COULD BE TRACKED. YEAH I WOULD
ASSUME THAT'S THE CASE I DON'T
KNOW LAST QUESTION YEAH THANK
YOU KEN. WELL STARTING TODAY
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CLARK
COUNTY WASHINGTON ARE KICKING
OFF THEIR NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
OF COURSE WE'RE STILL IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC SO
YOU KNOW THEY'RE DOING THINGS
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY
JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING
IS EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CLARISSA
HIGHTOWER THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US CLARISSA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME. YES SO LET'S FIRST
START WITH ED THAT THE
FURLOUGHS AND THE DISTRICT
BECAUSE THIS WAS.
BIG NEWS ABOUT A WEEK OR SO
AGO SO TELL US ABOUT YOU KNOW
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE
AFFECTED AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THE DISTRICT FOR THE FUTURE.
WELL WE DID HAVE SOME
FURLOUGHS AND THEY WERE ABOUT
400 PLUS M CLASSIFIED
EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY THAT.
HOWEVER OUR STUDENTS WILL BE
ENGAGING SECTION TODAY WITH
THIS WITH THEIR TEACHERS WITH
3 MAIN FOCUSES.
WILL BE FOCUSING ON
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND WITH
ENOUGH BAD WISHING HIM
PRACTICING WITH THE AT THE
BEGINNING TO BE USING ONLINE
INTERACT WITH TEACHERS AND
WITH CLASS.
OK SO AS FAR AS EMPLOYEES
THOUGH THE WHO ARE FURLOUGHED
OR THEY CAN IT POSSIBLY BE
RETURNING TO THE DISTRICT ONE
WHEN EVERYTHING GETS BACK TO
NORMAL OR IS THAT STILL JURY
STILL OUT ON THAT.
I OBVIOUSLY DO WANT TO
BRING OUR EMPLOYEES BACK AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE IN AS AND
THEY LISTEN IMPACT ON STUDENTS
AND ON OUR COMMUNITY AND WE
HOPE TO BRING HIM BACK AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE ABSOLUTELY.
AS THE SCHOOL YEAR KICKS
OFF HOW THE DISTRICT BE
HANDLING ONLINE LEARNING.
YES, SO WE ARE WE HAVE
REMOTE TO PLANO, WHICH IS AN
IMPROVEMENT IF YOU WILL FROM
THE SPRING. AND SO LIKE I SAID
THIS IS WILL IT TODAY FOR SURE
STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GET TO
KNOW THE TEACHERS. HE JUST
GETTING TO KNOW YOU ACTIVITIES
PLANNED AND READY TO GO THAT
WORK FOR ONLINE. THEY ALSO
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
STUDENTS HAVE SOME FORM OF
NORMALCY AND SO THEY'LL BE
PRACTICING AND FAMILIES IN
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE
KIDS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT WHEN A LOVED AND THEN
IN ADDITION TO DOING THAT
TEACHERS WILL ALSO WANT
STUDENTS TO BE IF READ THE
ONLINE APPLICATION THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT TOO
BRINGING IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
BUT ALL THAT WILL BE GOING
OVER TODAY WITH IT AND
PRACTICE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
YEAH, IT DOES SEEM LIKE YOU
KNOW, TEACHERS AND
ADMINISTRATORS WERE PREPARING
REALLY ALL SUMMER DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE ANYONE GOT A BREAK
BECAUSE IN THE SPRING IT WAS
SPRUNG ON THEM RIGHT AND NOW
IT'S THE YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S
LIKE THE KIND OF A NEW NORMAL
FOR NOW I KNOW YOU HAVE A
DAUGHTER I BELIEVE WHO YOU'RE
GOING TO BE GETTING READY FOR
SCHOOL TO AND MY KIDS ARE IN A
COUPLE WEEKS SO HOW IS THAT
GOING JUST YOU KNOW WORKING IN
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN
ALSO I'M SURE A LOT OF
TEACHERS ARE DEALING WITH THIS
TO YOU KNOW THEY HAVE KIDS AT
HOME, BUT THEY'RE ALSO
TEACHING FROM HOME.
AND YET THE PREPARATION
DEFINITELY BEGAN BEFORE TODAY,
I'M JUST TALKING WITH MY
DAUGHTER OF THEM MAKING SURE
SHE KNOWS HOW TO LOG ON WHERE
CLASSES ARE LOCATED HOW TO
ACCESS THOSE CLASSES. I
RECEIVED EMAILS FROM EVERYONE
THAT MY DAUGHTER'S TEACHERS BY
YESTERDAY, JUST REACHING OUT
TO GET TO KNOW ME AND KNOW MY
DAUGHTER IS SO TEACHERS AND IT
ALWAYS HAPPENS EVERY WORKING
REALLY REALLY HARD TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS YEAR THOSE THAT
WELL.
AND YOU KNOW KIND OF
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE MAYBE
WHEN THERE BE A POSSIBILITY
THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RETURN
TO INPERSON LEARNING THE
STUDENTS.
I GUESS IS AS GOOD AS LIKE
WE WE WANT OUR KIDS BACK RIGHT
WE DO BUT WE WANT TO DO AS
SAFELY AS POSSIBLE, SO WE'LL
BE MONITORING. WOULD BE WITH
THE PANDEMIC IS DOING IN THE
NEWS AND WITH CDC AND WE'RE
JUST GOING FROM THERE.
YEAH THE EU AND ALL THE
REST OF US TAKING IT DAY BY
DAY A VERY LIGHT OUR THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AS YOUR
DISTRICT STARTS OFF THE SCHOOL
