Saturday, August 22, 2020

California Department of Education SSPI THURMOND STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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SSPI THURMOND
STUFF THIS WEEK FROM THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


AUG 19

AUG 17

Welcome to School Year 2020–21
Appreciation and gratitude letter sent to Food Service Directors on August 10, 2020. The letter is written by NSD Director Kim Frinzell on the behalf of the CDE NSD.

AUG 14

2020-21 Middle School Foundation Academies
This is an RFA for Middle School Foundation Academies Planning Grant.
New Special Education Director Named
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Appoints Former Illinois Special Education Leader Heather Calomese as New Director of Special Education Division

AUG 13

Recommendations Proposed for Ethnic Studies
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and Civil Rights Leaders Propose Recommendations for Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum.
COVID-19: USDA Child Nutrition Responses #39–#43
The California Department of Education Nutrition Services Division is pleased to announce that on August 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Nationwide Waivers that provided one new waiver and three waiver extensions.

AUG 12

SSPI Outlines Priorities for a Return to Learning
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond commends students, families, and educators on return to learning and outlines ongoing priorities.

AUG 11

Nutrition Services Operational Planning Fall 2020
The California Department of Education (CDE) may provide program operators including, school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, residential childcare institutions, and private schools participating
2020-21 FFVP Grant Recipient List Announced
The 2020-21 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) first allocation grant recipients have been posted on the California Department of Education (CDE) Funding Results: FFVP web page.

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Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters A MAN WITH A PLAN Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters

  Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters


A MAN WITH A PLAN
Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's 
Education Matters




Richard Corcoran thinks he is king of education
First, Corcoran issues an executive order that flies in the face of the state constitution bullying districts with the threat of losing my money, and now he has told districts before you close a class or a school give him a call so he can decide if it is okay to do so, even giving out his personal number. I want to remind everyone Corcoran is neither a doctor nor an educator or king of education,
IT IS Exactly like Florida is trying to get people killed
In the last week, Florida made three announcements that both don't make sense and will undoubtedly lead to sickness and perhaps deaths. In one district quarantined teachers are being required to go back into buildings to teach and yes read that again, the FSHAA has ignored the recommendations of their doctors and said HS sports can start and your governor has said schools with cases of COVID-19 s

AUG 15

The ZOOM Lawsuit to decide the fate of teachers and students
This is surreal. The state is holding the lawsuit to see if Local districts have control over education or the state does is being held over ZOOM. I am confused why the judge didn't just say, well as long as we have to have court through zoom, we should have school through zoom too. Corcoran and DeSantis are attempting to usurp the authority of districts and force them to do what they want them t

AUG 14

Empowering the voters with knowledge
Empower Jax is an organization known for wanting to strip protections away from LGBTQ people. They fought against the HRO and push an agenda that wants to see gay people shoved back in the closet, and don't take my word for it, take the Times Unions. Oh, and why does this matter? It's because they found their candidate in district 3. From the Florida Times-Union, The newly formed group trying to

AUG 13

Why is it so hard for DCPS just to do the right thing. (draft)
I tried to come up with something where I talked about the Premack principle and how if you are in a hole stop digging, but I couldn't because the bottom line is DCPS is making a conscious choice to treat it's employees poorly. Every time they are given an opportunity to do something right, they choose wrong. First, the district has had it backward from day one. They should have put everyone in D

AUG 11

DCPS proves once again tells teachers they are not important
This is going to be a little inside baseball. DCPS decided to scrap it's ESE curriculum based on 24 responses to a survey given during a pandemic. That's a problem; the bigger one though, is the district continues to treat its teachers like afterthoughts. So last spring, they introduced a program called Teach Town to supplement our main ESE program ULS. I didn't care for it, but I may not be a gr
Some of the problems with Duval Homeroom. SOME!!!!!!
Homeroom initially sounded great. The thought of high-risk teachers being able to teach from home was comforting to me, though unfortunately, it didn't work like that, and you had to apply and hope you get it, and that was before 

  Mr. G for District 3: Chris Guerrieri's Education Matters