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BUZZ
from the
Parent
Center HUB
June 2020, Issue 2
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Flip Flops and School Buses
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This Buzz mixes pleasure and planning. It's
summertime, after all, and we're snapping around on flip flops,
eating corn on the cob, and firing up our BBQ grills. Fall seems a
long way off. It's hard to summon energy or interest enough to plan
ahead. But who says we can't play now, enjoy summer's treats, and also
plan ahead to the reopening of schools?
No one is sure if or when schools will reopen, how
classes will be organized, or how to make the bus ride to school
amid COVID-19 safe for our children. There are many difficult
decisions to make between now and then. We've focused one section
of this Buzz on resources to guide discussions and planning.
Our best to you all,
Debra Jennings and the
CPIR Team
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The
Ultimate Parents’ Guide to Summer Activity Resources
To give parents a sense of the summertime fun can be
had, the Washington Post compiled resources in 10 categories:
reading, education, travel, mental wellness, music, art, physical
activity, theater and dance, languages, and entertainment.
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Planning for Fall
The resources below will help Parent Centers, families,
educators, and other stakeholders consider the many options available
for reopening schools, as well as "must-do" actions that will
help prepare us.
Parent
Advocacy Toolkit for Equity in Use of COVID-19 Funds
NCLD and 13 partner organizations released recommendations to guide how the use of funding can prioritize equity and
ensure our most vulnerable students receive the greatest support. Based
on these recommendations, NCLD also created a 12-page toolkit to help
parents advocate for equity as school districts develop reopening plans
for the 2020-2021 school year.
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COVID-19
Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry
This guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics
supports education, public health, local leadership, and pediatricians
collaborating with schools in creating policies for school re-entry
that foster the overall health of children, adolescents, staff, and
communities and are based on available evidence.
Special
Report | How We Go Back to School
To reopen schools in the fall, K-12 leaders must balance
three critical, often competing responsibilities: the health and safety
of their people, the role their schools play in the larger community,
and the effective teaching of their students. To help district and
school leaders navigate these monumental decisions, Education Week
lays out the big challenges ahead and some solutions in an 8-part
series.
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The contents do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the
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