Watch: ‘Back in School & COVID: What Fresno parents need to know’ | Ed Lab Live Q&A
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Students and educators are in their third school year living with COVID-19. For the first time in a year and a half, most children are back to regular in-person learning, five days a week.
Although students are back in school, things aren’t as they used to be.
Many classrooms throughout the Central Valley have had to quarantine due to last-minute guidelines from the state. School board meetings have become a hotbed for debate because of mask and vaccine mandates. Some students are now having to work harder to catch up, and the mental health of both students and staff has become a concern.
Join the Education Lab on Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. for a live Q&A on what parents, teachers and educators should know about school reopenings.
The panel:
Steven Fogg, Clovis Unified Trustee
Dr. John Zweifler, Fresno Department of Public Health
Manuel Bonilla, President of Fresno Teachers Association
Nikki Henry, Fresno Unified Communications Officer
Isabel Sophia Dieppa of The Bee’s Education Lab is the moderator.
We’ll be taking questions from our audience both in advance and live during the Q&A.
RSVP to the event and submit a question for the panel.
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What: Back in School & COVID: What Fresno parents need to know | Ed Lab Live Q&A
When: 6 p.m. Sept. 9
Where: This free event will livestream on fresnobee.com’s homepage, and on Facebook and YouTube.
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Manuel Bonilla is the president at Fresno Teachers Association. Previously, Bonilla was an art teacher at Roosevelt High School.
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Dr. John Zweifler is a family physician with decades of experience in primary care, medical education and health care administration. He works on population health issues with the Fresno County Department of Public Health.
Steven Fogg is the president of the Clovis Unified School Board. He is an ophthalmologist and is an assistant clinical professor at UCSF-Fresno.
Nikki Henry is the Fresno Unified Communications Officer.
Isabel Sophia Dieppa is the engagement reporter for The Fresno Bee’s Education Lab.
This story was originally published September 1, 2021 at 2:04 PM with the headline "Watch: ‘Back in School & COVID: What Fresno parents need to know’ | Ed Lab Live Q&A."