>> WELCOME BACK TO WAKE UP
WITH CHEDDAR FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
CRISIS WASN'T ENOUGH THE YEAR
2020 IS RUINING ONE MORE THING,
US SNOW DAYS. SNOW
STORMS HIT CITIES ALONG THE
EAST COAST, THIS WEEK, SOME
SCHOOLS THAT ARE
READY REMOTE. THEY'RE JUST
HAVING A TYPICAL DAY OF SCHOOL
BUT OTHER DISTRICTS DECIDED
THEY DID WANT TO GIVE THE KIDS
A DAY OFF AND JOINING US NOW IS
DOCTOR BOND THE SHANE GIBSON.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF JEFFERSON
COUNTY SCHOOLS IN
WEST VIRGINIA. SO YOU WROTE A
LETTER TO FAMILIES TELLING THEM
TO TAKE THE DAY OFF
ACKNOWLEDGING THE JOYFUL
MOMENTS THAT THE FIRST SNOWFALL
OF THE SEASON TYPICALLY BRINGS
WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS SO
IMPORTANT.
>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD
SO MUCH LOSS THIS YEAR THEY HAD
SO MANY RESTRICT SHIN'S ON ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LOVE
AND ENJOY WITH THEIR FAMILY.
HOLIDAY BREAK. AND CEREMONIES
LIKE GRADUATIONS THAT.
JUST THE JOY AND THE RELEASE OF
A SNOW
DAY JUST RESONATED WITH PEOPLE
HAVE THE FREEDOM OF THAT I
THINK.
>> AS IS YOU HAVE SCHOOL TODAY
IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
WE DO ACTUALLY TO DO A SCHOOL
TODAY.
WHAT WAS THE REACTION THAT YOU
GOT FROM FROM SOME OF YOUR
STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS
ACTUALLY.
>> THE STUDENTS OF COURSE WE'RE
WHAT WAS A LITTLE MORE
UNEXPECTED WAS THAT THAT JOY
FROM ALL THESE ADULTS
THEY HAD ALL THESE GREAT
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES IT'S
10 DAYS THEMSELVES. I GOT
PICTURES FROM FOLKS WITH THEIR
FAMILIES OUT IN THE SNOW.
I GOT PICTURES OF
PEOPLE BOUGHT FIRE, I GOT
LETTERS FROM FOLKS HIS CHILDREN
ARE OFTEN COLLEGE AND CAME
HOME AND THE LETTER REMINDED
YOU KNOW WHEN THERE
KIDS WERE YOUNG AND SO THEY
WENT BACK WITH SLIDING FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN YEARS IT IS
IT HAS YOU KNOW WONDERFUL JUST
OUTPOURING OF SOME JOY AND
SOME. SOME RELIEF DURING WHAT'S
BEEN A PRETTY TOUGH YEAR.
>> HAVE YOU HEARD FROM OTHER
SUPERINTENDENTS SAID HAVE TAKEN
IT EVEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH OR
DECIDED TO FOLLOW YOUR LEAD.
>> ACTUALLY I HAVE HEARD FROM
SO YOU KNOW WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE
DIFFERENT DECISIONS BASED ON
THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> WHERE
WE'RE AT IT'S IT'S
ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO BALANCE ALL
OF THOSE THINGS THAT CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES NEED WHEN YOU'RE
SUPERINTENDENT HOWEVER, STEER
WE'VE HAD A
REAL FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH
OF CHILDREN. THIS CRISIS HAS
BEEN VERY ISOLATING ON THEM.
THEY MISSED THEIR FRIENDS.
THEY MISSED
RITUALS HER COLLEAGUES SAFE
MISSED GRADUATION THEY MISSED
HOMECOMING OPENING DAY OF
SCHOOL. THINGS THAT
THEY LOVE THE STABILITY OF
KNOWING GOING IN AND SEEN YOUR
FAVORITE TEACHER.
OR YOU KNOW THE COOK AT
BREAKFAST SAYS GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU DOING A C GOT A NEW
SNOW JACKET.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY
LOVE SO THIS WAS ONE OF
SOLID YOU KNOW, WOW I CAN SEE
THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL WHERE THINGS ARE GOING
TO GET BACK TO YOU KNOW NORMAL
WHAT WHATEVER THAT WAS.
>> WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN
YOUR DISTRICT RIGHT ARE YOU
GUYS REMOTE FULLY REMOTE GIVE
A HYBRID AND YOU'RE MENTIONING
SOME OF THESE MENTAL CHALLENGES
THAT STAND THAT STUDENTS HAVE
NOT BEING IN THE CLASSROOM 5
DAYS A WEEK. HOW ARE THEY
HOLDING UP.
>> WE STARTED THE DAY AT THE
SCHOOL YEAR WITH BOTH WE ALLOW
PARENTS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
VIRTUAL WAR A FIVE-DAY WEEK ON
SITE AND
WE HAD ABOUT A 70 TO 30 SPLIT
70% ON SITE IN ABOUT 30%
CHOOSING VIRTUAL. AND WE
MANAGE THAT VERY VERY WELL HE
HAD NO TRANSMISSIONS WITHIN THE
SCHOOL HOWEVER,
LIKE A LOT OF PLACES COMMUNITY
SCHOOL CLOSURES AND SO WE'RE
NOW FULLY REMOTE
AND
BEING LONGING FOR THE DAY OUR
KIDS GET BACK IN BUILDING.
>> ALL RIGHT WELL, AT LEAST
THEY GOT AN A SNOW WHICH I