>> ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT WELCOME
BACK TO CHEDDAR'S NEWS RAP ON
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S OFFICIAL
FIRST DAY IN OFFICE FIRST
FULL DAY, HE RELEASED PLANS FOR
ONE OF HIS BIGGEST PRIORITIES
GETTING CHILDREN BACK INTO
SCHOOLS AMID THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC PRESIDENT
BIDEN PLEDGING TO REOPEN
MOST CASE, 12 SCHOOLS THAT
WITHIN THE NEXT 100 DAYS THAT'S
THE
GOAL ANYWAY. THE PRESIDENT
CALLING ON CONGRESS TO PROVIDE
AT LEAST 130 BILLION DOLLARS IN
FUNDING TO SCHOOLS
AND 350 BILLION DOLLARS IN
STATE AND LOCAL
RELIEF FUNDS. PRESIDENT BIDEN
IS EXPECTED TO SIGN SEVERAL
EXECUTIVE ACT SHIN'S TO SUPPORT
THESE GOALS, INCLUDING GUIDANCE
TO SCHOOLS WITH A
FOCUS ON TESTING AS WELL AS
EFFORTS TO SPEED UP VACCINATION
EFFORTS. JOIN US NOW AS
HENDERSON LEWIS
JUNIOR C A TENTATIVE DO WELL
AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THANKS A
LOT FOR TAKING THE TIME TO JOIN
US REALLY GREAT TO GET
YOUR PURSE I THINK IT'S ONE
THING TO HEAR THE STEPS BEING
TAKEN ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL FROM THERE THE
HEAD OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH,
BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING.
AND TO HEAR FIRST PERSON WHAT'S
ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THE
GROUND YOUR EXPERIENCE. WHAT IS
THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN THE
SCHOOL WHERE YOU ARE YOU FULLY
REMOTE HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
YOUR YOUR OWN STATE OF PLAY.
>> YES CERTAINLY THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR HAVING ME THIS
AFTERNOON. WELL FIRST OF ALL,
LET'S JUST
SAY THAT AND THE VERY BEGINNING
WHEN HE CAME DOWN TO
COVID-19 OF COURSE WE WOULD
CALL SCHOOLS MADE THROUGH THE
IN THE BLAST THAT LAST MINUTE
OF THAT SCHOOL YEAR BUT OVER
THE SUMMER WE WORK VERY HARD
WITH OUR LEADERS I MET UP WITH
VISORS AND REALLY WAS
ABLE TO RATE A ROADMAP TO
REOPENING THAT REALLY HAS GOT
US ALL THROUGH
SCHOOL YEAR. I'M FORTUNATE
AUGUST WHO ARE NOT ABLE START
THE SCHOOL YEAR OFF WITH IN
PERSON LEARNING, BUT WE'RE VERY
THANKFUL TO TO ACTUALLY IN THE
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
TO RETURN NOW STUDENTS BACK TO
IN PERSON LEARNING IN A VERY
MEASURED WAY WHEN OUR
REALLY ISN'T YOUNG MUSLIM THIS
FIRST IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH
8TH GRADE AND THEY DO NOT HIGH
SCHOOL. AND WE WERE ABLE TO
REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGHOUT THE
REMAINDER OF MASTER
UNFORTUNATELY AS WE LEFT
THE WINTER. AND FOR
THE SPRING SEMESTER, OUR NUMBER
START TO SPIKE HERE IN THE CITY
OF WALLS AND SO NOW,
BUT MOST PART THE MAJORITY
AWESOME SO BACK IN PERSON
LEARNING BUT I'M PROUD
TO SAY NUMBERS ARE TRACKING THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. SO WE'RE VERY
HOPEFUL THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL
BE ABLE TO RETURN TO IN PERSON
LEARNING THE COMING WEEKS.
>> IOC PRESIDENT BY THANK YOU
FOR THE
PERSPECTIVE THERE. I HAVE
MISTER LEWIS BECAUSE I DO THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ON IT. PRESIDENT
BIDEN HAS CALLED FOR THE BACK A
NATION OF SCHOOL TEACHER IS
BASED
ON YORK SPIRIT WHERE YOU ARE OR
TEACHERS, THE ONES WHO ARE
BEING MOST HIGHLY PRIORITIZED
IN TERMS OF VACCINATION
ROLLOUT.
>> YES SO WE'RE VERY
IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO START WITHOUT
SCHOOL NURSES, OUR SCHOOL
NURSES OUT QUALIFIED TO BE IN
THE PHASE AND WHEN YOU'RE IN
LOUISIANA. TO BE INOCULATED AND
SO WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT
OUR EDUCATORS ARE IN THE
NEXT TIER. SO IN HOPEFULLY THE
COMING EDUCATE IS WE'LL BE ABLE
TO RECEIVE THE VACCINATION SO
WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE
EDUCATION THAT WILL PROVIDE OUR
OUR SUSAN SCHOOLS AND THE MORE
IMPORTANTLY WE CAN GET
AS KIDS THAT ADDITIONAL LAYER
OF COMFORT KNOWING THAT THEY'LL
BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
VACCINATION.
>> THE TEACHERS FEEL SAFE.
WE RELY ON THE AIR THEY GIVE
YOU A SENSE THAT THAT THAT THEY
FEEL AS IF THEIR OWN
LIVELIHOODS ARE ARE AN OK
POSITION.
>> AND WALL IS WHEN COVID-19
FIRST HAPPENED.
>> WE AS
A COMMUNITY.
>> WE HIT VERY VERY HARD
IN SO. AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT
REOPENING SCHOOLS WHO ARE VERY
THOUGHTFUL WE ENGAGE WITH AS A
KID IS WE CONTINUE TO BE VERY
TRANSPARENT.
BUT MORNING BECAUSE WE KNOW WE
ARE FIGHTING COVID-19. IT SAYS
HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS WELL
INFORMED NO SAFETY MEASURES
THAT WOULD PUT
IN PLACE AND WHEN WE STARTED
SCHOOL AND ALWAYS WEAR VIRTUAL
SEPTEMBER OUT YOU JUST SHOWED
UP BECAUSE THEY ARE DEDICATED
AND I WILL SEE OUR TEACHERS
KNOW HOW TO DO THIS EVEN AS WE
NAVIGATE THROUGH COVID-19.
>> I TALKED ABOUT THE REOPENING
PLANS FOR SCHOOLS IN YOUR CITY
OUT. I'M FOR IT. I THINK A LOT
OF OTHER PLAY THIS IS IN THIS
COUNTRY YOU ARE SEEING RECORD
HIGH COVID NIGHT,
18 I CASES IN SOME CASES
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN SOME CASES
THAT'S WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT
NOW.
SO THINGS.
>> IRAQI TRAINING IN A VERY
VERY POSITIVE DIRECTION.
WE'RE HOPING THAT NEXT WEEK AS
WE AGAIN ASSESSED. THE DATA
WHICH WE DO EVERY
SINGLE WEDNESDAY. THAT
INFORMATION CONTINUE TO
TRANSITION IN THAT RIGHT
DIRECTION AND HOPEFULLY IF THAT
IS INDEED
THE CASE THEN WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO MAYBE MOVE BALL WITH
THE FOLLOWING WEEK WHAT OUR THE
YOUNGEST LEARNERS IN PRE K
THROUGH 8TH GRADE. BACK WITH IN
PERSON LEARNING IN THE BIZ AND
OUR HIGH SCHOOL THEREAFTER.
>> AND I WAS VIRTUAL LEARNING
TAKING AN IMPACT FOR GOOD OR
FOR BAD BOTH ON.
AS WELL AS FACULTY AND TEACHERS
HAS BEEN A TOUGH ADJUSTMENT.
>> IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH
ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE AGAIN FOR
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
>> WHEN THIS HAPPENED
LAST MARCH. NO
ONE HAD THE PREPARATION BUT
WHAT I WILL MY HAT GOES OFF
HIGH EDUCATORS.
THEY WERE WE'RE VERY VERY HARD
FROM MARCH, ESPECIALLY DURING
THE SUMMER TO PREPARE HIMSELF.
SO AS WE GET IT FROM IN PERSON
LEARNING TO IN
PERSON LEARNING. HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO DO AMAZING THING WHETHER
THEY ARE IN PERSON
THIS TOO ARE VIRTUALLY AND SO
WE'RE VERY PROUD AND VERY
THANKFUL FOR ALL OF OUR
EDUCATOR IN THE WORK THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
JUST 4.
>> AND FINALLY HERE IS THAT
YOUR HOPE THERE SHOULD BE
MANDATORY VACCINATIONS FOR
STUDENTS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM
TO SEE SAFELY
AND RELIABLY RETURN TO SCHOOL
AND TAKE PART IN CLASSES AND
ACTIVITIES IN PERSON.
>> WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE
5 AS YOU CATERS. WHO ARE
QUALIFIED TO BE NEXT
SPACE MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY
STARTED TO SIGN UP FOR THE
VACCINATION AND AGAIN HOW
NURSES HAVE ALREADY GONE TO
THAT ASSESS AND SO AS WE GET TO
THAT PHASE, I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC
THAT THAT WILL BE ONE MORE
MEASURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING
EDUCATORS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM
AS
WE KNOW VERY TOP RIGHT OUTSIDE
HEALTH AND SAFETY IS TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE IN PERSON LEARNING
AS OFTEN AS WE CAN.
>> WE NEED TO LEAVE THINGS
THERE. ANDERSON LEWIS JUNIOR,
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I KNOW.
>> THAT YOU LARGELY AND BY THE
IDEA THAT TEACHERS AND
EDUCATORS ARE AMONG THE
ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE
IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND A
PART OF THE FABRIC OF THIS
COUNTRY AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THE FACT HE'D BE
WILLING TO TAKE THE TIME TO