Teachers were prioritized in Long Beach, CA. There are no plans for in person school to resume in Long Beach this academic year.
Seems legit.
That's the 10 million dollar question, isn't it?
Meanwhile my husband's diabetic, obese 63 year old aunt in Long Beach is still waiting...
OK, two things. Well, 3 things. FIRST - I have absolutely had it with the LBUSD and the continual moving of the bar to get schools back open. Having said that, (2) here is the plan in Long Beach, and I may be a sucker (again) but this time I think it will happen;
K-5 opening 3/31, 2.5 hours a day, no matter the color tier. I know, the 2.5 hour a day plan is 100% bogus, but that's what it is.
Seniors going back 4/19 if we are in red tier, all other grades going back 4/26 - I think this will happen. That would be alternate 2-3 days a week, full days, 1/2 the classes, the other days still remote. Not perfect, it's a foot in the door, and about 9 months too late, We can't all be in Florida.
Here's why I think it will happen: the Governor said today, in a press conference held in Long Beach, that there are a dozen counties that he thinks will move to red tier next week. LA County is 3rd or 4th lowest Rt right now - would certainly seem to indicate that LA County and Orange County for that matter will be in that group. Again, I may be a sucker, I'm an optimist at heart - call it a fatal flaw.
OK, thing 3 - Your husband's aunt is eligible for the vaccine in Long Beach on March 15 (source
http://www.longbeach.gov/health/diseases-and-condition/information-on/coronavirus/vaxlb/ ) DON'T WAIT FOR THEM TO CALL YOU!!! DON'T RELY ON LONG BEACH TO DO IT!! My DM76 lives across the street from the convention center where LB is doing vaccines. I was on the LA County and the Long Beach City vaccine websites hourly and finally got her an appointment (and now vaccines) in Downey (Los Angeles County). She is on the e-mail list and was from the very start, we still have not been contacted. DO NOT WAIT, DO NOT GIVE UP! If she works in Orange County, try that too. Treat it like the last day of your vacation and you really want a ROTR BG and be really aggressive about it. No idea why the Mayor and the governor think that Long Beach is such a shining example of vaccine distribution - the County is doing a much better job IMHO.