school leaders, we know how complex it is to manage a school successfully, right? during the academic environment at the best of times and now we're in the worse of times. as people, we're charged with implementing many of the goals and aspirations of the community moving forward. we will promise to be transparent to the community in the process. we ask that the school board be as transparent with us so we can make sure we come back safely. i said this last time and i will continue to say this. i need a focus on the state of goals providing the best education possible given the safest environment that san francisco unified school district can create and provide for our students, families, and community members and i urge you to work with all the labor unions, include -- to make sure we create this environment at its safest point. it must be safe for all our students and families to come back to the school site. they are using the guidelines set forth by the centers for disease control and prevention, as well as san francisco public health department. if we do all t

middle schools and high schools? >> elementary schools and middle schools and they believe high schools but it has to be done carefully with a lot of effort and review of how it's going. what we seen in high schools where there has been outbreaks, and this happened in georgia, and other parts of the country, the fact that people aren't masking. people aren't staying socially distant. so it's all of the things we recommend as prevention methods. so that's where you get these large outbreaks. generally throughout the world is when those things are adhered to. schools can reopen safely. >> okay, because i mean, i had a -- you know, i had the opportunity to meet with dr. naomi and i'm thinking about her last name, from ucfs and she gave me her presentation explaining the physiological reasons why children that are under 10 don't tend to pass it to each other or adults. that made a lot of sense, but it's really concerning to me that there isn't that same concrete data for middle and high school. so that's why i've been co

what happened in the after school times got me excited about being in school. there's no question that this is a challenge. i just -- you know, as a parent it's hard to imagine putting kids in harm's way when we don't really know exactly what the impacts are and we're hearing examples of more exposures. right now is a very dangerous time. we have to be careful. we can control our destiny. we've got to do what we can to stem the surge. if we do that, we put ourselves in a position where our schools can open up in january and we can look to the future in terms of when sporting events can take place again. >> many of our facebook viewers are worried about kids' mental health. so many are suffering. meg app wants to know, addiction and loss of life in our children, those are at an all-time high. can we talk about that? how can you help with that? >> there's no question, megan, that this has -- this pandemic has a pandemic. the state of california has given all our school districts about $3.5 billion. now's a very important time for that. we're going to provide some

host: are you dealing with elementary school students, middle school, or high school? sir, i work at a high school with 4000 enrollment. very large. and we have got all 4 grades in the class in school now. 65% on campus and 35% off. we have well over 2000 kids on campus everyday and we take precautions. we are following all the guidelines. two gets sick once in a while. they are bringing it in from the outside, folks. it is not breaking out in the schools. it is part of the data that we have collected that dr. redfield has referred to. i guess you guys played that clip earlier -- nobody is referring to that. i hear your callers, the emotional callers. nobody is giving deference to the cdc and the medical opinion. we need to follow the data, quote unquote. host: has there been any infections among the teachers, staff and administrators at your school? caller: yes. i know several teachers in this area, not just our school, that have tested positive. not one hospitalization that i know of, and certainly zero deaths. once in a while a teacher will get it. but we are protec

to schools. we are getting those devices out as soon as we get them. we get them set up, we have cards installed. that's closer to about 60,000 devices in the orbit of students that need a device. overve ordered a little 100,000 devices to meet that need. hadhe interim, schools have time to prepare, prepared paper packets of assignments and different kinds of things students have to complete. to bridge that time gap between students that meet -- need the device and actually get the device. important incredibly families stay close to their schools. they can also go to the department of education website, schools. nyc. g ovi. there is a link where they can connect with any support they on, orr either logging their email account, or any conductivity issues. continuouse a process of getting devices in the hands of students. we know schools have assigned their own in school devices for students to take home during this time. all of that is happening as we speak. and as we receive the devices, we conti

in the 2023-2024 school year.you can look at the timeline. if we go to the next slide, we're going to take another quick 30 second break, again this is a chance to write down any thoughts or questions that you have so far, get up and stretch and when we come back, we'll finish up with couple of more slides and get to the interactive portion to tonight's community information meeting. we'll move on to the last portion of the presentation. let's click through to the next slide. what comes next? the board of education decides to produce thee changes, what happens then? if the policy is approved in december, there will be lot of decisions left to make during implementation, which means lots of opportunities for community to give input. on the left hand side of the screen are things that are actually in the policy, the things that the board will be votings on in december. on the right are things that come after the policy has been approved. some of the things, what's in the policy, this includes a series of actions, go

and high school sites. of course we do this all in collaboration and coordination with d.p.h. and with the guidance they provide since we meet with them regularly and are able to work with them any time we need consultation or understand in a particular school. schools are very different and each school sometimes has specific problem solving we need to do together. we launched collaborative meetings with our site leaders. we developed a hybrid learning partnership protocol. the chief of facility may discuss more about that. we are looking at how things -- how staff and students occupy and the flow of traffic moves throughout the building to ensure that we are following safety guidelines and identifying new routines if necessary. we're also identifying outsource sfas spaces for each cohort and strategies to support learning outside. we need to understand the interest for in-person learning and distance learning. we understand that the language and the ways which we're thinking of things in this complex way i

middle schools and high schools? >> elementary schools and middle schools and they believe high schools but it has to be done carefully with a lot of effort and review of how it's going. what we seen in high schools where there has been outbreaks, and this happened in georgia, and other parts of the country, the fact that people aren't masking. people aren't staying socially distant. so it's all of the things we recommend as prevention methods. so that's where you get these large outbreaks. generally throughout the world is when those things are adhered to. schools can reopen safely. >> okay, because i mean, i had a -- you know, i had the opportunity to meet with dr. naomi and i'm thinking about her last name, from ucfs and she gave me her presentation explaining the physiological reasons why children that are under 10 don't tend to pass it to each other or adults. that made a lot of sense, but it's really concerning to me that there isn't that same concrete data for middle and high school. so that's why i've been co

university school database that the prevalence of coronavirus showing up in schools in america is roughlyne case per 1000 kids for every two weeks the school is open, if you put in place a practices that he just mentioned work, mostly wearing mass, staying socially distant and having plexiglas dividers and air filtration, you should be able to run the classroom in a different way obviously, you should be able to run the classroom safely for the students and the teachers when the background transmission rate in schools is not low and that is something rockefeller has committed to doing with public schools around the nation in partnership with the department of health and human services and i believe if the data from the early examples comes back successful as we hoped when expected in america should commit itself to making sure every american child more or less gets a chance to go to school next semester. neil: i want to talk about the recent report you have on widespread cave 12 opening schools, the upside of this report is testing this key the approach that is priority for rockefeller an

in the 2023-2024 school year.ou can look at the timeline. if we go to the next slide, we're going to take another quick 30 second break, again this is a chance to write down any thoughts or questions that you have so far, get up and stretch and when we come back, we'll finish up with couple of more slides and get to the interactive portion to tonight's community information meeting. we'll move on to the last portion of the presentation. let's click through to the next slide. what comes next? the board of education decides to produce thee changes, what happens then? if the policy is approved in december, there will be lot of decisions left to make during implementation, which means lots of opportunities for community to give input. on the left hand side of the screen are things that are actually in the policy, the things that the board will be votings on in december. on the right are things that come after the policy has been approved. some of the things, what's in the policy, this includes a series of actions, goa

to low in-school transmissions. randomized testing in new york city schools showed a positivity rate of just 0.16% compared to the city's positivity rate of roughly 2.6%. numbers adding up to be a success story during a pandemic. and, kathy's with us. michigan's governor just a moment ago announced a big change there. >> reporter: kate, that's right. due to rising covid cases in the state, all in-person learning for high schools and colleges will be shut down on wednesday and lasting three weeks. kate? >> all right, kathy park, thank you. >>> as more schools here shift to online learning, it's a different story overseas. despite covid cases rising in europe and lockdowns in effect, classrooms there are staying open. sarah harmon now on how they're doing it. >> reporter: tonight, much of europe is in lockdown. but one place that authorities are keeping open, schools for in-person instruction. >> we cannot and will not allow our children and young people's futures to be another victim of this disease. >> reporter: in

not so much the school. mainly because the school can keep a handle on it.cial distanced. they keep an eye on them and are able to keep it rnd control. europe right now is wrestling with some of the things as far as high numbers of coronavirus. what they are doing is targeting lockdowns to bars and restaurants, keeping schools open. they're saying schools will be the last thing they close because it's so important that children get that education and that development, especially in the younger years, stephanie. >> so should we -- so is it more likely we're going to see maybe k through 6 schools stay open and more virtual learning in the higher grades. i've got a second grader and sixth grader going in person and a high schooler going virtual for that very reason. it's the social activity, the locker room, all the things teens do that are far more dangerous. >> exactly. that's right because it's really hard to control their behavior once they start getting older in age. and you had a guest earlier on imploring people, saying we're getting overrun in the hospi

have provided to schools. so we are getting those devices out as soon as we get them set up. we have the lte carts installed. that number is closer to about 60,000 devices that we know in the orbit of students who have said they need a device. and again, we have ordered a little over 100,000 devices to be able to be prepared to meet that need. in the interim, schools have had some time to prepare paper packets of assignments and different kinds of things that students have to complete to bridge that time gap between a student that needs a device and actually gets a device as well. it's going to be incredibly important that family stay very close to their schools. they also can go on to our department of education website schools dot and why see dot geo v. there is a link there where they can also connect with any support that they need for either logging on or their email account or any connectivity issues as well. we know schools have also assigned some of their own in school devices for students to take home

school leaders, we know how complex it is to manage a school successfully, right? during the academic environment at the best of times and now we're in the worse of times. as people, we're charged with implementing many of the goals and aspirations of the community moving forward. we will promise to be transparent to the community in the process. we ask that the school board be as transparent with us so we can make sure we come back safely. i said this last time and i will continue to say this. i need a focus on the state of goals providing the best education possible given the safest environment that san francisco unified school district can create and provide for our students, families, and community members and i urge you to work with all the labor unions, include -- to make sure we create this environment at its safest point. it must be safe for all our students and families to come back to the school site. they are using the guidelines set forth by the centers for disease control and prevention, as well as san francisco public health department. if we do all t

in the 2023-2024 school year. you can look at the timeline. if we go to the next slide, we're going to take another quick 30 second break, again this is a chance to write down any thoughts or questions that you have so far, get up and stretch and when we come back, we'll finish up with couple of more slides and get to the interactive portion to tonight's community information meeting. we'll move on to the last portion of the presentation. let's click through to the next slide. what comes next? the board of education decides to produce thee changes, what happens then? if the policy is approved in december, there will be lot of decisions left to make during implementation, which means lots of opportunities for community to give input. on the left hand side of the screen are things that are actually in the policy, the things that the board will be votings on in december. on the right are things that come after the policy has been approved. some of the things, what's in the policy, this includes a series of actions, g

from the unified school district is expected in an hour, both graham and music elementary schools are on the chopping block, live in newark to explain the controversy, katie? >> reporter: the plan right now is for the board to vote tonight on weather to close the school, graham elementary, there are signs along the sidewalk supporting the school, the parents i talked with tonight say their biggest concern is that by closing this particular school, it would impact kids that are already underserved. more than a dozen cars with signs and homemade banners drove up and down the street in front of the school district, inside the area they were honking their horns and try to get the attention of the school board. they say board members have not adequately heard there concerns ahead of the vote, one parent says this school closing would be a blow to a community that is already struggling.>> this is a community that is already underprivileged, disadvantaged, it already faces language barriers, and to close the school and have to distribute kids into three different campuses, it doesn't make se

at age six or notify the school district about an alternate home schooling plan.s who are enrolled in hillsborough county can attend brick-and-mortar school or join class virtually. the students laura tucker was looking for hadn't done either. they were marked as missing. i guess somebody could say, "well, it's probably paperwork." >> tucker: i don't know if it's paperwork. i think a portion of them moved away. i think a portion of them are doing their own thing. they're homeschooling and they just haven't notified our homeschool office that that's what they've decided to do. and then, some of them just aren't doing school. and you can get away with it right now. and that's really scary. >> alfonsi: no one is keeping track of how many kids nationwide are not in school because of the pandemic. so, "60 minutes" compiled enrollment data from 78 of the largest school districts in the country. the results were alarming. districts reported that when school started, at least 240,000 students were unaccounted for. and, the two largest teachers unions in the country, the n

over time, we're going to certainly more to middle school and high school as well. >> when?t is your target date? >> it's not going to be the next few weeks. obviously from now until the christmas break, the focus will be on the younger kids, but when we come back, especially because we need to fight back this second wave that's bearing down on us now over the next weeks, when we come back, my hope is we can then move quickly to middle school and high school. >> and so just so i understand, in terms of the elementary school starting on monday, every student will be tested twice a week? >> once a week. it's been once a month up to now. it will now be once a week, every child is required to either be tested, have a consent form or have a medical exemption from testing. so we're going to be comprehensive, we're going to be doing this every week. >> and then if somebody is positive, does their classroom stay home? does their grade stay home? do you have a plan for what happens when there's a positive test? >> well, alisyn, that's what's been work so long well the last few months

it's not in school transmission. for kids one of the safest places they can be is to remain in school. it's really important that following the data, making sure we don't make emotional decision busy what to close and what not to close. i am here to say clearly the data strongly supports that k-through 12 schools and institutes of higher learning are not where we are having our challenges. it would be counterproductive just in containing the epidemic if there was an emotional response to say, let's close the schools. finally, i wanted to echo what has been said by the vice-president and dr. fauci. we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel where we are to now. this is why now more than ever, as was said by dr. birx and dr. fauci and myself, now more than ever we are asking all americans to redouble their efforts to be vigilant, embrace masks and social distancing, hand washing. our advice about crowds and really to support using the data to make decisions in the communities particularly as it relates to k-throu

rate in the schools is .23%. 3% for the city but .23% for the schools.st arbitrary to say we said back then we have to close at 3% so now we're going to keep our word, the data changed? >> absolutely. i'm glad you pointed to the data because we view this as an incredible success. we have been -- done over 150,000 tests of students and teachers and staff and shown that the schools can be one of the safest places you can be in the city indoors. >> so why did you close them? >> so the decision right now is to actually -- again, the mayor made a difficult decision based on the commitment he had made and the plan right now is to work on a plan so that after the thanksgiving break we can bring everybody back into the schools and we're going to adjust and adapt our protocols so we can continue to do in-person learning. >> so they're coming back shortly after thanksgiving? >> that is the plan right now. we are working actively on working on protocols, on negotiations obviously with the people who are interested in this, and we're hoping very soon we're going to

that allows elementary school students to come back into school with social distancing and different time schedules. but it doesn't include middle or high school students which is frustrating for many. >> i'm applying to all these colleges and it's created an uneven playing field because other states are going back to school. >> what parent has the ability to take their kids to school at 8:30 and pick them up at 10:30? you know who can do that? rich people. >> the bottom line parents are confused when their kids can go back to school. in livermore, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> it is so tough for the parents there. >>> still ahead go back home and zoom. the off-campus behavior that has a bay area high school kicking kids out of the classroom. >>> plus on alert and armed with bats as they take their daily walk. the wild animals that have some south bay neighbors on edge. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. i'll show you the change in the weather tomorrow that will make it feel different for us. also when rain returns. i'll see you back here in about 6 minutes. did you know

let me turn now to our schools. to keepwear our masks our kids in school. our k-12 schools are doing a phenomenal job. i thank them. i think everyone in those schools. i believe that most children are simply better off in school then learning remotely. however, as the increasing surge threatens the ability of school districts to keep teachers in the classroom, some schools are starting to shift to virtual learning. we must do everything in our power to slow this virus down so that kids can stay in school. it is up to each and every one of us. what you do in the community, what we all do in the community impacts whether our kids will be able to stay in school. because no matter how good the schools are, they cannot overcome widespread covid in the community. it will get into the schools. let's turn to our colleges. we want to thank our colleges and universities for agreeing to not return to in person classes after thanksgiving, but to finish the semester remotely. the vast majority of schools have made this decision. forso want to thank them reducing the num

get into the schools. let's turn to our colleges. i want to thank our colleges and universities for agreeing to not return to in person classes after thanksgiving, but to finish the semester remotely. the vast majority of schools have made this decision. to thank them of reducing the amount of students on campus. tos has made a contribution keeping our campuses safer. slowunless we dramatically the community spread of this virus, our higher education communities in ohio may have to remain virtual when school opens in january with widespread covid. they may have no choice. again, it is up to us. my friends, my fellow ohioans, we know you are tired. i know you are worried, i know you want this to be over. but, in words often attributed to winston churchill, during one of the most dangerous and darkest times of world war ii, hell,ou are going through keep going. tonight, i ask you to keep going. recommit to your individual efforts to stay safe. because what you do in your private lives affects everyone. pleas

, that takes place, to break dn segregation and the larger school system -- the largest school system in the country, and a lot of folks are surprised to find out the largest civil rights demonstration took place in new york city. didn't take place in alabama or selma, alabama. didn't take place in georgia. the place here in new york city -- took place here in new york cit when i say that people are astound by that really. >> tell us about that. tell us but the boycott and what leads to it and what it means w don't know it. i if you ask people about the large e civil rights -- the march washington, dc. >> the protest in new york city was twice the size. >> that story begins in the 1930 asks and 1940s. when parents and other activists organizing to take on the racism of o the new york city board of education, which segregated black students. the schools were the worst facilities. the oldest stool buildings in the -- school building in the city, he least experienced teacherses. teachers teaching out of license, he point goes back to 1930s, 1940s, 1950s. and they harshly punish black and

a lot more testing school by school to get them back and running. >> another thing is that private schoolsality even more. >> i'll call your attention to an editorial from the "new york times" who said president trump was right over the summer to call for schools to reopen because the science has come around and supported that position. you were opposed then. it seemed political. what do you say to people who look at you holding to this 3% and say he's sticking to a political decision. >> i don't think it is politics in the least. it is ironic, you are right. president trump wanted schools open and i generally disagreed across the board. i believed from the beginning we had to reopen. a lot of people thought it couldn't be done safely. we proved it. we are dealing with a new circumstance tans, a surge we have to be very, very concerned about. i say to my fellow parents. i don't expect this to go for long. we are going to ask a lot of parents. we'll ask them to get their kids tested a lot. >> what is your time line to reopen. do you have one? >> the next few days, we'll come up with new sta

they're demanding that schools reopen of the options being offered by the livermore school district. and if you or someone you know has recovered from covid-19 might want to listen up. >>what mental illness is a new study suggests patients develop. >>it has been nearly a month, some schools in alameda county were given the green light to resume in person instruction they first reopening plans to the county office of education tonight the livermore school district board is holding a vote on those plans but as a crop first we've reports for us. the decision to move to in person instruction or stay in distance learning could depend on what parents want. >>at least 2 public school districts in alameda county have submitted reopening plans for in person instruction with the county office of education and received approval to move forward. dozens of private schools in the county have already welcome students back to class but not the livermore valley joint unified school district i will not stop fighting for my children nobel obama has 2 young daughters in the district and says distance le

but the public schools run by the san francisco unified school district of those kids are still at home doing distance learning at this point it's unclear when they might be able to return to the classrooms of the school district has a bend in the middle of a major project to go to each individual school assess. the school's facilities also talk to staff there and come up with a plan for getting kids back into the classrooms, one of the big challenges right now is working on air circulation ventilation at the schools and making sure it complies with health requirements in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus at this point it's unclear when school will resume, but there is some thinking that special needs kids and young children will be allowed to return to the classrooms first probably in some sort of hybrid model exactly what that is we do not know yet and while many parents are eager for their kids to return to school this could also have an impact on daycare workers i talked to one man today in san francisco says that when kids go back to school it will have a big impact on his

they say, quote: this is a role for school closures in response to school-based cases of covid-19 fortion and contact tracing. few days of closure, part of a larger community mitigation strategy, but jurisdictions with substantial community spread, how do you think we should handle it, what would you like to see change the mindset? how should we address schools, especially when it causes such stress sometimes for parents? >> yeah. i think what you said, we need to start thinking about schools as essential and think about prioritizing them over other things. in new york the idea was the community spread even though they said explicitly, it seems like the spread is not happening in schools, we're going to close schools anyway. i think we need to flip it and do everything we can to try to keep schools open and whether that means doing more restrictions on dining, i think those are the kinds of sacrifices we need to be making in order to allow schools to stay open. and it absolutely is the case that if we see a lot of spread in the schools, we should figure out what's going on there and t

so the real issue with schools is keeping schools safe, getting enough testing.enough protocols in place, masking and distancing. and that the teachers feel safe. but you know what, bill? the tremendous cost of keeping the schools closed has to be considered here. a lot of poorer students don't have the ability to do remote learning. they don't have the laptop. they don't have the ipad. and the socialization in schools is so important. and mental health screenings are important. and nutrition is important. and eye and dental care are important. across the board, when you close the schools like this, it is a tremendous public health cost. >> bill: i agree with you. another topic thanksgiving travel recommended by the cdc not to do it. i mean, there are millions of people who jump on the road for turkey day. what do you make of that? >> well, bill, i think that they know the cdc knows that they are not going to get across the board compliance here. 50 million americans are supposed to be traveling in the next few days. i think they are trying to send a message that

the newark unified school district they had to look at closing two schools.losure committee handed the board a list of four schools to choose from. parents, students and teachers took to the streets hoping that their voices are heard. the majority of these marchers are from graham elementary school, the school that is on the top of the list to shut its doors. >> we thought for sure we would not be there because we just had a 22 point raise in our test scores two years ago. no school has ever done that. >> i tell them that it is not final, we still have to raise our voices, so we have to be out here and this is why they are here. >> reporter: along with graham, musa, lincoln and snow elementary are on the list in that particular order. >> no matter which schools get close to somebody will be hurting. remix is apparent from snow elementary but she was also a representative on the closure committee. >> i don't like it but as time is going on i can understand where they're coming from. >> reporter: tonight excepted the report from the closure committee to move ah

of school.do you as county executive to push back against a governor who wants to tell you how to handle your county. do you have to abide by him telling you to shut down the schools? >> well, number one, i do believe that some kids are getting lost. speaking with teachers, high school teachers, kids who are full remote. >> they are getting lost. brian: totally. >> not learning and not being reached. and about your other questions. look, i'm a county, i follow what the state says. steve: right. >> i can also advocate and daily calls with the state. my team has daily calls with the state. and we advocate for what we see on the ground. we in the counties are on the ground. we are the ones with the health department and the ambulances and the medics and all of that we are the ones doing the actual work of combating this virus on the ground. brian: let me just tell you every day if my daughter forgets to do her screening i get alerted. if there is a positive test in the grammar school even though sh

changing between school and home, schooling and schooling obstacle itself. so schools will remain open, but it seems very likely that some measures will be taken to prevent infections at schools. read our political correspondent, broad's on. thank you. well, as we heard, the leaders are debating some limited school closures for christmas. there is still broad agreement, however that schools should remain open that does not change the fact that some students and teachers are getting sick. a hybrid model that combines remote and on site learning could be a possible solution, but are schools prepared for that? w. visited a berlin school to find out what this politics class is still happening in person today in a proper classroom. but the teacher says she could start teaching the subject online tomorrow. students already have much of their class work online, like this quiz on climate change. their parlin school has the technology to do hybrid learning, partly in class, partly at home. but we worked hard on it during lockdown. we had months to discuss the differe

york high school and two locations in fremont, the high school and middle school. we are really grateful for the support at each of these locations. we are seeing great momentum and interest. we have a total of eight. all have done a great job with classes in programming in the schools in pandemic conditions. up two plans to bring additional locations this .anuary this is a program that sees results. it is a program that extends help to students who have experienced significant barriers to be sick sense -- to being successful at school. to run the risk of not graduating. afterwardsmonths ensuring they have sustainable unemployment, and/or furthering their education which will lead to a career. this is accomplished through supportive classroom settings that focus on practical life skills and project-based learning approach. the 2020 senior graduation rate was 98%, and will be 100% when the final student crosses the finish line this december. we also had goals around employment after graduation, full-time jobs leading to a career, and post secondary education. goals

making the schools safe. it doesn't any sense whatsoever. it should happen months and months ago. let's do something that would make our schools safe. more ppe, talking about let's invest in our children come in education at the federal level. that's the only place with kind of resources it needs to be. that's the only ways to can come from. they can't come from the state level but that is dried up. that's what's missing now, total absence of investment, of come f commitment, of vision at the federal level. >> i wonder if this convergence of the pandemic and education really revealed the deficits, exposed the needs, the real disparities. i wonder what did this pandemic, what did it teach us? that was particularly and fans i spelled out but what did it teach us about the deficits, the needs in the classrooms, in the school districts? >> i will start with the easy one, and that's broadband. we have nearly 6,000,000 students in texas and nearly 2 million, 1.8 million texas students did not have access to either

the school is now asking students to get covid tests to determine when the school can reopen. take a listen to one student reacting. >> for me zoom is -- it's a lot harder for me to do everything with school and it's nicer to be with my friends and see my teachers and be in classes. >> reporter: parents listened to a school board meeting that included a report on the reopening plan. many parents are fed up with distance learning and ready for their students to get back in class. so far school leaders have put together a task force with hopes of getting elementary school students in class first. the time line for reopening has not been revealed and here in the city san francisco schools looking to get their students back in the classroom similar to many other districts they're looking to do it in phases. yesterday the school board did approve a january 25th start date for pk through first grade and students with disabts. the next update will be on december 8th. those cases continue to rise and, of course, all of those plans are contingent on the covid numbers. we're live in san

school kids. the mask policies, community transmission rates and the percent of students that are enrolled face to face all make a huge impact on school transition. it is also important to remember students aren't the only ones going to schools. their parents are, their teachers. they all interact with the school environment. when you go to school, the virus goes with you and it comes home with you. and they are not these inoculated centers or silo places. they're community-based organizations where lots of people congregate for long periods of time. we looked at this week the 4,000 or so districts that are reporting both enrollment data and case data. less than 3% of all the districts in the country were in the lowest risk zone based on cdc guidance. >> what does that mean? >> cdc basically has a scale >> cdc has a scale one to five of how relatively safe it is to open schools. one being the safest, five being the least safe, the red zone. >> do you have an assessment -- go ahead. 2/3 were what?

the school district is thinking of shutting down two schools because of declining enrollment.s a big deal because they only have about ten schools in all. the parents are trying to figure out how they ended up on the top of the closure list. >> everywhere we go ... >> reporter: families plan to march again tonight like they did here two weeks ago. they're angry saying the district did not properly notify them about the process. families say reports from a school closure committee did not get translated to spanish and left them in the dark. the school lost nearly -- district has lost students. a report found that the district has had a lot of staff turn over, superintendents, board members, department heads. that's led to a lack of planning and management. they're facing $6 million deficit. parents and teachers are holding out hope that they can somehow save their school. the meeting is set for tonight can the 6:30 p.m. here in newark. >>> 6:57. it's time for a long at other top stories, stock market having a disappointing opening following the jobless claims report. >> the dow

schoo high schools already open wi high schools that are open at this time will be allowed to stay open, and elementary and middle schools will be allowed to continue open, but high schools that are not open at this time will be paused as we determine our next steps in possible reopening or even a further restriction of activities. i also wanted to discuss the holiday season, which is quickly approaching, and we need to remember that the virus is not only still with us, but there is more around than ever before. the virus, unfortunately, has no boundaries, no limit, and unfortunately, it certainly does not have a holiday schedule. today's announcement goes a long way in making sure that we will have a much healthier holiday season. as we move into these holiday months, we are maintaining our focus on our hospital capacity and ensuring san franciscans can receive the care that they need during this holiday season. and we want to do everything we can to avoid reinstating a shelter in place order that would unfortunately shut our city down for the holidays. and even if we beat back the rap

do we close the whole school or just the pod? where we need to be giving schools concrete guidance. that is a place where the federal government could lead. they definitely have not led there yesterday, but i hope they think about leading in that direction as we move into a new administration and a new year where there's still a chance we could have six months of schooling. i'm afraid we're going to lose that and it's going to be a whole year of losses for kids. >>> next, how our faith in our elections is still being put to the test and now it is even worse with demand for another recount in georgia. >> i feel like it was conducted on a fair basis, but i'm not sure. i'm hearing things from other sources that make me wonder. m o sources that make me wonder. arl. ...who takes care of yourself. so when it comes to screening for colon cancer, don't wait. because when caught early, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers... ...even in early stages. tell me m

remember, this is the time school started, children will actually miss this year's school. and most of the children we saw yesterday come there are school age. unfortunately, they will not have school this year. so we have to come up with alternative and programs already within the next month or 2. we are hoping the crisis will stop in ethiopia. the fighting will stop. there will be able to go back home. but if that's not the case, we have to be in place to support them. what you do says she hopes the conflict ends soon so that she can return back home with her family. she says she wants her child to be operated on, but more importantly, wants him to grow up with no memories of the horror that's forced her and her family to leave their lives behind and seek refuge here in sudan. people morgan al-jazeera and fresh account of out of state e.u. leaders, a locked in a budget standoff. putting of an $850000000000.00 coronavirus relief package in jeopardy crisis talks are taking place in a virtual summit after both poland and hungary vetoed the budget. earlier this week, the 2 co

>> reporter: 8-year old bellamy this shirt for a school board meeting. dozens of students and parents showing up to tell livermore trustees they want classroom learning to resume. >> other districts around us are doing it and i don't know why ours feels like they have to reinvent the wheel. >> reporter: the district has a plan to split elementary students who want to come back into morning and afternoon groups four days a week. families can also choose to stay home. everyone was asked to commit. >> a hybrid schedule was created along with many other options. this was determined to be the best for students that we know will still create challenges for families. >> reporter: explaining it to parents. the district wants classes will have to be remade. to make the overhaul worth it, to entry students must be willing and there are conditions. >> many students may end up with a new teacher and new classmates. it is even possible some students may end up with a different school entirely. >> we believe they are purposefully creating these obstacles. whether it's

nonessential shops and hospitality will close, schools and hospitality will close, schools and universities the prime minister has said the measures are to prevent a medical disaster, with the nhs being overwhelmed. are to prevent a medical disaster, with the nhs being overwhelmedlj think with the nhs being overwhelmed.” think the prime minister had no choice but to act on very clear evidence that the trajectory of hospital admissions, demand on the health service were such that we just would have been overwhelmed in the coming weeks, to the point that it wouldn't just be the coming weeks, to the point that it wouldn'tjust be a case of not managing the surge in patients with covid but the nhs would not have been able to provide services to large numbers of non—word—macro patients. there are more than 9000 people with covid in english hospitals. some, including those in liverpool, lancashire and nottinghamshire are treating more coronavirus patients now than during the peak in the first wave. getting the peak in the first wave. getting the reproduction number of the virus below one is crucia

schoo high schools already open wi high schools that are open at this time will be allowed to stay open, and elementary and middle schools will be allowed to continue open, but high schools that are not open at this time will be paused as we determine our next steps in possible reopening or even a further restriction of activities. i also wanted to discuss the holiday season, which is quickly approaching, and we need to remember that the virus is not only still with us, but there is more around than ever before. the virus, unfortunately, has no boundaries, no limit, and unfortunately, it certainly does not have a holiday schedule. today's announcement goes a long way in making sure that we will have a much healthier holiday season. as we move into these holiday months, we are maintaining our focus on our hospital capacity and ensuring san franciscans can receive the care that they need during this holiday season. and we want to do everything we can to avoid reinstating a shelter in place order that would unfortunately shut our city down for the holidays. and even if we beat back the rap

i can't speak highly enough about the teachers at my kids school and our school principal.g above and beyond, but i really believe that the reality is virtual school is an unworkable situation and although teachers and principals are doing their best to try to make this into a workable situation, kids don't learn well in this environment. and i think that's what the study really shows. >> sandra: not to mention the economic impact for so many families balancing in some case two-parent working families, single working families. so many different challenges out there. i know thoughts as we do know there are many teachers who feel concerned about the spread of the virus in schools. we hear otherwise from the cdc. so many different ways to look at this. >> absolutely. you know, i think -- we have friends that are in a couple referred private schools around the fairfax county area and friends who are in smaller public school systems elsewhere in the country that have been able to bring their students back, keeping them socially distanced, giving them with masks on, able to keep

keeping schools and colleges open as much as we possibly can.g and summer term were dire, both in terms of keeping education going, but also in terms of children's welfare and well—being. 0ur terms of children's welfare and well—being. our view is that the government is right to prioritise keeping schools open over other services as much as they can. but we also need to be really mindful of the impact, obviously, on that of the impact, obviously, on that of the spread of the virus and on the children and staff in our schools. there is also a difference, isn't there, between primary and secondary schools? it does seem that there is less of a rate of for want of a better is worth, in primary schools but. should secondary schooljust carry on questioning we think there is definitely an argument for looking at possibly bring any rotor system and secondary schools. you're absolutely right that the spread in secondary schools seem to be much greater than at primary. and in the government has made good contingency planning, they have already been sing,

and we're 2 1/2 months into the school year. we've had 56 in-school transmissions. that's out of over 3,000 buildings. we take every one of those seriously, but that's well within any expectation. so our hope is we can continue to do that as it relates to school. >> schools have done an extraordinary job. how do you decide when the state has to step in and shut things down? what's the line? where's the number? >> there's no one number. we look at a whole range of numbers, but we look in particular, stephanie, at the numbers that we know are hard numbers. hospitalizations is a hard number. we can compare that apples to apples to the spring. positive tests, of which we're now setting or virtually setting daily records, is less reliable because we had almost no testing capacity in the spring as a nation, and we were no different. now we test as much as 75,000 people a day, but it's the hard numbers of hospitalizations, intensive care patients. it's the positivity rate, the rate of transmission. our folks look at a whole range of data. >> if you do have to shut down you

elementary schools.t see transmission from those kids to adults, educators working in the schools. now, with older students, for example high school students have a different story. they do seem to be more adults in terms of how they transmit to others. if you were to restrict on the basis of the science in terms of how risky is the activity and how essential is the activity, you would be closing indoor dining, indoor gyms, especially group classes, before you would be looking at closing, say, an elementary school to in-person learning. >> i can only hear parents saying, why can i go out to eat but yet i can't take my kid to school? there are also, dr. gander, real concerns about children learning remotely, falling behind. how will these kids catch up? >> i don't think we have a very good answer to that. i think a lot of these kids will really lose symptomatic serioom, and it's not just educationally speaking, but psychologically, socially. we know that schools are in the central service in terms of prov

at the same time we are seeing inequality where private schools are opened and public schools are notny places in the u.s. and that's really troubling. >> i almost laughed reading the title of your book and read and enjoyed and valued. i don't know fp i have doif i h relaxed parenting in the past nine months. we definitely need to talk to educators and other people who work in the schools and their exposure to risk and all parents at home who are trying to figure this out. what is your council to them? >> this is just really hard. i think one thing is to say this is really hard and everyone is spooernsing i spooernsing. >> but, i think nor general we have find ways to help parents. i mean this is hard. >> i think the way we all feel was well summed up in a tweet that's been reference a lot which is about the fact that schools are closing and my mother asked if she can drop her kid -- schools putting right up there with in-door dieping and in terms of risky activities. >> where do you see the gap between how you see things and how a lot of government sees these things. part of it is fo