Daily Admin Update
Day 22
Good morning dear friends,
Striking a balance is difficult in these newsletters. I try to give you some of the days highlights in news (not so happy) and also find some light hearted or informative info for you and your family. Today I have asked for staff members to send kid or baby pictures for you and your kids to guess who it is. The answers are at the bottom. I know you are busy, but the kids might enjoy this connection with their staff members while they are away.
I have also found out the colors of the new school. As you know the district hired a architect to make all of the plans so we are seeing the colors for the first time as well. I am glad that they have captured the colorful nature of our community.
This staff member was a student teacher here before teaching with us.
Guess which staff member that little blondie is?
Hint: This staff member works with Middle School Student
Why do we need to stay six feet away? What’s magic about that number?
The coronavirus spreads primarily by droplets from your mouth and nose, especially when you cough or sneeze. While a recent study suggested that gaseous clouds could travel up to 27 feet, six feet is the approximate range of larger droplets that are more likely to be infectious and is the distance recommended by the C.D.C.
Our understanding about this strain of the coronavirus is constantly evolving, though. The World Health Organization advises at least 3 feet of distance.
China seems to be getting back to normal life. How long will that take in the U.S.?
No one knows. China began taking draconian measures to control the coronavirus in late January, and it was not until almost two months later that it reported no new local infections. South Korea did not lock down cities in the same way, but was extremely fast to test people, trace their contacts and quarantine infected people. And although China and South Korea have demonstrated that, with drastic actions, the virus can be brought under control, there is no guarantee it won’t resurge as their economies restart.
The U.S. has taken a much more piecemeal approach to confronting the virus. To repeat the success of other countries, experts say, it will take extraordinary coordination and money from the government, and extraordinary trust and cooperation from citizens.
Four benchmarks for a return to normalcy
How do officials know when it’s time to reopen public spaces and start to bring life back to normal? Researchers recently outlined some markers:
1. Hospitals must be able to safely treat all patients requiring hospitalization, without resorting to crisis standards of care. That means having adequate beds, ventilators and staff.
2. The authorities must be able to test everyone who has symptoms, and to get reliable results quickly. That would be well more than 750,000 tests a week in the U.S.
3. Health agencies must be able to monitor confirmed cases, trace contacts of the infected, and have at-risk people go into isolation or quarantine.
4. There must be a sustained reduction in cases for at least 14 days, because it can take that long for symptoms to appear.
Sending Love To The Mountainview Community
Angela Diaz de Leon was a doula, a devoted mother and a beacon of goodness.
Sending her family, friends and all who had the pleasure of knowing her our love. SDCCS will be making a donation to the family.