Volume V, Issue 20 (July 10, 2020)

“Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value.” ― Albert Einstein

Vol. V July 10, 2020

Sharing the good news about Longview Independent School District

LEADERSHIP Worsham takes reins at Ware

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lease join us in congratulating Josh Worsham, the new principal of Ware Elementary.

A science teacher at Forest Park from 2014-20, Worsham has taken the reigns at Ware with clear goals in mind. He breaks it down into two parts.

Part 1: “I want us to maintain the health and safety of our students and staff. That’s goal number one right now.”

Part 2: “Ware is a campus that is so close to making the Ware|Continued to page 7

Graduate gives back to Longview

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By J.J. Maldonado CBS19 Recent Longview High School graduate Matthew Hanson, 18, is no stranger to volunteer work.

Hanson and his mother have been making face masks to pass out to family, friends and anyone who needs one amid the COVID-19 panHANSON demic.

“We thought it would be a good idea to make those and hand them out around town,”Matthew said. “We’ve just been passing them out to anyone who ask for them, basically,” he said.

As the pandemic forced schools to switch to distance learning, Matthew found himself at home with the extra time to put his skills to the test.

“I’m still getting some people, friends from school asking if I can make their school mask,” he said.

During his time at Longview, Matthew was part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.

“It’s going to prepare you for college,” Matthew said.

Matthew plans on attending the University of Arkansas in the fall.

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Ashtyn Jones earns Mayor Scholarship The recipients of the Mayor Mack Scholarship have been announced! Congratulations are due to our very own Ashtyn Jones! She was one of four recipients! We are so proud of you, Ashtyn! We are sure you shall put the scholarship to great use.

The other 2020 recipients are: Bethany Rogers — Hallsville ISD, Camden Salser — Pine Tree ISD, Collin Castleberry — Spring Hill ISD.

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THE LONGVIEW VOICE — July 10, 2020

OPINION

Many questions remain for school

By LeiLani Cauthen The Learning Counsel

entities in place, so the all just got on screen and kids are more separated. cried. They were so hapMaybe this group goes py to see each other.

It’s almost Fall, and the clock over here, and this group Scheduling options is ticking. Talk of time and space goes over there. So sudare all over the board are swirling all around us, and denly the network comnationwide as well, confusion is rampant. plications take on whole having to do the four-day As you know, some states new meaning because week thing or going to aren’t really open yet and othyou’re not just using your A/B schedules, either by ers are closing down. And in own buildings.

CAUTHEN grade categories across a the education biz, it feels like You might be using week or separate weeks. the wild West out there. There multiple buildings that you Some places are using a two-day are discussions happening evhadn’t used before as part of model. The impact of partial erywhere about how to really your extended campus. How week scheduling on parents is pull this hybrid learning model are you going to disinfect areas? not known yet. And there are a off. Some districts are just now How about separation and mask lot of places, even through the getting around to surveying their wearing? Different states have quarantine, that still had to have parents. Will it work for your different rules; Kids under 12 in a place for the first responders parents if we’re open only two certain states don’t have to wear to send their kids because they days a week for elementary and masks, but all the teachers do. were going to work. So, some of two days for middle school? How Or maybe classrooms can only that’s already been happening. are we going to do this? It really house up to 15 kids. And there’s Then, the question of day-spacis a tough time to make all these more. ing, of elementary kids going decisions.

Buses and social distancing back first, then middle and then There are so many important adds a huge fly in the transporhigh schoolers, who will spend conversations out there, like tation ointment. And how do you much less time on campus. contact tracing. It’s a scary term, keep the kindergarteners apart?

And then there is the idea of but when it comes to health, it They like to run up on each other home rooms or houses, like In gets a little less scary and it’s and hug and a super hard. We the Harry Potter world, cohortvery important. Some districts had one superintendent just tell ing or breaking grades into are turning to micro-schooling. us when they put their kindersubunits of grades or subunits They are leasing some local retail garteners on zoom meetings of multiple grades, minimizing spaces to put separate, smaller together for the first time, they contact with the other cohorts,

having people come into those particular cohorts only through one particular door and exiting only through another door, assigned by doorway. Lindsey Smith, on one of our webinars, shared their planning all the way down to minutes by subject in remote learning. It was very sophisticated work. Kimberly Robinson from Prince George’s County also shared their alternate schedules happening across the district based on school. It’s pretty wild stuff.

The complexity and repercussions on curriculum and technology are huge.

We played our Personalized Learning Twister game at our national gathering in Dallas this past year. It is a snapshot of what the future looks like for real hybridization and Uberization of learning all the way down to the personalized level, and the change in structure, the space, the time is huge. At the time, we first presented this, we had no idea that changes would be coming so fast and furiously.

— LeiLani Cauthen is the CEO and Publisher of The Learning Counsel.

Despite complications, the census is important

By Donna Kallner The Daily Yonder For most people, replying to the 2020 census is surprisingly quick and easy. Except when it’s not. And rural areas are particularly prone to conditions that can hinder getting a complete and accurate count — things like limited high-speed internet access, addressing and mail delivery challenges, and resistance to perceived government nosiness.

As if that isn’t enough, factor in concerns about COVID-19, widespread social unrest, and economic worries that make the Great Recession feel like Happy Days in comparison. No wonder many of us want to be left alone while we wait for better days to return.

But like voting and jury duty, the census is an important (if not beloved) civic duty.

Despite multiplying complications, the 2020 census is getting done. As of June 18, 61.5% of households had responded to

the census. here in the Yonder we As a census workhaven’t forgotten to love er, I’ve done my best our neighbor. Many peoto comply with the ple blessed me with a COVID-19 no-contact “Stay safe” as I left after order. But it’s hard to making an unintended avoid making contact contact. Whether we when dogs announce stand together or on your presence, or the opposite sides of politics dust from a gravel and policies, we all have KALLNER road beats you to the a right to be counted. driveway. And to be Article 1, Section 2 of honest, I announce “Census the U.S. Constitution mandates Worker” loudly when approach- that the country conduct a count ing where it appears someone of its population once every 10 might be home: I wouldn’t years. The census helps deterappreciate knowing someone mine the number of seats each was here when I never heard state gets in the House of Reprethem come or go. I also know sentatives and provides data for that in rural areas, we don’t redrawing legislative districts. ignore a strange vehicle going It’s also used to help determine from house to house. And it’s funding for rural education, rural pretty easy to maintain social business enterprise grants, rural distancing when you’re pulled home rental assistance, water up facing opposite directions and waste disposal systems for in the middle of a country road rural communities, rural housing talking to someone who wants preservation grants, hunter eduto make sure you aren’t casing cation and safety programs, state the neighborhood. wildlife grants, and more. We These may not be the best have to live with the count from of times in the world, but out this census for 10 years.

Update Leave (UL) is one of the census enumeration area types. That’s the operation I worked in March, before my state’s COVID-19 shutdown, and again in May and June.

Most households in the United States (95.45%) receive a census form in the mail. Where mail delivery to an actual street address isn’t feasible, Census workers deliver the census questionnaires in person. So your rural area may be in a UL unit if your only mail delivery option is via Post Office boxes.

The Census Bureau does not mail census forms to P.O. boxes because each census response must be associated with the physical location where people live, not where they receive mail.

Other rural areas are divided into “blocks” that are analyzed for their “mailability.”

All deserve to be counted. So if you haven’t already, please respond now.

— Donna Kallner writes from rural northern Wisconsin.

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Gowri re-elected to TSA state office Congratulations to Gowri Rangu! Heading into her junior year at Longview High School, she has been elected to serve as State TSA Treasurer! Her sophomore year she also served as a TSA state officer. Great job, Gowri! Keep it up!

Foundation’s annual raffle sees happy faces The annual Longview ISD Foundation raffle was held on Friday, June 26, and we would like to thank everyone who took part and to those who donated for such a wonderful cause!

Congratulations to Judy Harper, winner of the $1,500 diamond hoop earrings! The earrings were from Henry & Moore Jewelry, a supporter of the Longview ISD Foundation for many years now!

Sherry Bagley won the Dine for a Month gift certificate basket.

Congratulations Bagley and enjoy your Longview dining!

City’s sesquicentennial parade delayed Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the state of Texas and in effort to keep parade participants and spectators safe, the Longview 150 Parade has been postponed to April 17, 2021. Applications for the 2021 parade will be available in January.

The One Hundred Acres of Heritage, Inc. is a

501(c)(3)not for profit organization that works with the City of Longview’s Main Street program to promote growth and vibrancy in Downtown Longview. For more information about this program or other happenings in Downtown Longview, please contact Melida Heien, Main Street Coordinator at 903-331-1469 or by email.

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‘Just Keep Livin’ sees great attendance Congratulations to our 2019-20 Just Keep Livin Longview students!

They earned best attendance out of 39 other programs in the nation!

Jesus Mancha is home!

The Mancha family are happy to announce that Jesus Mancha has left the hospital!

Post COVID-19 diagnosis, Mancha returned home on Tuesday, July 7, a day before his birthday!

We are so happy for Mancha and his family in this trying time for them. Thank you to everyone for keeping the family in your prayers!

Council adjusts schedule for July to September The Longview City Council will meet using a revised schedule July, August and September as councilmembers consider the City budget for fiscal year 2020 — 2021.

All meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays.

July’s meeting will be held via teleconference, and residents are invited to attend and participate in Citizen Comment using the information provided at LongviewTexas.gov/ Tele. The location of August and September

meetings will be determined and announced at a later date.

Revised City Council Meeting Schedule: Thursday, July 16 — Via Teleconference; Thursday, Aug. 6 — TBD; Thursday, Aug. 13 — TBD; Thursday, Aug. 20 — TBD; Thursday, Sept. 3 — TBD; Thursday, Sept. 17 — TBD For assistance or questions related to the City Council schedule, please contact the City Secretary’s Office at 903-237-1080.

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During this difficult time for our community, we are so thankful for the many local restaurants who are offering delivery, drive-thru, and carry-out service for the convenience and safety of our families. Longview ISD is glad to say ‘Thank You’ for being such wonderful community partners!

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Bodacious BAR-B-Q

904 N 6th St 903-753-2714

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2227 S Mobberly Ave 903-753-8409

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102 Lehigh St 903-758-6066

415 N High St 903-212-7720

405 W Loop 281 F 903-663-4737

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415 E Loop 281 903-663-7664 12 Chili’s Grill & Bar

2800 Judson Rd 903-663-2221 13 Cotton Patch

1228 McCann Rd 903-236-4009 14 Cowboy Chicken

3080 Eastman Ste 100 903-663-0777 15 Edible Art

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903-234-2114 16 Fat Boyzzz

607 North Access Road 903-619-3301 17 Flying Burger & Seafood

322 E Hawkins Parkway 903-475-1537

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2002 Judson Rd 903-247-8000 21 Hot Dog Express

106 E Marshall Ave 903-753-8081 22 Jason’s Deli

103 W Loop 281 903-663-5161 23 Jucy’s Hamburgers

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816 W Marshall Ave 24 Little Mexico

3495 McCann Rd 903-758-2194 25 Lizzy’s Diner

2900 Tuttle Blvd 903-663-1154 26 Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt

310 E Hawkins Ste 100 430-625-8053 27 Mi Casita

324 N Spur 63 903-758-8226 28 Newk’s Eatery

110 E Loop 281 903-753-7000 29 Papacita’s

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212 E Loop 281 903-238-8800 33 Roma’s Italian Kitchen

102 E Tyler St 403-625-7240 34 Rotolo’s Pizzeria

3407 N Fourth St 101 903-212-7448 35 Saltgrass Steak House

411 E Loop 281 903-232-1513 36 Schlotzsky’s

1429 W Loop 281 903-297-8030 37 Slim Chickens

204 E Loop 281 903-824-1735 38 Tuscan Pig Italian Kitchen

401 S High St 903-651-1833 39 Whataburger

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DISTRICT WIDE • International Baccalaureate project partners with “We Help Two” and sells “funky socks” to help supply legs and feet to amputees all over the world.

• LISD schools earned 40 total distinctions on state accountability ratings, an increase from 34 earned last year, and the highest in the region.

• Each year HUNDREDS of out-of-district students transfer INTO Longview Independent School District, citing “education opportunities” as their reason.

• Local corporate partnerships with Eastman and Komatsu and Longview Manufacturing Academy.

• Went totally ‘green’ on all building projects resulting in a $200,000 award from SWEPCO for energy conservation.

• Raising Highly Capable Kids parenting class in partnership with Longview Chamber of Commerce.

• Brand new partnership for innovation with East Texas Advanced Academies which will bring new funding and ideas to public education.

• LIFT program annually paying out close to $1 million in staff bonuses for improved testing scores.

• Signing Santa to help deaf ed students communicate with “Santa.”

• Hosted Adjunct Fair for SFA to help employ Adjunct staff in Longview and through Longview ISD. • Purchased multiple pieces of strategic real estate, without increased debt, for future expansion.

• State and National Technical Student Association winners.

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LONGVIEW HIGH • Longview High School celebrated a class of over 100 International Baccalaureate Diploma students for 201920.

• The senior IB Diploma students have all completed at least 150 hours of service learning activities, culminating over 6500 hours of community service for 2019-20.

• The IB students participated in the campus service learning project, We Help Two, and were able to sponsor 5 clients with prosthetic legs in developing countries.

• Longview High School began the application process to become an IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) school and to offer the IB Career-Related Programme school.

• Longview High School graduated 51 seniors who will also graduate with Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degrees from Kilgore College for 2019-20.

• Additionally, 80 seniors graduated with at least 24 hours of college credit.

• For the 2019-2020 school year, 594 unduplicated LHS students took a total 7,950 credit hours. This averages slightly more than 12 hours each. These numbers are for hours taken at Kilgore College. Other students took hours through Stephen F. Austin University, University of Texas, and LeTourneau.

• 251 members of 2020 Senior class took 3,617 hours.

This averages slightly more

• Every year of Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox tenure the LISD budget has been “in the black.”

• LISD farm-to-table program, partnering with local farmers for cafeteria produce.

• Hosted “Axe”epted East Texas meet and greet for area students attending SFA in Fall 2019.

• Partnerships in education with UT, SMU, Texas Tech, SFA, KC, Letourneau, and UT-Tyler.

• Longview ISD middle school students earn “Duke Scholar” honors every year.

than 14 hours each. These numbers are for hours taken at Kilgore College. Other students took hours through Stephen F. Austin University, University of Texas, and LeTourneau.

• 99 more of the 2020 LHS seniors qualified for the KC Connection Scholarship that allows them to complete their Kilgore College Degree or Certificate at the reduced tuition rate of 60% of regular tuition. These scholarships represent an average of $1,500 each year per student.

• LHS opened the GO Lab for students to use as needed for course work.

• Longview High School hosted it first Magnet Showcase Night.

• Largest FREE public Montessori school (for 3-to5 year-olds) in the nation, provided free of charge to Longview area children.

• Eight-week Montessori training for other districts in Texas hosted by ETMPA.

Principals, did we miss your school’s achievements? Please send us your brags and we will include them!

ask@LISD.org

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Governor issues order requiring masks Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-29 on Thursday, July 2, requiring Texans to wear face coverings in public in any county with more than 20 positive COVID-19 cases including Gregg and Harrison counties.

The order applies to all commercial entities, buildings and spaces open to the public, including outdoors, wherever it is not feasible to maintain six feet of social distancing from those outside your household.

The exceptions to his order include: Children under 10 years old; Anyone with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a face covering; Eating or drinking, or seated in a restaurant to eat or drink; Exercising or engaging in physical activity outdoors (as long as distance is maintained); Driving alone or with passengers from the same household; Obtaining a service that requires temporary removal of the face covering for security surveillance, screening or a need for specific access to the face (i.e.

WARE |Continued from page 1 jump to one of the top schools in the state. We’re so close.

The teachers here are exceptional, the students are hard workers, the foundation is in place. My goal is to take this campus to another level in terms of how we educate our students.

I am a strong believer in innovation and 21st-century learning that pushes educa- WORSHAM tion forward.”

“Work hard and don’t be afraid to fail — remember failure is one of the best ways to learn,” Worsham said. “You have teachers that care about you and know how great you can be so listen to them and trust them to push you to new heights.”

With becoming principal for the fall of 2020, Worsham is leading a campus in a very unique time for schools.

This will be a very interesting year for teachers, students, and parents. Clear and open communication will be key,” Worsham said. “Consistent encouragement from our parents will be huge. I hope that parents spend time and take a real Ware|Continued to page 9

visiting a bank or obtaining a personal care service involving the face), but only to the extent necessary for the temporary removal; While in a swimming pool, lake or similar body of water; Voting, assist-

ing a voter, serving as a poll watcher or actively administering an election (though a face covering is strongly encouraged); Actively providing or obtaining access to religious worship (though a face cov-

ering is strongly encouraged); Giving a speech for a broadcast or to an audience Not excepted from the requirement are those attending a protest or demonstration involving more than 10 people who are not practicing safe social distancing of six feet from people outside their household.

Following a verbal or written warning for a first-time violation, the order includes a fine of up to $250 for subsequent violations.

The governor also issued a proclamation giving mayors and county judges the ability to impose restrictions on outdoor gatherings larger than 10 people.

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State food benefit program extended AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is extending the application deadline for the federal Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer program to July 31, extending the time eligible families can apply for food benefits.

The program is a one-time benefit of $285 per eligible child, and can be used in the same way as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits to pay for groceries. Eligible families include those with children who lost access to free or reduced-price school meals through the National School Lunch Program due to school closures.

“The extension of the P-EBT deadline helps ensure that Texans have time to apply for this program and provide nutritious food to their families as the state continues to combat COVID-19,” Abbott said in a prepared statement. “Ensuring access to healthy food in our communities is an important part of our response to this pandemic.”

Added Texas Health and Human Services Commission Access and Eligibility Deputy Executive Commissioner Wayne Salter: “We remain committed to ensuring access to healthy and nutritious foods for eligible Texans, and P-EBT provides that to those who need it most. This extension provides more time for families to apply for this emergency assistance.”

More than three million children in Texas were certified to receive free or reduced-price meals at school during the 2019-2020 school year, the governor explained. Families who are eligible for P-EBT were notified by their school districts in May. After completing the online application, families receive their benefits on a new Texas P-EBT card in the mail.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission partnered with the Texas Department of Agriculture and the Texas Education Agency to launch the $1 billion federal program on June 1 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

To date, nearly $700 million in benefits have been issued to families, officials said, benefiting more than 2.5 million children.

Visit hhs.texas.gov/pebt to learn more about P-EBT. For questions regarding eligibility

or to learn more, people may also contact the P-EBT Call Center at 833-613-6220, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central Standard Time.

When applying, it is especially important to include a valid phone number on each application. State employees may need to call families to get additional information to approve P-EBT benefits.

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

About the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of families in need, so they can purchase healthy food and move toward self-sufficiency. In Texas, SNAP benefits are put onto the Lone Star Card (EBT card), which can be used just like a credit card at any store that accepts SNAP. Texas Health and Human Services administers the federal program throughout the state. P-EBT follows the same program rules as SNAP, including foods and purchase options.

SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS

The federally funded School Meal Programs include the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and NSLP. The School Meal Programs serve more than 5 million meals a day to Texas children in school and residential child care institutions.

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Masks, gloves, sanitizers needed for schools

By Daarel Burnette II Education Week For the last several weeks, medical supply vendors have swamped Martin Pollio with flyers, emails, and phone calls. He’s one of their most sought-after customers.

Pollio, the superintendent of the 100,000-student Jefferson County district in Louisville, Ky., has made tentative plans to reopen school buildings this fall. To do so, he estimates his district will need to spend close to $10 million on face masks alone, in order to abide by recently issued state health guidelines.

“We understand that the safety and health of our stu-

and jugs of bleach. The scale of purchasing is enormous: There are 55 million students and 7 million employees in public schools.

It’s an unprecedented and daunting shopping venture, superintendents and chief financial officers say.

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dents and staff is the most important thing for us, without a doubt,” said Pollio, who plans to start a formal procurement process for personal protective equipment, or PPE, next month. “But the logistics of

this are not easy.”

As school districts move ahead with planning how and when to reopen, administrators will soon start buying masks, gowns, boxes of tissues, bottles of hand sanitizer,

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interest in your child’s learning experience and participate in our school activities.”

Worsham believes that now “is the time (to become a teacher). Students need who appreciate education and the many directions it can send you in life. If you’re passionate about learning and leading students to WORSHAM learn, this is the place for you.”

As for anyone who might wish to become a principal, Worsham believes that it is a position that is not easy but is well worth pushing for.

“We need good leaders in our public schools. We need people with the vision required to push education forward,” Worsham said. “It’s not an easy path, but it’s certainly one that is worth taking. Just the process required to earn those degrees and certifications will teach you much more about education and make you a better educator.”

Worsham has a Bachelor’s of Science from Stephen F. Austin State University (2010), a Master’s of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from A&M Commerce (2019), a Master’s of Education in Education Administration from A&M Commerce (2020) and is working on his Doctorate of Education in Education Administration from A&M Commerce.

We are so thankful that Worsham has joined all of our amazing teachers and staff at Ware and we can’t wait to see what they can do together!

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Without another round of federal bailout money, many school districts face deep budget cuts in the coming months.

At the same time, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and local health departments, are issuing an evolving

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Analysis: Rising commotion in scattershot response

By Ross Ramsey The Texas Tribune DIY pandemic responses seem to be flourishing in Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott is trying to reinstate some of the coronavirus safety measures he put in place in late March and then mostly erased in May. He’s meeting a lot of resisRAMSEY tance — a fair amount of it from the people in his GOP base.

Abilene initially said it wouldn’t enforce the governor’s close-the-bars order, and then apologized, sort of: “The City

of Abilene never intended to imply an intention to disregard the Governor’s Executive Order, or support any kind of action by citizens or business owners in contradiction to the Executive Order. The City apologizes for any lack of clar-

ity in earlier messaging on the matter.”

The city still won’t enforce Abbott’s order, leaving that to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and others, but said it will encourage its businesses and citizens to “use

common sense” and to do what the governor says “to the best of their ability.”

Bar owners from all over the state are suing for the right to stay open during the pandemic.

Here’s a choice quote about the governor from their lawyer, former Harris County GOP Chairman Jared Woodfill: “Why does he continue unilaterally acting like a king? He’s sentencing bar owners to bankruptcy.”

State Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, took a swipe at the governor in a weekend tweet: “Pain. Frustration. Sadness.

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Survey: Most parents would send kids to school in fall

By Steven Reinberg U.S. News About two-thirds of U.S. parents say they’ll send their kids to school again this fall, and most also support COVID-19 testing and social distancing policies for schoolchildren, a new survey finds.

Among parents, only about 12% said they would not send at least one of their kids to school, while 21% were still uncertain about their decision.

Many are waiting to hear more about their schools’ plans.

Many parents said they had no choice but to send their children to school because they had to work.

For many families, a surge in COVID-19 cases would make them reconsider sending children to school, the survey found.

Most did support measures to safeguard kids against the new Coronavirus.

Those measures could include fewer children on buses, daily temperature screening, alternating classroom and online learning, testing school staff and requiring staff and older kids to wear masks, researchers report.

For the report, researchers from the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, surveyed nearly 1,200 parents in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois in June.

“Families are facing a challenging decision regarding

TX students must wear face masks

By Eline de Brujin WFAA News Students over 10 years old will be required to wear face masks and parents will be able to switch their children to online learning as the year progresses, according to new guidelines released by the Texas Education Agency on Tuesday.

Many districts in North Texas have been awaiting guidance from the agency as school is set to begin in less than 40 days for thousands of students.

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whether to send their children to school for in-person classes in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said researcher Dr. Kao-Ping Chua, a pediatrician at Michigan Medicine C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.

“On the one hand, sending children to school could increase the risk of COVID-19 among children and family members. On the other hand, children who don’t return to

in-person school may experience disruptions in their education,” Chua said. “Some families simply don’t have a choice because they need to go to work.”

According to the survey, 75% of parents supported daily temperature checks and testing of kids if one tested positive for COVID-19.

Over 60% supported limiting the number of kids on buses,

alternating between in-person and virtual classes, staggering arrival and pick-up times, and random weekly COVID-19 testing for staff.

Half supported random weekly COVID-19 testing of kids and having children eat meals in classrooms, not in cafeterias.

Most parents supported face masks for staff and middle and high school students, but not for younger children, especially kindergarten through second grade.

There wasn’t much support for closing playgrounds and halting all extracurricular activities.

“Preferences for the number and types of measures vary among parents,” Chua said in a university news release. “But they broadly agree with the notion that schools should take steps to keep children as safe as possible.”

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Schools take different routes to opening

By Yuxuan Xie Ed Source Each morning before Chengbao Shang leaves for school in Guangzhou, China, his parents take the 7-year-old’s temperature and send the results to his teacher using a program on WeChat, the popular Chinese social media platform. It’s the same for every student in this city of more than 15 million.

Chengbao’s father then drives him to school and drops him off 20 yards away from the campus. Chengbao, a firstgrade student, gets his temperature taken again when he approaches the front gate of the school, this time by security guards. He and his classmates enter one-by-one, walking about three feet apart. He then goes to his classroom, where 51 students sit at their own desks, also three feet from their closest classmates.

“I really enjoy the classes and I can play with my classmates and friends. I can hear stories from my teachers,” he said during a conversation over WeChat. “And I feel safer and safer slowly.”

In California, it remains unclear how students will ultimately return to the classroom amid the Coronavirus pandemic. However, schools that have opened in China, Belgium and the Netherlands — as well as in remote areas of America — provide insights into what may lie ahead.

EdSource conducted interviews by phone and email

with students, parents and administrators in a sampling of overseas and rural American schools to learn how they are reopening in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic.

In many cases, the precautions taken overseas mirror what education officials in California have said to expect next year: regular temperature checks, physical distancing, hybrid schedules and even new restrictions on eating lunch.

But no matter how careful the plans, schools may have to close again, as happened in Beijing this month following a new outbreak of the Coronavirus.

Schools in China’s capital were abruptly closed earlier this month. An elementary school student in Beijing’s Xicheng district was among those who tested positive for Covid-19.

Students gain access to thousands of books for some summer reading

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Chengbao’s school reopened in April for older students, but he and other students in his grade didn’t return until May 25. To minimize the risk of the

virus, the school has hired more doctors and other health staff and required all teachers and other staff to be tested for the virus before schools reopened.

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Trump, DeVos push for schools to reopen

By Alex Leary The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressured states to reopen schools this fall, emphasizing the benefits of in-person instruction for children and the relief for parents marshaled into home learning, while school officials say more federal funding is needed from Congress to safely operate.

President Trump’s demands insert the White House firmly into a national discussion over restarting traditional classes for children. Classroom instruction is seen as one of the most fundamental institutions of pre-Coronavirus life, but many districts say they plan to also offer alternatives to full-time in-person learning for parents concerned about their children returning to school.

“We’re very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools— get them open,” Mr. Trump said during a Tuesday event with a supportive audience, labeling political any opposition to such a move. “It’s very important for our country. It’s very important for the well-being of the student and the parents.”

Critics say the administration is rushing to reopen schools despite signs that the pandemic is worsening. In many states, the number of cases is now much higher than it was last school year when children were sent home.

“Educators want nothing

more than to be back in classrooms and on college campuses with our students, but we must do it in a way that keeps students, educators and communities safe,” said Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association.

“Trump has proven to be incapable of grasping that people are dying,” she said, calling his push to fully reopen schools a re-election ploy.

Decisions about how and whether to reopen schools are largely up to state and local governments. Many districts plan to offer in-person and remote learning, or a blend of both, and are also formulating plans on steps to take if students or staff become ill.

Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the White House Coronavirus task force, said additional federal guidance on safety would come next week, though he said it wasn’t meant to replace local decisions. The effort echoes a similar push by the administration in April, when

the president said he would force states to reopen businesses before backing off that effort.

Schools across the country closed this past spring, shifting instruction online and upending extracurricular activities and graduations, likely leading to learning loss for many children and placing burdens on parents who have been forced to work from home.

The virus has killed more than 130,000 Americans and has continued to spread, causing some states and cities to reverse steps to ease lockdowns.

But administration officials said sending children back to school this fall is critical, despite a sharp rise in Coronavirus cases in Southern and Western states.

“With everything in life, there is some level of risk,” said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. “And it’s a matter of assessing those risks and taking all the different factors into account, so not only physical health and safety but also social, emotional health and mental health. And also the

opportunity that a school environment provides.” In-person learning “should be absolutely the goal,” she said.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said desks can be set up for distancing, teachers can be rotated and meals brought into classrooms to avoid larger gatherings.

School advocates and outside groups estimate that public schools will need billions of dollars in federal aid to cover the heightened costs of operating during a pandemic, which include purchasing new technology for remote learning, expanding testing, providing personal protective equipment and cleaning school facilities.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has urged policy makers to prioritize reopening schools, citing the developmental and health benefits to children of attending class in-person and receiving regular school meals.

Preliminary research suggests that low-income and minority children with less access to technology will have greater learning loss than other children under remote learning.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) has said that bringing children back to school is a priority for the party in the next Coronavirus relief bill, though he hasn’t yet laid out any specific measures for accomplishing that goal. The Senate will return from a recess on July 20, when lawmakers will rush TRUMP|Continued to page 16

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OBITUARIES Longview ISD offers our most sincere condolences to our extended Lobo family MICHELLE EARCIE ROGERS

what they looked like. She could bring a smile to anyone’s face and lift their spirit just by Michelle Earcie Rogers was talking with them. She was always kind, comborn and raised in Longview. passionate and full of life. Her out-going and She graduated from Longview silly personality was loved by everyone.

She had a fierce connection to God and High School in 1958. Soon leaned on Him through every step of life. She after, Michelle met the love never missed the chance to tell you she was of her life and husband of 54 praying for you and you knew she had you years, Joe T. Rogers, while covered. She was an angel on earth and a true attending a New Years Eve depiction of God’s grace, love and mercy. Her dance in Beaumont. sweet smile and laugh will be dearly missed They were married four ROGERS months later in the same by everyone who knew and loved her.

Mikie is survived by her daughter Dana town they met and they evenMcNamara; daughter Kim Sandel and hustually settled in Nacogdoches, Tx to raise their four daughters. Michelle passed away Saturday band, Bonner Sandel; Daughter Christy Kile and husband, Chris Kile; Daughter Amy July 4th, 2020 in Nacogdoches, due to compliRogers; along with 10 grandchildren and 12 cations from COVID-19. Michelle, also known great-grandchildren. Michelle is preceded in as “Mikie,” was a stay-at-home mother and death by her husband, Joe T. Rogers; parents enjoyed taking care of her family, cooking delicious food, decorating her home for the holidays Michael Brown and Helen Foreman; sister Rosie Tutt; and three grand-children Candice and spending time with friends and family.

She was a member of a very close friends group Anthony, Carson Morris, and Landry Morris. nicknamed “The Steel Magnolias” for 46 years. Serving as pallbearers will be Chris Kile, Ness Tipps, Jake Sandel, Bonner Sandel, Tommy They enjoyed their monthly dinners and Morris, Brayden Mobley and Grayson Mobley. traveling together. She always loved their In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may trips to Cabo. Mikie and Joe loved to travel together and their trip to Alaska was always one be made in Michelle “Mikie” Rogers’ honor to her favorite charities, St. Jude Children’s of their favorites because it was a 50th wedHospital and Love Inc. Visitation was held ding anniversary gift from their girls. Above Wednesday, July 8. Funeral services were all, she loved being with her daughters and held on Thursday, July 9, with Bro. John Mcgrandchildren the most. She didn’t care what they were doing as long as they were laughing Guire officiating. Both services were be held at Laird’s Funeral Home in Nacogdoches. Graveand enjoying time together. side burial followed at Douglass Cemetery.

Mikie had the amazing gift of being able to The family wishes to extend their gratitude touch everyone she met in such a special way to the staff of Garrison Nursing Home for the no matter if she met you 20 years ago or five excellent care, compassion and love shown to minutes ago. She loved everyone she met no Mrs. Rogers during her time there. matter who they were, where they’d been or GRAD |Continued from page 1 While some of his volunteer work was coordinated through the school, Matthew also volunteers with his church.

“Normally with my church we would go to Memphis, Tennessee, to this place called Service Over Self and we would go roof

houses in the middle of July in 100-degree weather,” he said. “It’s really fun, but really hot and hard.”

However, due to COVID-19 setbacks, Hanson’s church youth director altered the program and asked people within his church if they

needed any housework done.

“A few people came by and basically they needed their house repainted,” he said.

Now, Monday — Friday, Matthew and other members of his church help repair and repaint homes.

Hanson says he’s

happy to be making a difference in his community.

As he prepares to attend college, he wishes to leave behind a tidbit of advice for his fellow Lobos.

“Hang out with people who will make you question things and push harder,” he said.

PUBLIC NOTICES LISD accepting competitive requests for proposals for the purchase of Unleaded and Diesel fuel

Longview ISD requests bids for the purchase of Unleaded and Diesel Fuel. Bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. July 15, 2020 at 1301 E. Young Street., Longview, TX 75602 or mailed to P.O. Box 3268, Longview, TX 75606. No faxed or e-mailed bids will be accepted. Address your sealed bid: ATTENTION: JOEY JONES-SEALED BID FOR UNLEAD AND DIESEL FUEL-DO NOT OPEN. Bids not received by the specified deadline will not be considered. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and accept the bid the District considers most advantageous. Contact Dianne Parr, LISD Business Office for Bid forms and specifications at 903-381-2293 or dlparr@lisd.org. The proposed contract is for a term of one (1) year beginning August 1, 2020 through July 31, 2021 with possible (1) year extensions agreed to by both District and vendor in writing. Bids will be awarded based on price, previous service experience and reference checks.

JARVIS BRADEN Friend, father, husband and ’98 Lobo graduate Jarvis Braden has passed away.

Viewing was Friday, July 3, at the Stanmore Funeral Home. A graveyard service was held on SaturBRADEN day, July 4, at Pleasant Hill C.M.E. Cemetery in Longview.

Braden was born May 31, 1980, in Shreveport. He died on June 23.

JOAN PEACOCK Joan Peacock of Longview passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 at the home she shared with her daughter in Fort Worth.

Born in Coronado, California on November 19th, 1954, the daughter of a United States Marine, Joan enjoyed a true military childhood with her two brothers, Gary and Robert in California, Hawaii, Japan, Kansas, and Texas.

Joan attended Longview High School, graduating in 1973, and then went on to earn her B.S. from East Texas State University. She later received multiple teaching certificates from The University of Texas. Joan taught school at Hallsville ISD, retiring in 2004. She is survived by daughter and sonin-law, Courtney Amick and Jason Platt of Thornton, Texas, brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Liz Peacock of Stockton, Missouri and brother, Robert Peacock of Longview, Texas. Joan was preceded in death by her parents, Major Richard Harrison Peacock and Valerie Delno Peacock.

Visit groesbeckfuneral home.com to leave messages of condolence on the guestbook.

TRUMP |Continued from page 15 to put together another bill in the days before the end of the month.

In a $3.5 trillion bill they passed in the House in May, Democrats included $100 billion in funding for the Education Department to support primary, secondary and postsecondary schools. The bill, which Republicans rejected, gives recipients flexibility in how to use the money.

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States move toward waiving standardized tests

By Naaz Modan Education Dive As schools plan for the fall, state education departments and lawmakers are gearing up to suspend another round of federal and state standardized tests, saying instruction should take priority for the 202021 school year.

On June 18, Georgia became one of the first states to seek an assessment waiver. Gov. Brian P. Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods jointly announced their decision to apply for suspension of standardized testing to the U.S. Department of Education.

Continuing with high-stakes testing for the next school year, they said in a joint press release, would be “counterproductive.”

“In anticipation of a return to in-person instruction this fall, we believe schools’ focus should be on remediation, growth, and

the safety of students,” the statement said.

“Every dollar spent on high-stakes testing would be a dollar taken away from the classroom.”

In South Carolina, the state Senate approved a bill that would seek a waiver from all federal accountability reporting, as well as test suspension, “to help recoup extensive instruction time lost when our public

schools closed” in spring.

Texas also moved in a similar direction earlier this month, when state Rep. Dan Flynn announced a resolution seeking a waiver from Gov. Greg Abbott for state accountability ratings, adding that extended closures have historically negatively impacted students’ math and reading achievement.

Similar efforts are making their way to top state officials in Michigan and Oklahoma after local superintendents and legislators expressed the need to waive testing and accountability for the next academic year.

In Oklahoma, Democratic state lawmakers sent a letter to the state’s superintendent shortly after Georgia’s decision was announced, hoping to follow in its footsteps.

Rep. John Waldron, one of the representatives who sent the letter, said in a press release the next year should “focus on the culture of our schools, not testing outcomes.”

BOOKS |Continued from page 13 cess to enhanced digital books in English and Spanish with optional reading supports, such as naturally recorded audio, text highlighting and an embedded dictionary, for the summer.

“We couldn’t be more excited to work with educators across the great state of Texas,” Renaissance CEO Chris Bauleke said in the release. “We’re RISE |Continued from page 11 orders. @GovAbbott is taking their livelihoods with no compensation. Add me to the angry list. ENOUGH!” Another, state Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, tweeted his sentiments just after noon Sunday: “If I owned a bar, I would open it.”

Cain was one of the lawyers who represented Shelley Luther, the Dallas hairstylist who defied the governor’s business-closing orders in April and briefly went to jail for it. That stunt prompted Abbott to tell local officials they couldn’t jail or fine anyone for defying the governor’s own orders. Luther has been among the outspoken protesters on social media in recent days, saying the governor shouldn’t be closing bars and other businesses like this.

The clamor isn’t limited to drinking. That’s just the latest flash point.

Local officials in hot spots around Texas — big places like Houston and Dallas and smaller ones like Laredo, where there’s a new curfew in place — are straining against the governor’s proclamation that his orders prevent them from imposing stricter measures than the state has in place.

thrilled that so many families and their children will get to experience myON for the first time this summer—helping parents keep their children engaged, learning and prepared for fall.”

The myON Reader gives students in pre-K through 12th grade access to enhanced fiction, nonfiction and graphic novels at a wide range of

reading levels, according to its website.

Students can access myON on almost any device and read as many books or articles as they like. They can also download up to 20 digital books at a time for offline reading.

To gain access, students can go to myon.com and enter the following information.

School name: Get Texas

Reading Username: read Password: myon The announcement comes as TEA data finds that about 11.3% of the overall student population either did not complete assignments or did not respond to teacher outreach for some period of time this spring during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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list of health guidelines that will require districts to collectively spend close to $25 billion on PPE and cleaning supplies, according to a study

by AASA, the School Superintendents Association.

School administrators—new to the medical supply marketplace—are now asking: Which vendor has the sturdiest and most child-friendly masks?

What sizes should they be?

Who has the cheapest prices?

How much should I buy?

And complicating it all is the very real prospect that schools may have to shut down again as COVID-19 continues to spread and new outbreaks hit. That could mean spending money on gear that doesn’t get used.

“It’s hard to know what next month will bring, let alone six months from now,” Pollio said.

“I don’t want to end the year with 8 million masks sitting in storage.”

To operate any form of in-person instruction, administrators must reduce class sizes, expand online learning, and quadruple bus routes in order to maintain social distancing.

All of this will come at a price that many high-poverty districts can ill afford.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said in a recent appearance on CNBC that he will encourage the federal government to help cover some of those PPE costs for schools.

And it’s possible that in the future, because the pandemic was declared a national emergency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, will reimburse districts for PPE equipment and cleaning costs.

But in the meantime, states and districts are on their own.

As the virus raged through the spring, the PPE market was plagued with fraud and price-gouging. While it’s calmed down in more recent months as supplies have become more widely available, some states have stepped in to assist districts, providing sample shopping lists and contact information for pre-approved vendors.

In California, the state’s health department has set aside for schools 47,000 no-touch thermometers, 14 million cloth face coverings for each of its students, and more than 143,000 bottles of hand sanitizer.

“Because of the scarcity of supplies, the state has stepped in to keep people safe,” said Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for the governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

The state education agency says face masks will be required in school buildings, with the exceptions listed in Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order, as long as the order remains in place.

Districts can also add their own face mask ABBOTT requirement “for adults or students for whom it is developmentally appropriate,” the TEA said.

“This pandemic has gotten much worse lately, so I think they’re starting to recognize that,” Michael Hinojosa, Dallas ISD’s superintendent said.

The TEA says temporary closures are almost certain to

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happen. Hinojosa says they’re prepared.

“We’ll clean, we’ll test, we’ll trace and get ready to go back in and that’s why we need to have at-home learning available,” Hinojosa said.

The planning guidance also addresses on-campus and virtual instruction, practices to prevent the virus from entering the school and mitigating the speed inside the school.

Fort Worth ISD says 42 percent of families have picked online learning. Hinojosa says Dallas ISD is at 50 percent and growing.

“You can’t legislate them and will them to be in the school building if they’re not going to be there. That’s why we need options in place,” he said. “If they allow us to open school virtually 100 percent, we could

start school on time, then we’ll phase it in, but we don’t have the authority to do that at this time.”

One week before on-campus activities and instruction, schools must provide a plan summary to parents and the public.

The report suggests schools have hand washing or hand sanitizing stations at entrances to the buildings, and it recommends setting aside time for students and teachers to wash their hands for at least 20 seconds.

Steven Poole leads the United Educators Association representing 44 districts including Fort Worth and said teachers still haven’t begun training for online learning in most districts.

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