This week we are providing an article highlighting the 2020/2021 school year rollout plan for the Mountain View Los Altos High School District (MVLA) currently lead by Superintendent  Dr. Nellie Meyer, the former San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) Deputy Superintendent.

Can we trade Elementary School Cindy Marten for Superintendent Dr. Nellie Meyer?

Please? 

BE WELL…TAKE COVID 19 PRECAUTIONS!

As the New School Year Nears, MVLA Instructors Find New Ways to Bring Normalcy to Virtual Classrooms

Quotes from article:

School will be different this fall for students in the Mountain View Los Altos High School District, as it will be around the country. But what district leaders are hoping doesn’t change is students’ ability to continue to learn and challenge themselves in a variety of subject areas.

And the new school year is coming soon: an online orientation program for incoming freshmen is scheduled from Aug. 5-7, and the new school year for all students is set to begin Aug. 12.

The district has come up with two options, Option A and Option B, that families can select as their distance learning plan for the next semester.

Students will be enrolled by default in Option A unless they fill out a form to participate in Option B. Families can access the form here. The deadline is Aug. 17.

Option A is to do distance learning through the high school and increase on-campus learning as it becomes permissible under state and local health guidelines. Students will take classes in real time with their classmates and with district teachers.

Option B is to use an online learning program that’s provided by a third party – specifically UC Scout, as well as other distance learning providers like Edgenuity. A teacher facilitator from the district will be available to work with the student if needed. Daily attendance would not be recorded and the courses would be self-paced, unlike Option A. In either case, students would be able to access extracurricular programs, clubs, a tutorial center, school counselor and mental health support. Both programs would offer letter grades and classes that comply with the University of California’s A-G high school course list.

Option B is to use an online learning program that’s provided by a third party – specifically UC Scout, as well as other distance learning providers like Edgenuity. A teacher facilitator from the district will be available to work with the student if needed. Daily attendance would not be recorded and the courses would be self-paced, unlike Option A. In either case, students would be able to access extracurricular programs, clubs, a tutorial center, school counselor and mental health support. Both programs would offer letter grades and classes that comply with the University of California’s A-G high school course list.

District leaders explained that Option A would be the preferred option but that Option B would provide valuable flexibility for students in special circumstances. Those circumstances might include students who have to care for siblings during school hours, who work during the day or who won’t go to campus under any circumstances due to health concerns.

District leaders explained that Option A would be the preferred option but that Option B would provide valuable flexibility for students in special circumstances. Those circumstances might include students who have to care for siblings during school hours, who work during the day or who won’t go to campus under any circumstances due to health concerns.

And…

On Monday night, several teachers presented some of the new activities and programs they’re planning to implement in Option A to make distance learning more engaging. Students who sign up for Option B won’t be able to switch until the end of the semester, while those who are enrolled in A won’t be able to switch to Option B except for medical reasons.

Several departments have received funding support from the MVLA Foundation for tools that will bolster the level of hands-on learning students can do at home. The district now has a set of mini-microscopes, which students will be able to take home for use in labs in biology, forensics and environmental science classes. Physics teacher Stephen Hine gave a demonstration of an interactive online video-based lab activity that allows students to take measurements and follow the scientific process.

In addition, students in Jill Denny’s choir program will receive tools to enable high-quality home recordings and training in how to record their singing at home. A four-person production team will also provide assistance to help piece together virtual choir performances.

Band instructor Ted Ferrucci explained that while the marching band and color guard competitions are on hold this season, he’s working with composers to rewrite larger ensemble pieces to be performed by smaller groups. The music programs are planning pilot programs with different software that reduces the lag time over video calls.

And for P.E., students will be able to track their physical activity through an activity app, like a FitBit, according to superintendent Nellie Meyer.

And…

When it comes to establishing new norms for the school year, explained Teri Faught, the district’s distance education administrator, students will be expected to show their faces in each class, tuning in by video, dressed for the day and sitting upright.

And, when the time is right, Meyer said, the district wants to bring students back. They would come back in small cohorts and priority would go to students in special education, students learning English and those who were disengaged in the spring.

But none that is allowed right now – Santa Clara County is one of 34 counties on the state’s COVID-19 watchlist and, as such, the district has been directed to open with distance learning.

And…

There is also more guidance available now about how the district should handle COVID-19 cases, should those occur on campus when it is open, Meyer explained.

If a student or staff member has symptoms, he or she should be sent home and be tested.

If the test is positive, he or she should be quarantined for 14 days from the last exposure. The district would notify the public health department and identify contacts. Those contacts would be quarantined and testing would be encouraged.

If the test is negative, the person may return to school three days after the symptoms resolve. If the person provides permission, the school may consider sharing that the test result was negative.

A school may be closed down if there are multiple cases in multiple cohorts at a school, or when at least 5% of the total number of teachers, students or staff are cases within a 14-day period. This depends on the size and physical layout of the school. As Meyer pointed out, 5% of a local high school’s population could be as many as 100 cases, so the public health department and district could intervene before then.

If one school in the district had to shut down, would the others close down too? Meyer said that decision would have to be made with the public health department.

The district plans to allow teachers and staff back on campus first, and they will be able to get testing through El Camino Hospital. It is also getting Plexiglas barriers, hand sanitizer and tools to mark 6-foot areas to encourage social distancing to prepare the campuses for whenever they can reopen, according to administrators.

District Deeds Synopsis and Commentary:

How refreshing it is to review a well devised 2020/2021 back to school plan during the Covid 19 Pandemic by highly qualified MVLA Superintendent Dr. Nellie Meyer and the innovative ways that Teachers have embraced the distance learning challenge of bringing “normalcy” to their Students.

For readers who were not SDUSD Stakeholders 7 years ago, Dr. Meyer was part of the massive Brain Drain around the time that unqualified Elementary School Principal Marten was improperly appointed SDUSD Superintendent by Tricky Dick Barrera in violation of the Brown Act.

When Dr. Meyer left the SDUSD in 2013, she accepted a position with the Mt, Diablo Unified School District as described in the East Bay Times:

“Meyer came to Mt. Diablo in 2013 from her job as a deputy superintendent for San Diego Unified School District, where she had also worked as the chief high school improvement officer, assistant superintendent of high schools and in other roles following her work as a teacher and principal. Her hiring in 2013 at Mt. Diablo followed a tough time for the district that included the board’s 2013 vote to end the contracts of its former superintendent and general counsel a year early because of a sense of distrust that permeated the district and low morale among its employees.”

Within 3 years, Dr. Meyer had turned it around according to a new School Board Trustee:

“Joanne Durkee, president of the Mt. Diablo Unified board, said she was “devastated” to see Meyer leave.

Durkee had worked under Meyer as a longtime employee of the district, ultimately as the director of college and career and adult education for the district until retiring in 2015. It was partly her enthusiasm for Meyer’s leadership that prompted her to run for the school board two years ago, Durkee said.

“She changed the culture in the district,” Durkee said. “She was refreshing. And she’s just a straight-up person.””

After Dr. Meyer left the SDUSD in 2013, “the culture in the district” for SDUSD Stakeholders changed dramatically also…FOR THE WORSE!

Virtually NO ONE except her corrupt cronies would be “devastated” if Marten left the SDUSD today.  In fact there would be wide-spread CELEBRATIONS!

And despite thousands of conversations with hundreds of SDUSD Stakeholders over the last 7 years we have literally had no one describe the corrupt, incompetent Marten as a “straight-up person“.  In fact Principals, Teachers, Staff and Parents have described Marten repeatedly as a “straight up liar“!

So after Dr. Meyer left. SDUSD Stakeholders were stuck with a vindictive, inexperienced, incompetent Elementary School Principal liar that betrayed the neediest Students and created a toxic work culture of fear and retribution for employees and parents.

As one SDUSD Principal told District Deeds at the time:

“I just keep my head down and my mouth shut” – SDUSD Principal 

After reading the above featured article we decided to dig deeper into the plan on the MVLA website.

To start, MVLA is a much smaller “High School District” which means that Elementary and Middle Schools are not a part of the plan. However Middle Schools could be easily integrated into the same MVLA schedule provided.

The MVLA offers universal, District Wide A and B Distance Learning Options that provide a FULL YEAR of education for ALL Students spelled out as follows:

The standardized schedule for all schools the whole semester is as follows:

The schedule design allows classes for ALL subjects to be held twice each week for the full semester. There is no subject content continuity time gap for any student.

We especially liked the following article quotes:

When it comes to establishing new norms for the school year, explained Teri Faught, the district’s distance education administrator, students will be expected to show their faces in each class, tuning in by video, dressed for the day and sitting upright.

And, when the time is right, Meyer said, the district wants to bring students back. They would come back in small cohorts and priority would go to students in special education, students learning English and those who were disengaged in the spring.

With only 15 days until school starts, there is no information on the SDUSD website or on any Elementary, Middle or High School Site websites for 2020/2021 school site schedules and activities like Dr, Meyer has provided.

We have heard that the SDUSD is afraid to share it with communities south of the 8.

Leaving the neediest communities in the dark until the last minute for critical decisions is a standard strategy for Marten and her “White Woman Mafia“.

We will share the plans with our readers when we get them.

And remember, already for the 2020/2021 school year:

• ALL State of California Dashboard reporting for school sites has been SUSPENDED.
• No Teacher evaluations until further notice.
• LCAP’s delayed 5 months.
• Despite a predicted huge drop in enrollment, the SDUSD will be paid for full 2019/2020 enrollment…plenty of money for more raises and less work.

We want to thank Dr. Nellie Meyer for her great example as a Superintendent for 2 different school districts since she left the SDUSD seven years ago.

And, despite insurmountable odds, we hope SDUSD Elementary School Superintendent Cindy Marten someday grows up to be just like her!

Now for our quote of the week:

“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.” – Mark Twain

 

#MARTENSGOTTAGO

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#PAYNESGOTTAGO

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