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COVID-19 updates from 2020

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Citing evidence that younger learners pose a lower risk of transmitting COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced a new...
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It is impossible to overstate the challenges our schools were presented with this year, from having to immediately pivot to...
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Capo elementary teacher is a finalist in presidential awards program for math and science educators

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An elementary teacher in the Capistrano Unified School District is among a half-dozen state finalists in the 2020 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching program. Leslie Whitaker, who teaches third grade at Esencia Elementary School, is now...
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An OCDE program administrator has made the Orange County Register’s list of OC’s Most Influential People of 2020. Kirk Anderson,...
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