fight. they're determined. i mean, these kids, you have to applaud them. their heart is in the right place. there's hope. i mean, out here with the things changing everyday, you just hope the next administration makes a change that makes things right. right now there's a lot of changes on a lot of different levels. the only thing you hope for is for the future of these young kids and young folks that are getting into politics to make the right move and for the folks who can't speak. >> dy mind motion. >> even though we have a lot of fighters, there's a lot of voice less folks and their voiceless because they're scared. a mow e >> good morning. i'm mary ellen carol and the associate director at the department of emergency

management. first, i want to begin by thanking mayor breed for her leadership, and my colleagues here today for their continued leadership during these last few difficult days. yesterday, we implemented a curfew in san francisco. we know that many of you came out to protest peacefully, and we want to continue to urge everyone to treat everyone with respect as we deal with these issues of inequities in society. i want to thank everyone in san francisco who stayed home last night to help keep your fellow san franciscans and our city safe. i also want to thank our city, our coordinating pardtners and

organizations who continued to protect our businesses and community as a whole. finally, i want to remind everyone that we do continue to be in a significant and very serious public health emergency response, and so therefore, we urge everyone to continue to practice the mitigations and safe practices to protect yourselves and others, and this includes wearing masks and maintaining distance whenever possible. finally, i am going to introduce our chief of police, bill scott. i want to thank chief scott for his leadership and for the leadership and work of his -- his officers and the department over the last few days to help maintain safety and calm in our city. chief scott?

>> thank you, mary ellen. i am chief scott of the san francisco police department, and i, too, want to thank mayor breed for her leadership in doing this during a time that we've endured over the past couple of months. to go and continue to be in a global pandemic and then the civil unrest that we've seen as a country is unbelievable, and i commend mayor breed for her leadership. second, i'd like to commend mary ellen carol for her leadership at the department of emergency management. director carroll and her team

are responsible for coordinated a -- coordinating all of the resources. the community resources that have taken their time and energy to help take care of the challenges in this city, and that takes a lot of work, so thank you, director carol, for yo -- director carroll, for your leadership. i'm going to start off with a reminder of why we are here in the first place. you know, to see the loss of life as we've seen it, of mr. floyd, has caused an enormous and now worldwide response in terms of what we're feeling, and expressing our frustrations and anger. i think many of us, including me -- and i'll speak for myself -- share those emotions. and we know there's a lot of

work to be done in policing in our country, and reform and change is needed, and it's a very, very important topic. when those changes occur, it won't bring back the lives that have been lost. it won't bring back the people lost at the hands of law enforcement, but what it will do is provide hope for the future. and as your chief and the chief of the san francisco police department, i want you all to know that we are committed to those changes. our collaborative reform initiative and the things that we're doing -- i know we have a lot of work to do, but we have really just began to move the needle on change, but we know that work has to be done, and we're committed to do that. constitutional policing, respect for all, providing safety with respect, those are the things that you demand of the san francisco police department, and we intend to deliver, and that is the commitment that i will make to you as your chief of police.

the last few days have been very trying. saturday night, as was reported, we had looting, we had massive vandalism, damage in our city. the downtown area, union square, the westfield mall, stores across the city were looted, and it was a trying time. we didn't have enough resources. officers felt overwhelmed. i went out saturday night and talked to officers, and it was pretty sobering because we were overwhelmed. yet, we did all we could, and we were able to do some things successfully. we didn't have any great fires thanks to the fire department, and you will hear from chief nicholson shortly, but we lost a lot. businesses were destroyed, and

businesses were lost, and many people have spent their lives building their livelihood, and they've taken another hit on top of what they've taken due to covid. it causes a lot of anxiety, causes a lot of people wanting to go out and express themselves. we have had criminal activity to occur. we have had people that have come or have been in these protests that were there to create chaos, that were there to destroy, that were there to take advantage, and those are the people that we have to make sure that we hold accountable. saturday night, my report yesterday, i reported that we made ten felony arrests for looting, and after we finished processing the reports, there were 33 arrests. of them, 19 have been presented to the district attorney's office for charging, and at

this point, i think we have 19 that the district attorney's office have or is in the process of filing those cases. because of the urgency of this civil unrest, our mayor asked the state of california and governor newso governor newsom for additional resources, and they had additional officers sent to san francisco yesterday, and we deployed those officers yesterday, and that was a tremendous help. i told you saturday night, it was just a feeling of being overwhelmed. last night, the officers had a spark wi sparkle in their eyes because they were given the resources and given the support by the mayor's curfew order to do what

was needed to keep our city safe. now we're only talking about one day. we have a long way to go, and there's still a lot going on, but yesterday was a good day. in terms of the curfew enforcement, 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. if you are not one of the exempted categories, which are basically emergency workers, such as police officers, hospital workers, firefighters, and people who provide emergency services, you cannot be outside of your homes after 8:00. we had peaceful protests of 5,000 to 6,000 people yesterday. they started at the hall of justice, and they moved throughout the city, but even

from the beginning, there were incidents. two individuals were arrested. throughout the evening, we saw other incidents of vandalism that we were able to quickly address. we saw an attempted loot of a business. we were able to quickly arrest those individuals, and we saw a lot of people who we believe were there for the sole purpose to commit criminal acts. because of the assistance that the mayor got for our city, because of those 200-plus law enforcement officers, we were able to prevent that from happening. at 8:00 p.m., there was a protest still going in front of civic center. our captain, who was in charge

of that particular protest or monitoring that protest, captain joe engler, read a disbursal order shortly after 8:00 p.m. based on what was outlined in the curfew order. we gave those individuals who were there protesting an opportunity to leave and gave them ample time to leave. we immediately saw hostility: objects being thrown at the officers, fires being lit. the officers negotiated the situation, but ultimately, they arrested 34 people for violation of the curfew order from that group. that continued for about an hour, and other groups continued to assemble. when all was said and done, 87 people were arrested last night for violation of the curfew order. among those people, we

recovered a loaded firearm, we recovered a backpack full of fireworks and explosives, and we recovered other items that i believe were there for the sole purpose of being used as either weapons or being used to vandalize or destroy property. here's the point that i want everybody to hear: we embrace peaceful protest. we embrace, in the city of san francisco, people to express themselves. we will not embrace violence against anyone. against other protesters, against police officers, against property. we will not accept that.

we've been given a job, and the curfew is another tool. this is almost unprecedented in this city, but this is something that we have to do to keep order in this city at these current times. in addition to the 87 arrests that i had mentioned, there were also 33 other arrests for citations in the area of civic center, and there were also arrests in other parts of the city for criminal activity during this period yesterday. overall, though, yesterday was a very good day, particularly compared to saturday. there was sporadic vandalism. there were attempts to loot, but with the effort of our sheriff, paul miramoto that you'll hear from shortly, and the additional troops that the

mayor was able to get us, we were okay. these events are very fluid. what i will ask and remind everybody is two things that we need you to remember. we are still in the midst of a global pandemic, first and foremost. second thing is we cannot get back to normal until we restore and maintain order in our city. the police department is only a small part of that solution. we have 800 to 1.5 million people day in and day out in this city when you talk about the daytime population. we need compliance by voluntarily willingness to do the right thing. that's the fabric that this nation depends on.

law abiding people to follow the laws and understand that the police officers that are sworn to protect and serve are doing the work of the will of the people. and believe me, i understand we have to do that in a fair and just manner. i understand what got us here, believe me. and many of our colleagues, including our sheriff, understand that, as well, but we need the public to do the right thing. stay inside. please abide by the curfew order so we can get back to normal, so the mayor can make the decision to lift the restrictions, when businesses can enjoy their livelihood and conducting their business without having to board up the windows, and that will not happen until we have some order in our city. so for the people that want to express themselves, we welcome you to san francisco, but we need you to do it peacefully. with all the anger aimed at my

life profession, policing, i understand, and i accept it; but i will ask also this of you: if you know a police officer, you have one in your family, you have one that you're friends with, or even if you don't know them, we need your support. we really need your support. if you know somebody in this profession, let them know that you support them. and with that, i'll turn it over to our sheriff, sheriff paul miamoto. thank you. >> thank you, chief scott.

i want to thank mayor breed for her fortitude in making decisions to ensure that everybody is safe as they express their feelings and show their feelings in the community over the recent events that have happened nationwide. as the chief mentioned, as well, we stand ready to ensure that people are safe as they express these feelings through the many protests, both planned and unplanned, and the many actions taken to share those feelings with the rest of the community. the curfew that's still in effect has been important in maintaining safety for all. it has been challenging the last few days, and i want to, at this time, thank everybody in public safety who has been out there dealing with the many challenges that have faced all of us as a community. more importantly, i want to make sure we thank all of the

different agencies that have come here. the mutual order request for aid that was sent out led to the ability for all of us to make sure that everybody was safe as we enforce the curfew and also looking to make sure that everyone remains safe during the covid pandemic. the challenges that we faced collectively over the past weekend were met with the strength and resolve of the members of public safety who exercised discretion and restraint in making sure that we protected those who were out there, both peacefully, and to also ensure that those that were out there with malice intent were controlled and taken care of. we want to, at this time, also, make sure that everyone is aware as we stand on duty and

protect the public, we kneel with regard to the many issues that we have, and we hold those collectively mia motor o currently, 23 individuals at our intake and release center. our jail count right now has risen and increased somewhat due to the many recent events. we still stand at 50% capacity in the jails, and we still work to ensure that there is social

distancing and ability to meet the challenges of ensuring that there is not a covid pandemic outbreak in the jail system with our justice involved community population. i also would like to thank the staff who have been doing a wonderful job in the sheriff's office for their commitment to everybody's safety. both our in custody staff and those who have been out on the street. the protection of the public buildings and locations which have been targeted in other areas and other cities, for the most part, have been maintained as we facilitate other protests and demonstrations throughout the course of this week. we hope to continue to work with the leadership of these groups and organizations to ensure peaceful protests. i want to personally thank the

organizers for yesterday's event that was announced in front of city hall to ensure that there would be compliance, cou to ensure that people, after voicing their concerns, would be going home. the vast majority of people attending did adhere to that, and the people that remained were people that had intentions of committing other acts. our staff is on hand and ready to deal with everything. the courts and the many courtrooms that we have at the ha hall of justice and the civic center courthouse at the hall of justice remain open today. the civic center courthouse is closed today, and we wait to hear from the courts as to when they will open today. i want to close by -- before i introduce chief jeanine nicholson from san francisco fire department, i want to close by saying again that all of us stand ready, again, here

as members of public safety to ensure that people are able to express their feelings, to ensure that we have the ability to exercise our first amendment rights in a peaceful environment, free of any concerns of the many things that we have witnessed in other areas of the country. please understand that the challenges that we face together are what will bring us together as a community, and the foundation that we have in regards to how we've dealt with the covid pandemic over the months and how we've come together as a community should translate into how we also deal with the many issues that we face now in light of the call for making sure we hope people accountable in our profession as law enforcement professionals, in making sure

that we support and work towards creating a better system in regarding to social justice, a better system in regards to some of the criminal justice reforms that have been asked for. and i, like the chief, pledge and commit that the sheriff's office will be a part of the growth and the change that people would like to see. at this time, i'd like to introduce chief nicholson. >> good morning, everyone. san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson. i can say that i'm very proud to stand here and say that i work for mayor london breed, and i'm very proud to work with my public safety partners here, mary ellen carroll, chief bill scott, and sheriff paul miyamoto. i'm also extremely proud of the

san francisco fire department, our fire department e.m.t.s and paramedics. as always, they respond when called, when they did an outstanding job this weekend of keeping people safe and keeping themselves safe. during the curfew, just a couple of numbers. during the curfew hours last night, we had 140 e.m.s. calls, which is a little higher than normal at night. we had 50 fire related calls and approximately 20 fires that we extinguished. for a saturday night, it was much higher than that. last night was not -- our public safety partners were able really bring some order to the streets. so what we know is there is a need for continued efforts as it comes to race and equity and

social justice, and there needs to be a lot of growth and healing. the civil unrest and protest didn't come out of nowhere, and we as a city family are well aware of that. what i want to say to people is please remember during this time there is still a covid pandemic out there, so please wear your masks, practice social distancing, and take care of yourself and one anothers. thank you for your continued support and for heeding the curfew, and as always, the san francisco fire department is here for you. thank you.

>> the questions for today's press conference are for san francisco police chief bill scott. okay. chief, your first question is from mel baker, san francisco press. our officers encountered people not wearing masks -- our people encountered officers not wearing masks. what is the protocol during the pandemic? >> i will say that the protocol for our officers is to wear masks. during an incident, it's very important when you're giving directions in tense situations that direction giving is clear and articulable.

i know sometimes when i'm talking to people, and i'm wearing my face covering, my mask, i have to take it off partially. so our policy is officers are required to wear masks. policing is a very fluid environment, and there are occasions where it might be necessary for the officer to remove their mask. i don't know what's driving that question, but the policy is that officers are to wear their masks, their face masks. >> thank you, chief. could you please outline sfpds policy when it comes to interacting with the public rea demonstration or their interaction when it comes to dealing with members of the press. >> there are situations when we as law enforcement officers can

close off an area due to safety concerns, and the california penal code gives us the authority to do that. but absent that situation, members of the press can be where other members of the public can be. they can't be inside a crime scene or area closed off because of a crime scene or investigation, but they can be where the general public. as far as interaction or arrest of a member of the press, only that member of the press committing criminal activity. nobody is above being arrested for criminal activity, including the press. >> next question is from began shah, nbc bay area. what is the protocol during the pandemic of the police, and are you satisfied with your response at this time? >> so i'm satisfied generally with the diversity of our

department. we have a very diverse department. we reflect the makeup of the city and county of san francisco and then, in some cases, we exceed that. for instance, our department is about 9% african american, and the makeup of the city is about 6% african american. it fluctuates, depending on the demographic that you talk about, but overall, yes, i am pleased. we recruit a diverse pool of candidates. our demographic for female officers is near the top of the scale. we have 15 to 17%, depending on which year you're looking at. currently, i think it's closer to 16% women in the department, which is above the national average, but we are always striving to be a diverse department because diversity

brings value because of the different perspectives that it brings to our policing profession, and that is needed. everybody has a perspective, a point of view based on their experiences. and when you have a diverse collective of perspectives, you usually have a better product in terms of policing, a better outcome. >> next question is from nellie nutter, abc 7. of the total people arrested for curfew violations, can you please give us a breakdown where they're from, what cities, and if they've been released? >> that information is still in process as far as where they're from. our initial assessment of saturday's -- when i reported

them, of ten felonies, seven were from san francisco, and three were from other cities. we were here and officers were working throughout the night, and as the sheriff says, that booking process is very time-consuming, so we'll deliver that information as soon as we have accurate information. for the information that i reported yesterday on the ten, seven of the ten were from the city of san francisco. >> thank you, chief. your next question is from mission local. from where were the 200 officers that came in drawn from? >> they were from all over the state. they were from as far south as santa barbara, and some were from the north. i actually had an opportunity, last night during my shift, to

go and thank them. the way it works is when there's a call that goes out for mutual aid, the organizers on that particular day will reach out to agencies from all over the state. based on what's going on in their city or county, they can afford or have the luxury of sending resources, they will, and so it's hit or miss. some counties had the challenges we did -- some counties had the same challenges we did. they were not able to send resources, but it's from all over the state. i'd like to thank definitely the mayor, again, for her leadership on that issue, and for the governor for granting us those resources. >> are there any quarantine factors that will have to be met before the curfew is

lifted? >> this is a very complex situation we're in. quarantine's a very real thing. one in -- in terms of the curfew being lifted, quarantines won't impact that. what impacts that is people coming into our city, looting, destroying things, and causing havoc. that has to stop. how this works is i give my advice to the mayor as a police chief, and she makes a decision. my advice to the mayor is as long as we've seen what we've seen the last couple of days is to not lift the curfew. i can tell you i know that decision weighs heavy on her. she understands what's at

stake, but we have to see an improvement in the behavior before my recommendation to the mayor would be to lift that curfew. >> next question is from tricia from san francisco chronicle. do you have an estimate of the damage caused this weekend? >> no, i don't. what i can say is there was an extensive amount of damage done to the city. i want to commend, again, our leadership. our director of public works, i talked to him at 3:00 in the morning on saturday night, sunday morning, and he got up out of his bed and started the cleanup process. and by day break, union square was clean. he accelerated the board-up process, helping businesses board up their businesses so they would not suffer at least further exposure from their

businesses being open with all that's going on, so that's a tremendous amount of work. that's a lot of leadership, and it took a lot of partnership to make that happen. that was a tremendous effort, and the one thing that the mayor -- and i can say this because she said this directly to me, and i echo this, we did not want san francisco to wake up, and for san franciscans to see this city torn up. so we were committed, as a city family, to do everything we needed to do to cleanup everything that had been torn up saturday night, and public works did an outstanding job to get that done. if you go to union square, you won't see damage. they cleaned up all the graffiti immediately. we're still in the process of boarding up, but that's a tremendous undertaking because

what it gets to is resiliency, the ability to bounce back to normal. this is a resilient city, and i'm proud to stand by all the department heads making this happen. we are a resilient city, and we will come back. >> does the city incur additional costs when it gets resources from other cities? >> there is a process for that, and, you know, we have a whole wing of the city that's keeping tabs on the time that's spent to address this public emergency, and there is a reimbursement. there's a lot of state procedures that are involved in that. that's not in my wheel house. what's in my wheel house is we account properly to give that information to the people who make the decisions, so we'll see who that -- how that plays out. >> next question is from holly, kqed radio. >> not to this point, no. the process in san francisco -- not that i know of, any way.

the process in san francisco is we have a department of police accountability, which is an independent department from the police department. i say that, and i emphasize that because part of what's going on in this country right now is accountability. if anybody has a complaint, a member of the public has a complaint of the way we do business -- and we welcome accountability, you can go to our website. if you don't have internet, i'll try to get the phone number out to everybody. but we're transparent, and if the public has a complaint about the way we conduct our businesses, they deserve an investigation to be conducted, and the department of police accountability will conduct that investigation. >> can you outline the department's plan tonight and for the rest of the week. >> we're fully deployed tonight. we still have a cancellation of all days off. we still have the additional law enforcement resources that

the state department or office of emergency services has provided us, and we're going to go back at it tonight. we are committed to protecting businesses and we have squads ready to respond to any criminal activity particularly in the midst of a public protest. there's a lot that goes into this, there's a lot of moving parts, but our officers are out there to protect the city and do a job, and i would just ask that say a kind word if you

can. if i can go back to the department of police accountability, it's 415-664-7711. >> and the last question, dominick from the san francisco chronicle. can you respond to the protesters who came to our city to create chaos. >> oh, yes, i can. loaded handgun, explosives in a backpack. molotov cocktail thrown at officers. individuals who came to this city with crowbars, bolt cutters. we saw a van passing out bricks to throw at officers on

saturday night. if that's anybody's idea of a peaceful protest, we need to talk about that. that's unacceptable, and we will not accept that. >> thank you, chief. the next questions are for sheriff paul miyamoto. >> thank you. thank you, sheriff miyamoto. your question is from paul, kqed news. of the people arrested, given the no bail rule, how long were people held before they were released. >> the events leading up to about 11:00 last night, those individuals were in holding areas, were outside in holding areas which we started the cite

and release process for crimes and misdemeanors. of those individuals, there are 23 as of 5:00 this morning there were still in custody in our intake and release facility. >> how many people were actually booked, and what were the specific charges and demographics of the people who were booked into jail? >> i'll make sure that our office releases the specifics in terms of the demographics of those released to include whether or not they are from out of county or out of san francisco residents. we will make sure we provide that for everyone after this press conference. >> thank you, sheriff. this concludes our press conference for today. >> thank you.

>> hi. i'm chris mathers with channel 19, and you're watching coping with covid-19. today, i'm going to be talking about exercising during the pandemic. first, i'm going to tell you what i've been doing, and then i'm going to be checking in with some friends and family. i've been riding my bike. all i take is a pair of gloves and a mask if i come into contact with anyone. i try to ride my bike during the time i'm sheltering in place. i try to ride for at least 30 minutes. surfing is my other regular outdoor activity. california state guidelines recommend you don't drive more than ten minutes for a spot to

exercise, and although i'm close to ocean beach, i'm a bit wary to go there, so i'm using the time to do some maintenance. filling in gouges and dings, and sanding it down. i'm also repairing holes in my suit. fellow sfgovtv producer chris took his first yoga lesson a couple of years ago and used to go to a class regularly before the lockdown. he and his wife set up a space in their garage for exercising. this routine is from an on-line class by power yoga. deann and andy have been using

the ping pong table that they bought off craigslist and set it up in their back yard. ellie has been using this home gym to stay fit. it has everything she needed. and lastly, if the weather is bad outside, you can exercise your mind by doing a puzzle, sudoku, or just by reading a good book. here's a quick recap. since i started this episode, the guidelines have changed. for instance, jack may be able to go golfing with some restrictions. go to sf.gov to get the most up-to-date

>> announcer: you're watching coping with covid-19. >> hi. i'm chris manus and you're watching "coping with covid-19." today my guest is anastasia klaste and we're going talk about how the pandemic has affected our school community. welcome to the show. >> hi! thank you. >> i understand that our

students and teachers have adopted video conference as distance learning tools to be able to continue studying remotely and this is clearly new for everyone. do you have some suggestions to students and perhaps their parents that could help them manage this new approach? >> i think the best advice i can give students and parents is to really be gentle on yourselves during this time. the thing we don't really want to do is increase stress and anxiety amongst our students because they know it is a scary, uncertain time aside from the work. so, we are engaging in distance learning and providing work for students to engage in. the mental health of students and their well-being and safety is really at the forefront of our minds and so we're asking parents to keep an eye on their kids and also asking kids to speak up and let us know if they're having trouble f they need to talk to someone, if they need to take a break or

they need more time to do work. because that is really what's most important for us. >> right. and what would you say to teachers having a hard time adjusting as well? >> i think our faculty is really lucky in that we were already utilizing google classroom in all of our classes. so the switch from in-person to online is not as extreme as it may have been to some other faculties in other schools. that said, most of us had never engaged in video conferencing or done any sort of daily online lesson planning. so, i think the same thing i say to parents and students i say to teachers is to just be gentle and give yourself space and know it's ok to make mistakes and it's ok if you're not perfect and we're all sort of learning and doing at the same time. so, that can also be anxiety provoking and that can be hard for taoefers that are used to

being really good at what they do and knowing what exactly to say and how to do it every day are grappling with new technology and they're finding that students [inaudible] what they do in person. >> are there concerns about college admissions for high school seniors and juniors? >> i think at first there was a lot of sort of confusion and anxiety for juniors and seniors about colleges. and now that the system has come out with some guidance and we understand that, you know, the s.a.t. and a.c.t. tests won't be required for the next year, we know that universities have only agreed to accept credit or no credit or pass-no pass grades and looking at students across the country knowing that we're in unprecedented situation now that we've got guidance of clarity around that. students are feeling a lot more comfort.

-- comfortable. for our current seniors, most of them got their college acceptances in february and march so those things shouldn't be changing that much. for juniors, you know, now that they know that they have to step it up for the next year because the grades that they're getting this semester may not be letter grades, it might be a pass-no pass, credit-no credit. but it seems from everything that i read or hear, they're working really closely with school districts to make sure that no student is, you know, adversely affected by the pandemic because of this sort of universal experience for all students. >> indeed. i heard that some kids are worried that they may have to make up the work or retake the whole year? how likely are those scenarios and how will grades be assigned for this semester? >> well, san francisco unified has made a decision through the board of ed that there will be a signing. credit-no credit for 6 through

12th graders and that means that basically they will either full credit for the glass or won't receive credit for class, based on the work that they do and that goes into a gaap of neutral so it shouldn't raise or lower any specific student's g.p.a., but just give them credit toward graduation. from what i can tell, california has been pretty clear that no student will have to retake this year. as educators, we do acknowledge that thereby a little bit of catchup happening in the fall. >> right. have your students had a variety of different experiences during this pandemic? >> yes. i would say definitely. our school serves a big at-risk group of kids. we have students from every zip code and city, basically. and students from all sorts of backgrounds and socioeconomic

statuses so on one hand they have their high speed wi-fi and it's no problem for them to hop on a zoom call or get their google docs turned in and then we have a lot of situations where they may not have wi-fi so they're delivering hotspots or they have a device but it is shared among several siblings or the parents are using it during the day and the kids have only a certain amount of time that they can engage. so, you know, something that the teachers have talked about being mindful of and i'm definitely being mindful, as a principal, is that our students are in various situations and we can't assume anything about their access in their ability to [inaudible] right now. for some of them, they're caring for siblings or grandma, living at home. many of them have family members affected by covid and

so they're in a space where they're really just trying to take care of those around them. and academics are sort of on the backburner and for right now that's ok. you know, we sort of support them in whatever way they need. >> i understand. have you been able to provide any technical assistance to your students or faculty? >> yes. the school district had hotspots so i personally delivered about 50 chrome books to students and now we're getting hotspots, which are wi-fi devices that utilize cell phone coverage in an area so homes that don't have wi-fi or homes that have spotty wi-fi can use these hotspots and the kids are saying that they work really well and now the district just got a bunch of them so we're able to list them. so any family that needs them right now, which is really great. now all of our faculties have access to high speed wi-fi and

technology at home. we are providing them with the technology that they need to be engaged in this. >> i see. and finally s there any news about summer school? >> there is. sort of. it's happening. in some way, shape or form. but we don't really know how or where. i'm assuming it will be online and, as usual, seniors or kids about to graduate will be prioritized so there'll definitely be some summer school, i'm just not sure where or what at this point. but they're going to share information about that pretty soon. unfortunately all the fun summer programs and jobs, the arts programs and language programs, the acceleration programs are probably not happening. but there will be some sort of

credit recovery option for kids who need it. >> right. well, thank you for coming ton show. i really appreciate the time you've given us today. >> yeah. great talking with you. thank you so much for having me. >> that is it for this episode. we'll be back with more covid-19 related information shortly. you've been watching "coping with covid-19." i'm chris manus. thank you for watching.

>> -- amendments to the amendments. >> the corrected minutes were reposted yesterday as requested. >> a directors, do we have a motion for the reposted minutes for the may 19 meeting? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> before we do, we should see ifer