of those moments. we looked left, right and said i guess this is us. people will need things that are accessible, but also easy to use for parents and students. it would have to be free or as close as possible. we're not for profit. we're free. it would have to cover multiple subjects and grades. we saw the first week. our traffic was about 300% of normal. our parents registrations were 20 times normal. what became clear last spring, this would be a protracted distance learning scenario. putting out webinars for

parents, schedules, learning plans, what time of goals are reasonable so you can stay at grade level, or catch up if you need to. this past summer, we just launched some new courses in preparation for back to school called getting ready for grade level. every summer kids have a learning loss. this summer, whatever you want to call it, will be that much worse because of covid. so getting ready for grade level. it's all free, not for profit. we're nine tlopicily funned. this is way for parents, teachers, to get on the academy. students can fill in any gaps that they might have. say they're getting ready for a sixth grade course. it will start with earlier things. anything they know, they can accelerate through. they'll have a chance to fill those in. if they were doing in it conjunction with a classroom, the teacher can monday or the it and get a sense of where the

kids are. the students getting ready for fifth grade, sixth great, they can keep going. and above and yomd that, we're trying to work with as many districts as possible to give clarity. i think there's a lot of couldn't fusion about what is at least a minimum viable distance learning. and i think some of what was talked about was essential. khan academy, i'm a bit of a poster child for online learning. i'll be the first to say that the most important element right now is the connection between teacher and student and the connection between student and their peers. a lot of curriculum -- >> lets pause right there. i want to talk more about that and to eduardo as well. go to abc7news.com. we're taking a break on this cheeseburger is the best! it's about to get bester baby! ♪ menutaur!

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doing distance learning. i am sad that i can't see my friends and do all the fun art problems and being in the classroom. >> all right. true concerns from the little ones. i want to go to you, eduardo. for those who may not know, camp edmo, my kids did it one year, it is a science program. you have a chance to change the entire operation online. you did it and we have faith that it can be done. >> yes. absolutely. we're sharing our failures and our successes over the last four months of doing online learning with teachers as they're getting ready for the fall. we just started a whole series of professional development work shops for teachers, how to keep kids engaged in online learning.

a lot of what we did with our curriculum is what they're looking to do with their curriculum. playing it interactive. break it up into small pieces. make sure you have other ways of communicating with kids when everyone is on mute. you can see i was doing this when saul was saying something. that's a me too in sign language. you can clap. there's all kinds of ways you can make online learning engaging and we're training teachers to do that strategy as well. >> i'm curious. how long did it take you? >> well, it took us, actually, what's amazing, our team is incredible. they flipped this in a week. we were able to put out a pilot. and we gave it out free to our families. we said give us feedback. the calvary is coming but we don't know how to ride a horse yet. we're here to help you. help us learn to do this well. they gave as you ton of feedback. in the first week we had 500

families enroll with a 1,500 person wait list. it was crazy. parents really needed this service. then we can reiterate and try things and fail and pick ourselves up and figure it out. it was a collaborative process. now we're serving thousands of families all over the united states. >> i've heard it so many times. we will figure it out. for example, if i am a apparently and i feel like my child didn't get enough instruction in the spring, fell behind, for example, on your platform, what do you have to offer so that he or she can catch up? what can i do as a parent right now to have him prepared for the fall? we only have about two weeks. >> so math is where we have the most for students. we started early learning with the academy kids, a tablet or phone app. everything is free, not commercial. reading, writing and

mathematics. and then as you get into elementary school, even early college, we have the entire progression in math. so any math subject, if you have a child entering seventh grade, people can go right now. right after this conversation. go to khan academy. look for the getting ready for seventh grade course in math. i would encourage you, to take a half-hour and take challenge there. if your child gets an 80, 90% on it, they're ready for seventh grade and then they can start on that. if they're getting a 50 or 60% on that course challenge, spend the next couple weeks as we get ready for that. if they're able to do that. it will fill in all the games getting into seventh grade math so they get into the school year having a really strong foundation. and i encourage, don't start there. whether they have games or not. if they're able to put in 20, 30 minutes a day based on their age, math especially, but it also applies to other subjects, they're going to be able to be just fine in terms of keeping up

with class or even in some cases, getting ahead in class. >> this is helpful for parents because they can do the same thing to be prermd for when the fall starts to support their children. i want to ask, even if we have the will, do we have the experience. that has come up time and again since march when the lockdown occurred. san francisco unit identified was very good. and other school districts. they distributed ed a lot of ce books. what do we do with k-2? will they get tablets? >> you're right. we dribbled 13,000 or so -- we distributed 13,000. we'll continue food as we start the fall. yes, we heard a lot of feedback about our younger students and we're looking to deploy devices to them as well over several months of school.

what is san jose doing to provide enough hot spots? we've been talking more about that for all children. >> so if you've seen recently, we announced, mayor liccardo has announced a public, private partnership. we have 11,000 mobile hot spots in partnership with at&t for the students. the key thing is to start getting these hot spots and our libraries worked tirelessly with our school districts to make sure this happens. identify the students who need it. and then subsequently deploy that technology into the hands of the students, as well as provide the necessary education in a variety of languages that both the household can use but also the students themselves. i think the other key part is really, going to the device aspect, the gap that still

exists. this is really important that i'm sure a lot of other cities have concerns over. san jose is similar. it really stresses the importance of public, private partnerships for companies and donors can come together and % really be able to push us across the digital divide. >> we're going to pause for a second. we want you to join in the conversation. go to facebook or youtube to weigh in and inact in today's virtual town hall. we're taking a break on air but the conversation i wanted my hepatitis c gone. i put off treating mine. epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c.

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with your online instruction that they actually hired to you teach some of the teachers there? is that true? >> yes. a couple of the folks at the sonoma county of education, their kids have been to our camps in santa rosa. we were very public with commun communicating with families. they were tracking what we were doing and seeing how evolved our curriculum. the process we're going through is what they themselves, the schools and the teachers would need to go through. so at this point we have about a half a school year calendar, a head start on teachers. we have four or five months of doing online learning, keeping kids engaged. that's one of the hardest things. keeping kids engaged. schools never had to worry about kids checking out. right? it's obligatory. you had to be there. now a kid can get up and walk

away from the computer or turn off the camera. there are so many other things that you need to keep in mind. and playing it really engaging for them to want to be there. so we're designing a whole series of work shops. >> how long did it take for the teachers to really get it? >> well, we've double our first series last week, and this week, on thursday, we're doing another round for the teachers. so -- >> two weeks? >> we'll see how it goes. it has been a couple work shops. we'll be adding more. we can open up to teachers all over the state and the country. anyone who wants to learn to do it. >> how is the district supporting teachers? that's so important. they were really concerned. have they been trained already at san francisco unified? >> a lot of training happened in the spring. we are picking up the fall before school even begins with a lot more trainings, webinars, teachers come together and share

best practices. we, too, like eduardo mentioned, learned a lot about how you end gauge students virtually. so really wanted to help educators not just be nimble with the tools, but how do they go about engaging and delivering instruction in this new format. it's been a big part of it. >> right. supporting the teachers, crucial at the moment. we'll take a break on

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