MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
AWARD FROM SAN DIEGO MISSION
FOX 5 NEWS.
HOW DOES THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN THE SAN
DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT CINDY MARTEN
JOINING US NOW CINDY GOOD
MORNING. THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL.
YEAH GOOD MORNING, NOTHING
LIKE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL I
IT WAS NOT.
WHAT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING
NOTHING WAS A LOT OF PARENTS
WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT THE
SUMMER WAS GOING TO ROLL
AROUND WE COULD FINALLY GIVE
OUR KIDS BACK TO YOU THAT'S
NOT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
TODAY BUT WE'LL GET THERE. YES
WE WELL.
ABSOLUTELY NOT IT'S NOT
WHAT ANYBODY WAS EXPECTING FOR
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL BUT
THEN AGAIN SO MUCH OF HER LIFE
IT OR NOT THINGS THAT WE'VE
BEEN EXPOSED A SOUND TRUE PAID
ABOUT THAT REVIEW HAVE THE
SUMMER TO PREPARE ITS NOT LIKE
IT WAS WHERE MARCH AND
EVERYTHING WAS JUST THROWN IN
AT YOU AND EVERYBODY WAS
TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT
HOW ARE THINGS GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT TODAY.
WELL THAT'S WHAT'S SO
IMPORTANT IS THAT WE LEARNED
AND LISTEN TO OUR STUDENTS AND
OUR PARENTS ABOUT THE SPRING
EXPERIENCE WHICH REALLY WE
JUST HAVE TO UP AND GET READY
TO GO RIGHT AWAY DISTRIBUTE
THOSE COMPUTERS GET THAT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR
TEACHERS ARE READY IN THE
SPRING BUT THEN WE LISTEN TO
OUR PARENTS HUNDREDS OF HOURS
OF FEEDBACK ON STREAMLINE THE
PLATFORMS WHAT DOES IT NEED TO
LOOK LIKE TO HAVE IT BE
EFFECTIVE FOR INDIVIDUAL
STUDENTS AND THEY WANT ALL THE
SUBJECT AREAS. THEY WANT TO
REPLICATE THE SCHOOL DAY AND
HAVE AS MUCH LEARNING IS
POSSIBLE IN A PLATFORM
ENVIRONMENT THAT'S NEVER GOING
TO BE THE SAME AS IN PERSON,
BUT ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT
YOU'LL SEE CAME FROM PARENTS
SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE NEED
OUR TEACHERS ARE REALLY
EXCITED TO LAUNCH THIS NEW
SCHOOL YEAR WITH ALL OF THE
NEW TOOLS AND THE PLATFORMS
AND SO THIS IS WELCOME WEEK.
IT'S LIKE ORIENTATION TO A
DIFFERENT TYPE OF ONLINE
LEARNING AND ALL ALONG THE
GOAL HAS BEEN TO BE OF THE
SUPPORT AND SO WE ENCOURAGE
FAMILIES WORK WITH THE TEACHER
CUSTOMIZE THE SUPPORTS AND
LET'S GET THIS LEARNING GOING
BECAUSE LEARNING IS WHAT
MATTERS AND WE LEARNED A
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT THAN WE
HAVE BEFORE BUT LEARNING CAN
HAPPEN AND THOSE CONNECTIONS
CAN HAPPEN AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE COMMITTED TO YOU TALK
ABOUT THOSE CONNECTIONS I GOT
MY 2 OLDER ON THAT BUS LAST
WEEK WE IT WAS A LITTLE BUMPY
ZOOM HOUGHTON OUTAGE. THE
INTERNET WENT OUT. I THINK ALL
OF US CRIED FOR LIKE A MINUTE.
BUT THEN WE PICKED OURSELVES
UP AND CINDY I'M AMAZED THAT
THE KIDS AND WATCHING THESE
KIDS JUST SO ENGAGE LIKE THEY
GOT THE COMPUTERS DOWN.
I WAS WHILE THEY'RE REALLY
DOING THIS.
YES, THE SKILLS THAT OUR
KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS ARE
LEARNING OR SKILLS NOT FOR
TODAY TO REACT TO A PANDEMIC
THESE ARE SKILLS FOR A
LIFETIME, THESE CHANGE WHAT I
ALWAYS SAY ONCE YOU LEARN
SOMETHING YOU DON'T RUN IT
ONCE YOU KNOW IT YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT WHAT ARE STUDENTS
ARE LEARNING WHAT YOUR OWN
CHILDREN JUST EXPERIENCE THEY
START PROVING WITH IT AND
THINGS HAPPEN IN TERMS OF
LEARNING MAGIC THAT CAN
CONTINUE ITS A DIFFERENT
SETTING AND LIKE I SAY WE
DON'T CHANGE WHO WHAT WE'RE
ABOUT WE CHANGE HOW WE GO
ABOUT OUR TEACHING AND
LEARNING BUT WE'RE TEACHERS
THAT ARE AT OUR CORE AND
TEACHERS LOVE TO TEACH AND WE
LOVE TO SEE THAT LIKE I'M A
YES STUDENTS ARE LEARNING WE
WERE WE WERE HAVING LIKE A
MOMENT IN OUR HOUSE AND MICE 8
YEAR OLDS LIKE MOM. I GOT THIS
WITH THE COMPUTER OF BY WELL,
WE KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING I
DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
WHAT THE KIDS SAY THE PAIR
MAHMOUD.
YOU KNOW LOOK AT THE ROOT
OF THE KIDS ARE DOING IT AND
THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO SAY IT'S
OK MOMENT THERE ARE GOING TO
FIND THAT THE PARENTS OF CRY
OH, YEAH WELL THAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN AT HOME, LET THE KIDS
GET INDEPENDENCE, YOU MIGHT
HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM MAKE SURE
THEY KNOW WHAT THE MUTE BUTTON
IS HOW TO TURN IT ON ALL MAKE
SURE THEY KNOW JUST BASIC
SKILLS THAT HE GOT THIS AND MY
MESSAGE IS IF THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT YOUR FAMILY
DOESN'T EAT WHERE THEY'RE
SAYING NO NO HELP I DON'T I
DON'T HAVE THIS YET LET US
KNOW WE HAVE A FAMILY TECH
SUPPORT LINE AND TEACHERS ARE
AVAILABLE COUNSELORS ARE
PRINCIPLES WE ARE ALL HERE FOR
YOU SAN DIEGO, WE WILL HELP
MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL AS
POSSIBLE. THERE'S NOT A PARENT
I DON'T THINK SO THAT HAS NOT
HAVE THE CONVERSATION OF WHEN
THAT DAY WILL COME.
PEOPLE ARE MAKING CHOICES
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD RIGHT WHEN SAN
DIEGO UNIFIED DOES DECIDE TO
START TO REOPEN TO BRING THE
KIDS BACK TO CLASS.
DO I SEND MY KID WHY NOT
SEND MY KIDS WHEN IS IT GOING
TO BE ARE THEY GOING TO CLOSE
THE SCHOOLS AGAIN. WHAT IS
GOING ON IN THAT WHOLE WORLD
WAS SAN DIEGO UNIFIED. I KNOW
WE'RE GOING TO BE OFF THE LIST
VERY VERY 70 SCHOOLS CAN
TECHNICALLY REOPEN RIGHT.
OUR GOAL HAS NOT HAS NOT
BEEN OUR GOAL HAS NOT BEEN TO
BE THE FIRST GOAL HAS BEEN TO
OPEN IN THE SAFEST WAY
POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE
DOING THIS IN A PHASED
APPROACH IT'S GOT TO BE THE
SAFEST WAY POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW
WE'RE FOCUSED ON THIS FIRST
WEEKEND IN AND LET'S FACE THE
APPROACH AND DO IT IN THE
SAFEST WAY POSSIBLE THAT'S
BEEN MY MESSAGE SINCE DAY ONE
OF THE UNFORTUNATE CLOSURES
BACK IN MARCH, LET'S FOCUS ON
SAFETY AND THEN WHEN WE OPEN
LET'S FOCUS ON THE SAFETY
GUIDELINES THAT WILL ALLOW US
TO OPEN AND STAY OPEN.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF
LUCK ON THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL, I'M SO EXCITED. I HOPE
THERE'S NO OUTAGES WE ZOOM
INTERNET NOTHING TODAY.
WE DON'T USE POT USAGE ALL
RIGHT ANDY, THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. COMING UP CRACKING DOWN
