Black Parallel School Board

Thank you to Health Net, LLC for teaming up with us to provide a free flu shot clinic for the community. Join us next Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at John Still K-8 School. Make sure to save your space and register! https://app.clovi.com/well/programs/pgm_c9b570...

#ICYMI School leaders and parents discussed some important issues. Education reporting is vital to our children, to our teachers to our communities. The Sacramento Bee is partnering with the @LocalMediaAssociation to raise money to support The Bee’s education coverage.

Voting resources, lessons for grades 6-12 from Amazon Studios Amazon Studios has released Grow a Voter, an initiative that includes lesson plans, student action toolkits, and after-school programs for students and teachers grades 6-12 to encourage civic engagement and voting at age 18. Lessons include voting rights and tactics in voter suppression in American history and voting rights as a defining civil rights issue. The lessons can be incorporated into government, civics and debate courses. It includes clips from the documentary All In: The Fight For Democracy featuring voting activist Stacey Abrams. For more info visit:https://primevideoedu.dothegoodery.com/film-resources/all-in

We want to remind you to please help us complete the School Funding Application available online! The deadline to complete the application is October 31. It is easy and it won’t take long! Thank you for your support. https://scusd.rocketscanapps.com/default.aspx

When schools can reopen depends on the COVID-19 rate in the county. That’s creating a big disparity among schools.

What is clear is that while most (97%) California households do have broadband at speeds high enough for some video calls, it’s often still not enough when multiple kids and adults are all using the network.

California is requiring districts to track students’ daily participation in distance learning and to outline strategies for reaching students. But, as yet, no statewide data are available that shows how engaged students are this school year.

Disproportionate numbers of California’s homeless students were Latino and Black: 70% and 9%, respectively. Latinos make up 55% of the overall student enrollment, and Black students 5.3%

Save the Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2020! The CA College Affordability Summit: A Pathway to Financial Aid. Make sure to join this one-day virtual experience! https://www.csac.ca.gov/cacollegeaffordabilitysummit