The State of California is retiring the State Monitoring List, which was one list that counties were on if they met certain COVID-19-related criteria and moving towards a new tiered list with four tiers based on a county’s risk level. The color-coded four tiers are purple, red, orange, and yellow. No green tier. If a … Read more
Back to school is in full swing and usually comes with its fair share of challenges, this year is definitely like no other. Reopening Updates At the Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27, District staff shared some updates as well as challenges they are facing after being … Read more
On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors adopted an Urgency Ordinance authorizing fines for violating the COVID-19 Public Health Officer orders. The new enforcement efforts cover the Eviction Moratorium, the Testing Order, and even face-covering and social distancing rules. This Urgency Ordinance is now in effect and establishes a civil … Read more
The first day of school is quickly approaching so the Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees held their first meeting of the school year to get everything in place. Reopening Plan Updates At the Thursday, August 13 meeting, Superintendent Dr. Stella Kemp and staff provided updates on the reopening plan. Though Independent … Read more
The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) community’s pleas were heard and answered at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees. At the meeting on Wednesday, July 29, many SCUSD stakeholders called in to voice their opinions on what was supposed to be the District’s Final Reopening Plan. The plan included a three phased … Read more
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that clarification was needed regarding the guidance he released last week which closed indoor operations of many sectors, including personal care services. The new guidance allows hair, skin care, nail, and massage services to be done outdoors. Services that need a hygienic environment like tattooing and piercing can’t be done … Read more
This afternoon, Governor Gavin Newsom released the State of California’s guidance and guidelines for private and public schools in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He also announced that the State is investing $5.3 billion in additional funding to help school districts with learning equity. California’s pandemic plan for schools is: Safe in-person school bases … Read more
During a typical year, the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) Board of Trustees would be on summer break, but this year is far from normal. At a special meeting on Wednesday, July 15 the Board discussed reopening schools and, unfortunately, layoffs. School Reopening Plan SCUSD staff and Superintendent Dr. Stella Kemp presented the … Read more
Though, as of this morning, Santa Clara County is not on the State’s online County Monitoring List, the County has been on the list since Sunday and will have to close recently reopened sectors. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced yesterday that Counties on the Monitoring List have to close the indoor operations of fitness centers, … Read more
At the beginning of July, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that counties on State’s County Monitoring List would have to close some indoor sectors and today, effective immediately, those sectors must now close State-wide. These sectors must close indoor operations in all California counites: restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, zoos … Read more