Tuesday, April 21, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY: Superintendent Cindy Marten to Provide Update on Distance Learning Rollout
WHAT: With the full rollout of Distance Learning starting Monday, April 27, Superintendent Cindy Marten, San Diego Education Association (SDEA) President Kisha Borden, Council of San Diego Unified Council of PTAs President Mahogany Taylor, and members of the Board of Education will provide updates on teacher training, computer distribution, and the return to graded online instruction.*
*The Board of Education voted to approve grade protection during its meeting on April 14. You can read more about that here.
WHEN: Thursday, April 23, 2020
12:30 p.m.
WHERE: This will be a virtual call on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 926 7551 0535
Password: 548784
DETAILS: 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. – Speakers
1:00 p.m. - Media questions*
*For media questions, please select the “raise hand” option to alert the moderator. You will receive notification to be unmuted when it is your turn for a question. Please recite first and last names, as well as your news agency, prior to asking a question.
SPEAKERS:
Cindy Marten, Superintendent, San Diego Unified
Dr. John Lee Evans, Board of Education President, San Diego Unified
Richard Barrera, Board of Education Vice President, San Diego Unified
Kisha Borden, President, SDEA
Mahogany Taylor, President, San Diego Unified Council of PTAs
BACKGROUND:
San Diego Unified began its soft launch of Distance Learning on April 6, after collaborating with the SDEA in an effort to allow students to resume their education amid the COVID-19 crisis. Leading up to the return of graded instruction, the district has provided teachers with the professional resources they need to shift their work online. At the same time, computers have been distributed to students allowing them to reconnect with teachers during the soft launch period of Distance Learning.
San Diego Unified was the state’s largest district to announce a plan to return to formal graded instruction.
For the three-week period between April 6 and April 24, students receive credit for work that is done, although material has not been graded. On April 27, graded instruction will resume for traditional schools, and May 11 for year-round schools, for the remainder of the academic year
MEDIA CONTACT:
Maureen Magee, Communications Director, San Diego Unified, (619) 381-7930, mmagee@sandi.net.
** Please confirm attendance in advance**
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