recap some headlines from our conversation today with the superintendent of california schools, tony thurmond. we thank him for being here. he says every district will open at a different date, it's up to them. no student will be punished for being subject to things like pass/fail. thurmond says many districts are looking at a hybrid of distance learning and in-class learning this fall. he also says many districts are looking at smaller class sizes and row stating schedules. they are working with companies to donate more electronics and they do have a task force set up to accomplish all that. thank you so much for joining us today on getting answers. take care. >>> tonight, the outbreak reaching inside the white house. the president is pressed moments ago, should every american have access to the kind of testing being given to workers inside the west wing? tonight, the changes inside the white house. the president saying he is now requiring everyone entering the west wing to wear a mask or facial covering after two people close to the president and vice president test positive. some white hou

as we await superintendent tony thurmond. we want to show you this other reporting on this different kind of memorial day today as the country is in the middle of a pandemic. a lot of services to honor fallen heroes are virtual. the message does remain the same, though. >> on this historic memorial day, americans paying tribute not only to those who made the ultimate sacrifice serving this country. >> we're going to give it our best shot to honor all of our fallen veterans. >> to the almost 100,000 lives canceled. not to show any kind respect to our fallen brothers and sisters is not the right thing to do. >> department of veteran affairs says over 1,000 covid-19 deaths in this country were military veterans. president trump paying tribute at arlington national cemetery in a wreath-laying ceremony for all the nation's fallen heroes. with social distancing guidelines in place, the cemetery open only for families and officials with a special pass to visit graves.el, virtuas were available online. >> there's a big white house ♪

. >>> california superintendent tony thurmond held a news conference to discuss plans to return students to the classroom . with schools facing budget cuts, the superintendent says it's impossible to reopen safely.here's more on that story from cristina rendon. >> reporter: there were a lot of concerns from superintendents, teachers, and custodians. they said they need support is schools reopen. >> we understand that you need ppe, that you need flexibility. >> reporter: in a virtual discussion with educators, superintendent tony thurmond said the schools cannot reopen safely without more money for social distancing. the concerns are result of the $7 billion that was cut from education and the governors revised budget. >> we hear you loud and clear and agree that we cannot ask schools to do more with less. >> reporter: that is why he is calling on help from the federal government for funding. teachers and superintendents echoing that and saying that they need money from the state rainy day fund. but it takes a village to educate a child. right now we should be looking at how we uplift and

. >>> superintendent tony thurmond held the conference to discuss bringing students back to the classroom, here's more on that story from cristina rendon. >> we understand that you need ppe and a you need flexibility. >> reporter: in a virtual discussion with educators, california superintendent tony thurmond said that schools cannot reopen safely without more money for social distancing . the concerns are result of a $7 billion cut from education in the governor's revised covid-19 budget. >> we hear you loud and clear and here you. we cannot ask schools to do more with less. >> reporter: that's why he's calling on help from the federal government , teachers and superintendents echoing that and saying that they need money from the rainy day fund. >> it takes a village to educate a child. right now we should be looking at how we uplift and support that village. knowing that during this crisis that our kids have been through so much. >> reporter: the safety of students is top priority, many questions remain, how do you social distance in a confined classroom? there's a possibility the kids

a blueprint for what could be required in classrooms on wednesday state school superintendent tony thurmond said that access to personal protective equipment will be required for schools to reopen. he also emphasized that districts will make their own decision on when and how to reopen that could include a hybrid learning a system a combination of traditional classroom teaching along with learning from home. >>but john sasaki with the oakland unified school district wonders how effectively schools can practice safety as they cope with a million cut from public schools because of the pandemic. >>we're just going fall as for cleaning disinfecting during the course of any school day. so you know we really want to know what that's going to look like some that the state perspective. the federal government needs to step up that they want this economy to return to normal in any way shape or form they need our schools to do the same and the arts do that we need a lot more money. >>well members from the school reopening task force are expected to share their early findings today during a virtual mee

a blueprint for what could be required in classrooms on wednesday state school superintendent tony thurmond said that access to personal protective equipment will be required for schools to reopen he also emphasized that districts will make their own decision on when and how to reopen and that could include a hybrid learning system, a combination of traditional classroom teaching along with learning from home. >>but john sasaki with the oakland unified school district wonders how effectively schools can practice safety. while coping with a million cut from public schools because of the pandemic. >>we have just can't fall extra cleaning disinfecting during the course of any school day. so you know we really want to know what that's going to look like some that the state erspective. the federal government needs to step up that they want this economy to return to normal in any way shape or form they need our schools to do the same and the arts do that we need a lot more money. >>members from the school reopening task force are expected to share their early findings today during a virtual meeti

>>on wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond gave a teaser of what reopening schools in california might look like thurman said the department of education plans to release reopening guidelines in early june. i often refer to it as a guide book. >>it is our attempt to do a kind of how to and to school districts answer questions that they have about how to reopen. >>one of those questions is when school districts can reopen. thurman said he's hoping for late august early september that there won't be a common opening it will be up to individual districts. >>we've got 10,000 schools. there is no one size fits all for schools so local school districts and school boards make decisions about one schools open what we do with the department of education as we try to guide our schools. >>that guidance will include safety measures like face coverings physical distancing in classrooms on school buses and temperature checks for students and staff thurman said it also likely involves a so-called blended instruction model, a mix of in class sessions and distance learning we want to make sure ou

. >>> state schools chief tony thurmond says it's time for california companies to step up for california school kids. during a virtual news conference this morning, thurmond called on companies to help the state come up with $500 million to help close the digital divide at this time of distance learning. >> right now we know immediately some 600,000 students are waiting for a computing device. and 300 to 400,000 students have an immediate need for an internet hot spot. >> thurmond says the state will release its guidance for the fall early next month. he is expecting a hybrid approach with some students learning from home and some students returning to school wearing masks and social distancing. by the way, our next bay area listens conversation is right here tomorrow. and it puts the entire focus on education. a full hour. tony thurmond will join us along with the superintendents from oakland, san francisco, and san jose unified schools. and you can join the conversation live tomorrow at 4:00 right here on abc7 as well as your abc7 app or any other devices you see listed there. >>> all

what the new school year may look like in california state superintendent tony thurmond says in early june. he will share guidelines for reopening the schools kron four's kate rooney gives us a preview of the state's plan. >>on wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond gave a teaser of what reopening schools in california might look like thurman said the department of education plans to release reopening guidelines in early june. i often refer to it as a guide book. it is our attempt to do a kind of how to. >>and to school districts answer questions that they have about how to reopen. >>one of those questions is when school districts can reopen. thurman said he's hoping for late august early september that there won't be a common opening it will be up to individual districts. >>we've got 10,000 schools. there is no one size fits all for schools so local school districts and school boards make decisions about those schools open what we do with the department of education as we try to guide our schools. >>that guidance will include safety measures like face coverings physical distanc

state schools teach tony thurmond says it's time for california companies to step up for california's school kids. during a virtual news conference this afternoon, thurmond called on companies to help the state come up with $500 million to help close the digital divide at this time of distance learning. >> right now we know immediately some 600,000 students are waiting for a computing device. and 300,000 to 400,000 students have an immediate need for an internet hot spot. >> thurmond says the state will release its guidance for the fall semester early next month. he expects a hybrid approach with some students learning from home, some returning to school wearing masks and social distancing. >>> and our next abc7 listens bay area conversation focuses on education. tony thurmond will join us along with superintendents from oakland, san francisco, and san jose unified schools. join the conversation life tomorrow at 4:00 right here on abc7, the abc7 app, or any of the devices that you see here. >>> i'm laura anthony in oakland, where public works crews are out cleaning up what original cr

the ability for hand washing and other resources for our schools, wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond said that access to ppe will be required for schools to reopen. >>he also emphasized that districts will make their own decisions on when and how to reopen the things that we've heard include that many schools are likely have smaller class sizes in order to accommodate the need for 6 feet of space between our students in their classes, hallways. >>and in common spaces. >>that could also include hybrid learning with some students in class while others learned from home. answers in guidance could come thursday during a virtual meeting with state education officials and leaders from california is 1000 school districts members from the school reopening task force or expected to share their early findings johnson psaki with oakland unified schools will be watching we imagine this is going to fall, you know pp for everybody's can imagine a physical distancing for everybody is going involve extra cleaning disinfecting during the course of any school day. >>so you know we really want to know

and tony thurmond, california state superintendent of instructi instruction. you heard tom hanks say "make it a great one." now have i so many questions for you. i want to start the conversation with dr. matthews. if you have the opportunity, the chance to sit down with, let's say an elementary schoolchild, to sit down and tell him what the fall will bring, what it will look like, what would you tell him or her? >> thank you, and thank you for holding this town hall, this meeting. a number of things. we long to be back with you. we miss you so much. we long for you to be back in the classroom. but one of the things we have to do is we have to make sure it's safe for you to be back. as a district we're going through a planning process with the community to figure out what that learning will look like. and then when we can bring you back in a safe way. i definitely would highlight that what's paramount and most important is your safety. >> that's what i want to ask state superintendent thurmond. districts are desperately waiting for the california department of

what these new school year might look like in california state superintendent tony thurmond says early june is when he will share guidelines for reopening schools. kron four's kate rooney gives us a preview of the state's plan. >>on wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond gave a teaser of what reopening schools in california might look like thurman said the department of education plans to release reopening guidelines in early june. i often refer to it as a guide book. it is our attempt to do a kind of how to. >>and to school districts answer questions that they have about how to reopen. >>one of those questions is when school districts can reopen. thurman said he's hoping for late august early september that there won't be a common opening it will be up to individual districts. >>we've got 10,000 schools. there is no one size fits all for schools so local school districts and school boards make decisions about one schools open what we do with the department of education as we try to guide our schools. >>that guidance will include safety measures like face coverings physical dista

>>in a virtual media check in wednesday state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond spoke of a scenario where most public schools would likely open again by late summer or fall, but not at the same time. >>want to be clear you're not a it is a painting a common over one across all districts or and andy borowitz although we do recognize this and are stations that opened early for him and said that with state guidance individual school districts will likely make their own decisions on when and how to reopen san jose's east side union high school district for example is looking at early august but flexibility is the key says superintendent chris funk. >>our karen cheek are spending. if we don't have and truck show minute. could have complete flexibility i'm reding class size by having kids come at different times throughout the day and throughout the week. >>aside from staggered openings districts are looking at learning in shifts with smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing prioritizing safety may mean everyone wears a mask to school. >>we know that a school may r

>>in a virtual media check in wednesday state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond spoke of a scenario where most public schools would likely open again by late summer or fall, but not at the same time. >>want to be clear you're not a it is a painting a common opening across school districts or and andy borowitz only if you recognize this and it was a shoo-in opened early for him and said that with state guidance individual school districts will likely make their own decisions on when and how to reopen san jose's east side union high school district for example is looking at early august but flexibility is the key says superintendent chris funk. >>our karen cheek are spending. if we don't have all instructional minute. could have complete flexibility i reducing class size by having kids come at different times throughout the day and throughout the week. >>aside from staggered openings districts are looking at learning in shifts with smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing prioritizing safety may mean everyone wears a mask to school. >>we know that a school may

state superintendent tony thurmond says students and teachers may have to wear masks and might have to switch to staggered learning, in order to give students more space. in that scenario, one group of students show up in the morning, another group reports to school in the afternoon. >> we do know that there might be some scenarios where we might need to do more of that and move to a different class, that might mean more personnel. >> but can districts afford to hire extra staff? the numbers say no. thanks to the pandemic, california is face can a staggering budget short fall. public schools and community colleges might lose more than $18 billion in state funding. >> as it relates to the cost, we know that this is going to be daunting for us, but we can't mide from the challenges. >> the oakland unified school district faces another challenge. school closures. the district is moving ahead with closing kaiser elementary, and merging it with the academy in the fall. saru's two daughters go to the school. >> does it make any sense to give up the facility at the same time when the governor

superintendent tony thurmond says the department of education is providing schools reopening plans like students going to schools in shifts. he says that the districts will decide individually when it's appropriate to open based on the county health guidelines. thurmond says that some school districts are planning for summer programs to help close the learning gap while students are at home. >>> there is a new coronavirus bill being debated in congress. the proposed health and economic recovery act would mean another $1,200 stimulus check per person. there is also $175 billion in rent, mortgage, and utility assistance. and we could see $200 billion in hazard pay for essential workers and an extensive -- extension, i should say, of the $600 a week for state and local governments and money for testing and tracing which is one of the requirements for starting businesses. democrats say the focus is on opening the economy safely and soon while putting money in the hands of the american people who speaker pelosi says can't afford to wait. >> the families who are suffering, though, hunger does

>>in a virtual media check in wednesday state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond spoke of a scenario where most public schools would likely open again by late summer or fall, but not at the same time. >>want to be clear that we're isn't paying a common opening across school districts or and andy borowitz little it although we do recognize that some of issues that opened early for him and said that with state guidance individual school districts will likely make their own decisions on when and how to reopen san jose's east side union high school district for example is looking at early august but flexibility is the key says superintendent chris funk. >>our care and she's our funding. if we don't have all instructional minutes. could have complete flexibility i reducing class size by having kids come at different times throughout the day and throughout the week aside from staggered openings districts are looking at learning in shifts with smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing. >>prioritizing safety may mean everyone wears a mask to school. >>we know that a sc

the ability for hand washing and other resources for our schools, wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond said that access to ppe will be required for schools to reopen. he also emphasized that districts will make their own decisions on when and how to reopen the things that we've heard include that many schools are likely have smaller class sizes in order to accommodate the need for 6 feet of space between our students in their classes. hallways and in common spaces that could also include hybrid learning with some students in class while others learned from home. answers in guidance could come thursday during a virtual meeting with state education officials and leaders from california is 1000 school districts members from the school reopening task force or expected to share their early findings johnson psaki with oakland unified schools will be watching we imagine this is going to fall ppe for everybody's can imagine a physical distancing for everybody is going involve extra cleaning disinfecting during the course of any school day. >>so you know we really want to know what that's going

. >> tony thurmond says each school district will make the call on how kids will learn. >> we suspect many schools will in fact offer a balance of inclass instruction as well as some form of distance learning. >> now, the districts must face a challenging math problem. with the state slashed to slash education funding by, with the state poised to slash education funding by millions of dollars, how to keep kids safe and maintain the same level of learning. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> some other critical questions here. can you pay your rent? are you still waiting for that unemployment benefit to come in? and when do you dip into your 401(k)? we have some answers for you. and some guidance. joint us tomorrow night for a, join us tomorrow night for a 30 opinion minute special called "making it in the bay," tomorrow night. >>> a plan to reopen yosemite. what you need to know if you want to go. >> and tangled in fishing nets. new pictures and video of rescuers freeing a whale off the coast of monterey bay. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. it may be sunny out but there's

a blueprint for what could be required in classrooms on wednesday state school superintendent tony thurmond said that access to personal protective equipment will be required for schools to reopen he also emphasized that districts will make their own decision on when and how to reopen and that could include a hybrid learning system, a combination of traditional classroom teaching along with learning from home. >>but john sasaki

>>for our schools, wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond said that access to ppe will be required for schools to reopen. he also emphasized that districts will make their own decisions on when and how to reopen the things that we've heard include. >>that many schools are likely have smaller class sizes in order to accommodate in need for 6 feet of space between our students in their classes. hallways and in common spaces. >>that could also include hybrid learning with some students in class while others learned from home. answers and guidance could come thursday during a virtual meeting with state education officials and leaders from california is 1000 school districts members from the school reopening task force or expected to share their early findings john sasaki with oakland unified schools will be watching we imagine this is going to fall, you know pp for everybody's can imagine a physical distancing for everybody is going involve extra cleaning disinfecting during the course of any school day. >>so you know we really want to know what that's going to look like since the stat

state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond will join us along with the superintendents from oakland, san francisco, and san jose unified schools. you can join the conversation live today in 30 minutes at 4:00 right here on abc7, >>> tonight, there is breaking news as we come on the air in the death of george floyd. an unarmed african-american who died in police custody in minneapolis. what authorities have just revealed. and it comes after violent protests erupted in the city. demonstrators clashing with officers over the death of george floyd. parts of the city in flames overnight. firefighters responding to about 30 fires. one person shot and killed and tonight, the breaking headline. the governor activating the national guard now. the mayor of minneapolis has called for the arrest of the fired police officer seen with his knee on floyd's next. floyd is being remembered by friends this evening. and city officials and floyd's own fiance pleading for peace in the streets. alex perez is in man yap

what the new school year make low, i can california on wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond gave a teaser saying the department of education plans to release reopening guidelines in early june. they're hoping to get things reopen by late august or early september but does warned that there won't be a standard opening. it will be up to individual districts to open as they see fit. >>we've got 10,000 schools. there is no one size fits all for schools so local school districts and school boards make decisions about one schools open what we do with the department of education as we try to guide our schools. >>well new guidance will include safety measures like face coverings physical distancing in classrooms and on school buses and temperature tracks for students and staff he also says reopening will involve a mix of in class sessions and distance learning. well as the bay area moves further into reopening transportation agencies are working to re image their services and the services that they provide bart released the 15 step plan to welcome back riders, the cleaning process is cal

. >> reporter: state student tony thurmond says he's aware of this problem. >> that means for many students, they may have missed 50-some days of instruction. and so we anticipate that there's some learning loss. >> should the state issue minimum sets of standards for distance learning to ensure students still receive the basic level of education? >> unless there's a change in the law, you know, the department of education and the state board of education are not able to mandate, you know, requirements per se. >> reporter: thurmond says the state will also rely on teachers to figure out what their students missed during the shelter at home. but without grades, standardized tests, or recorded attendance, we asked thurmond how will anyone know how big the achievement gap got. >> i think we're going to see conversations about innovation in education and how to measure learning in ways that might be very different than the way they've been in the past. >> reporter: thurmond and newsom say they're considering reopening schools earlier than usual. that worries this father, who feels his district

the ability for hand washing and other resources for our schools, wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond said that access to ppe will be required for schools to reopen. >>he also emphasized that districts will make their own decisions on when and how to reopen the things that we've heard include that many schools are likely have smaller class sizes in order to accommodate the need for 6 feet of space between our students in their classes, hallways. >>and in common spaces. >>that could also include hybrid learning with some students in class while others learned from home. answers in guidance could come thursday during a virtual meeting with state education officials and leaders from california is 1000 school districts numbers from the school reopening task force or expected this year the early findings john sasaki with oakland unified schools will be watching we imagine this is going to fall, you know pp for everybody's can imagine a physical distancing for everybody is going involve extra cleaning disinfecting during the course of any school day. >>so you know we really want to know wha

state superintendent tony thurmond says students and teachers may have to wear masks and might have towitch to staggered learning in order to give students more space. in that scenario one group of students show up in the morning, another group reports to school in the afternoon. >> we do know there might be some scenarios where we might need -- if you have fewer students in a class, that might mean more personnel. >> reporter: but can districts afford to hire extra staff? the numbers say no. thanks to the pandemic, california is facing a staggering budget shortfall. public schools and community colleges might lose more than $18 billion in state funding. >> as it relates to the costs, we know that this is going to be daunting for us. but we can't hide from the challenge. >> reporter: the oakland unified school district faces another challenge. school closures. the district is moving ahead with closing kaiser elementary and merging it with san copa academy in the fall. this woman's two daughters attend kaiser. >> it doesn't make any sense to anybody to be giving up facilities at the sam

>>on wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond gave a teaser of what reopening schools in california might look like thurman said the department of education plans to release reopening guidelines in early june. i often refer to it as a guide book. >>it is our attempt to do a kind of how to amend to help. school districts answer questions that they have about how to reopen. >>one of those questions is when school districts can reopen. thurman said he's hoping for late august early september that there won't be a common opening it will be up to individual districts. >>we've got 10,000 schools. there is no one size fits all for schools so local school districts and school boards make decisions about when schools open what we do with the department of education as we try to guide our schools. >>that guidance will include safety measures like face coverings physical distancing in classrooms and on school buses and temperature checks for students and staff thurman said it also likely involves a so-called blended instruction model, a mix of in class sessions and diance learning we want to m

. >> reporter: california superintendent of schools tony thurmond said that schools cannot reopen safely without more money for social distancing. this is a result after $7 billion was cut for education. >> we hear you loud and clear and agree that we cannot ask schools to do more with less. >> reporter: teachers and superintendents saying that they need money from the state rainy >> it takes a village to educate a child, how do we uplift and support that village? our children have been through so much. truck safety is top party, but many questions remain like how to use social distance in a confined classroom, there's a possibility the kids will have to wear masks and schools, which could be difficult for small children and those with health problems. instead of layoff there's a push to have a nurse and counselor and every school and more custodians. >> i don't even know if the two custodians that worked at the school would be able to keep up with the demand of constantly sanitizing the school. >> reporter: they said that distance learning is not sustainable and they want schools to reo

>>in a virtual media check in wednesday state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond spoke of a scenario where most public schools would likely open again by late summer or fall, but not at the same time. >>want to be clear you're not a it is a painting a common over one across all districts or and andy borowitz we do recognize that some of issues opened early for him and said that with state guidance individual school districts will likely make their own decisions on when and how to reopen san jose's east side union high school district for example is looking at early august but flexibility is the key says superintendent chris funk. >>our karen changed our funding. all instructional minutes. >>could have complete flexibility i reducing class size by having kids come at different times throughout the day and throughout the week aside from staggered openings districts are looking at learning in shifts with smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing. >>prioritizing safety may mean everyone wears a mask to school. >>we know that a school may reopen the labor says they

>>on wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond gave a teaser of what reopening schools in california might look like thurman said the department of education plans to release reopening guidelines in early june. i often refer to it as a guide book. it is our attempt to do a. >>kind of how to amend to school districts answer questions that they have about how to reopen. >>one of those questions is when school districts can reopen. thurman said he's hoping for late august early september that there won't be a common opening it will be up to individual districts. >>we've got 10,000 schools. there is no one size fits all for schools so local school districts and school boards make decisions about those schools open what we do with the department of education as we try to guide our schools. >>that guidance will include safety measures like face coverings physical distancing in classrooms and on school buses and temperature checks for students and staff thurman said it also likely involves a so-called blended instruction model, a mix of in class sessions and distance learning we want to mak

thank you justine tomorrow state school superintendent tony thurmond will host a virtual media check in. >>we'll provide updates on california schools reopening distance learning and investments needed to bridge the digital divide people all across the bay i are looking at their hair and feeling like is long overdue for a tram governor newsome announcing today some counties can begin reopening hair salons and barbershops is just a reported however. >>it will be up to the county officials to decide when that can happen so far he says all but 11 counties meet the state's sanders. force michelle kingston contra costa county tonight where salons are not open yet but stylists are ready to go. sonoma and napa and solano counties got the go ahead to reopen salons on tuesday but not salons here in contra costa county. >>it's been a little nerve unknowns and everything's going really crazy secret garden hair salon and oakley has been closed since the middle of march because of coronavirus but salon owners are ready to reopen safely when the county gives them the go ahead but contra costa coun

the ability for hand washing and other resources for our schools, wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond said that access to ppe will be required for schools to reopen. >>he also emphasized that districts will make their own decisions on when and how to reopen the things that we've heard include that many schools are likely have smaller class sizes in order to accommodate the need for 6 feet of space between our students in their classes, hallways. >>and in common spaces. >>that could also include hybrid learning with some students in class while others learned from home. answers in guidance could come thursday during a virtual meeting with state education officials and leaders from california is 1000 school districts members from the school reopening task force or expected to share their early findings john sasaki with oakland unified schools will be watching we imagine this is going to fall, you know pp for everybody's can imagine a physical distancing for everybody is going involve extra cleaning disinfecting during the course of any school day. >>so you know we want to know what that

. >> reporter: california state superintendent tony thurmond providing insight . with all things in this uncertain time, the answer isn't so cut and dry. even though, as thurmond announced, most states want school districts to reopen on the normal dates, not all will do so. >> there will not be a common opening. rather school districts will make their own decisions about when they will open. >> reporter: in this letter to the state legislator this week, six schools took issue with the fall reopening, saying the governors revised budget would/$19 billion to schools and it could delay reopening. >> we also know the budget is currently construed and will require some cuts too many programs and education. if we don't receive more funding from the federal government. >> reporter: there's also the issue of personal protective equipment. masks, hand sanitizer and the ability for handwashing. thurmond says those issues are more top of mind . yet another sign of the new normal, superintendent saying other changes will include smaller class sizes to maintain six feet of dis

>>on wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond gave a teaser of what reopening schools in california might look like thurman said the department of education plans to release reopening guidelines in early june. i often refer to it as a guide book. >>it is our attempt to do a kind of how to and to school districts answer questions that they have about how to reopen. >>one of those questions is when school districts can reopen. thurman said he's hoping for late august early september that there won't be a common opening it will be up to individual districts. >>we've got 10,000 schools. there is no one size fits all for schools so local school districts and school boards make decisions about one schools open what we do with the department of education as we try to guide our schools. >>that guidance will include safety measures like face coverings physical distancing in classrooms on school buses and temperature checks for students and staff thurman said it also likely involves a so-called blended instruction model, a mix of in class sessions and distance learning we want to make sure ou

>>the state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond hosted a virtual meeting with representatives from 1000 california school districts earlier this week, he said any plan to bring students and staff that will require everyone to have proper protective equipment and lesson plans will likely be a blend of in person and online teaching thurman said school districts will make their own decision on when and how they'll reopen the brentwood union school district superintendent said the guidelines expected from the state next week are critical for our district to make determinations about the start of school as soon as we know the rules we will be working with their stakeholders to make determinations about when and how we will reopen. >>it's there's no simple answer and i don't think anyone's going to be able to provide a simple answer any time soon in brentwood, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>today skyline high school in oakland used zoom for its graduation so ceremony they were all the speeches to expect and some special guests one in particular that no one saw coming. >>somewhere

in a few hours state superintendent tony thurmond will update schools on plans of reopening and distance learning next fall. but a new "usa today" poll finds many teachers and parents are not confident about returning to the classroom next year. one in five students -- one in five teachers say that they are unlikely to go back to school if and when they reopen. and six out of ten parents say they would consider finding at-home learning options rather than sending their children back to the classroom. >>> many organizations suddenly face tough financial challenges in the wake of the pandemic and that includes the ywca. the annual event to raise awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault won't even be held in person. it just can't. that's not interrupting their mission to serve. joining us this morning is candace crosby. thank you for waking up early and joining us. good to have you. >> my pleasure. hello, good morning. >> like so many nonprofits you've had such tough times. i know reportedly you've had numerous layoffs there. the big fund-raisers going away. yet there is still a

we'll hear from the state superintendent of schools, tony thurmond about what the process would look like and tune in wednesday may 27th for our congressional town hall special. >>the road to reopening politicians from all over california. we'll be answering your questions live on the air you can either submit a video of your question on our website kron 4 dot com or on twitter using the hashtag reopening ca this inside california politics special will air live from 07:00pm to 08:00pm on kron 4 and then on our kron on >>tonight california's top educator is saying that long-awaited guidance on how to reopen schools could be coming now in just a matter of days today, educators from across the state weighed in on what they believe the process should look like our first jonathan mccall reports and some of their concerns. >>a blueprint to reopen california schools is close to being completed it can i do this unless we can provide for the safety of our students and those who serve them. and so in that respect know that while we're dealing with some unanswered questions around the fiscal im

that's the word today from state superintendent of public schools tony thurmond. he says the exact reopening day will depend on what your school district decides, but he expects most to be ready to go on time in late august or september. >> so we've heard from different districts who were thinking that reopening might mean a blend of styles of education with some in class instruction and in some cases still some distance learning. >> schools will need to ensure social distancing and constant cleaning if they opt for in-person classes. and this of course means class sizes will smaller. tomorrow thurmond is leading a virtual meeting with all one thousand public school districts in the state. reps from each district will break into smaller focus groups to discuss how they plan to teach in the fall. >>> a lot more to come here. you can go out to eat in a restaurant in napa county now. next, abc7 news reporter wayne freedman shows you what that new dining experience is actually like. >>> and words really can't explain the joy of this moment. ucsf's longest coronavirus

>>in a virtual media check in wednesday state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond spoke of a scenario where most public schools would likely open again by late summer or fall, but not at the same time. >>want to be clear that we're it is a painting a common opening across school districts or and andy borowitz little it although we do recognize that some of issues that opened early for him and said that with state guidance individual school districts will likely make their own decisions on when and how to reopen san jose's east side union high school district for example is looking at early august but flexibility is the key says superintendent chris funk. >>our care and she's our funding. if we don't instructional minutes. could have complete flexibility i reducing class size by having kids come at different times throughout the day and throughout the week aside from staggered openings districts are looking at learning in shifts with smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing. >>prioritizing safety may mean everyone wears a mask to school. >>we know that a school

superintendents from three major bay area school districts and state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond. concrete guidance will be coming soon about how schools will respond in the case of an outbreak whenever in-person instruction resumes. >> the most important thing we can do is prevention. in many cases parents are asked take the temperature of your children before they come to school. and if your child's not feeling well, please keep them home. what we're learning from our schools that are operating right now, they're mostly child care centers that our staff also take temperatures before students enter. and if there is a situation, the cdc are already recommending that they create ways to support someone who might appear to not be well so as to prevent infection. >> and you can watch this town hall and all of our previous town halls on our website, abc7news.com. >>> parents in one large east bay school district protested today after their school board voted to give its superintendent and other administrators a raise. the parents think that the timing is especially bad amid the coron

the ability for hand washing and other resources for our schools, wednesday state superintendent tony thurmondto ppe will be required for schools to reopen. >>he also emphasized that districts will make their own decisions on when and how to reopen the things that we've heard include that many schools are likely have smaller class sizes

the ability for hand washing and other resources for our schools, wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond said that access to ppe will be required for schools to reopen. >>he also emphasized that districts will make their own decisions on when and how to reopen the things that we've heard include that many schools are likely have smaller class sizes in order to accommodate the need for 6 feet of space between our students in their classes, hallways. >>and in common spaces. >>that could also include hybrid learning with some students in class while others learned from home. answers in guidance could come thursday during a virtual meeting with state education officials and leaders from california is 1000 school districts numbers from the school reopening task force or expected to share their early findings john sasaki with oakland unified schools will be watching we imagine this is going to fall, you know pp for everybody's can imagine a physical distancing for everybody is going involve extra cleaning disinfecting during the course of any school day. >>so you know we want to know what that

. >>> state superintendent tony thurmond said today schools in california will reopen depending on eachmost planning to start the year as normal in late august or september with face masks required for everybody. schools in south korea are reopening today. they're calling it a phased approach starting with high school seniors. but the rules here are quite clear. everybody gets temperature checks twice a day. desks are separated. lunches served on tables with partitions. now in the normandy area of france, students are entering one at a time following a socially distanced line on the floor. france reopens schools earlier this month. so kristen, you have school-aged kids. i'm wondering about your comfort level with all of this, assuming the protocols are followed. >> well, i think if the public health officer is comfortable, i'd be comfortable. given the high stringent requirements by our local counties which is a good thing, i think it's pretty unlikely that high school might be able to happen in the sense that if they're requiring a teacher stays with only these 12 kids and the whole da

>>in a virtual media check in wednesday state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond spoke of a scenario where most public schools would likely open again by late summer or fall, but not at the same time. >>want to be clear that we're isn't paying a common over one across all districts or and andy borowitz little it was over, although we do recognize that some of issues over the world. >>herman said that with state guidance individual school districts will likely make their own decisions on when and how to reopen san jose's east side union high school district for example is looking at early august but flexibility is the key says superintendent chris funk. >>our karen changed our funding. all instructional minutes. could have complete flexibility i reducing class size by having kids come at different times throughout the day and throughout the week aside from staggered openings districts are looking at learning in shifts with smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing. >>prioritizing safety may mean everyone wears a mask to school. >>we know that a school may reopen

>>the state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond hosted a virtual meeting with representatives from 1000 california school districts earlier this week, he said any plan to bring students and staff that will require everyone to have proper protective equipment and lesson plans will likely be a blend of in person and online teaching thurman said school districts will make their own decision on when and how they'll reopen the brentwood union school district superintendent said the guidelines expected from the state next week are critical for our district to make determinations about the start of school as soon as we know the rules we will be working with their stakeholders to make determinations about when and how we will reopen i think every family has to do what they feel is best for their family. >>and at this point i'm not going to rule out home schooling in brentwood, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>memorial day weekend kicks off the summer season end a lot of kids want to get out there and go play and parents are eager for childcare and a break from sheltering in place toda

what the new school year may look like in california on wednesday state school superintendent tony thurmond says the department of education plans to release reopening guidelines in early june. they're hoping to reopen by late august or early september but thurman warns that there won't be a standard opening. it will be up to individual districts to open as they see fit. >>we've got 10,000 schools. there is no one size fits all for schools so local school districts and school boards make decisions about one schools open what we do with the department of education as we try to guide our schools. >>well new plans will include safety measures like face coverings physical distancing in classrooms and on school buses and temperature checks for students and staff. he also says reopening will involve a mix of in class sessions and distance learning. well as the bay area moves further into reopening transportation agencies are adjusting how passengers will be safely standing and sitting on board trains and buses bart police to 15 step plan to welcome back writers. the cleaning process called foggin

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>>in a virtual media check in wednesday state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond spoke of a scenario where most public schools would likely open again by late summer or fall, but not at the same time. >>want to be clear you're not a it is a painting a common over one across all districts or and andy borowitz although we do recognize that some of issues opened early for him and said that with state guidance individual school districts will likely make their own decisions on when and how to reopen san jose's east side union high school district for example is looking at early august but flexibility is the key says superintendent chris funk. >>our care and she's our funding. if we don't instructional minutes. could have complete flexibility i reducing class think it come at different times throughout the day and throughout the week aside from staggered openings districts are looking at learning in shifts with smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing. >>prioritizing safety may mean everyone wears a mask to school. >>we know that a school may reopen the labor says

the ability for hand washing and other resources for our schools, wednesday state superintendent tony thurmond said that access to ppe will be required for schools to reopen. >>he also emphasized that districts will make their own decisions on when and how to reopen the things that we've heard include that many schools are likely have smaller class sizes in order to accommodate the need for 6 feet of space between our students in their classes, hallways. >>and in common spaces. >>that could also include hybrid learning with some students in class while others learned from home. answers in guidance could come thursday during a virtual meeting with state education officials and leaders from california is 1000 school districts members from the school reopening task force or expected this year there are early findings johnson psaki with oakland unified schools will be watching we imagine this is going to fall ppe for everybody's can imagine a physical distancing for everybody is going involve extra cleaning disinfecting during the course of any school day. >>so you know we really want to know what