Volume 97 Number 46 | JULY 1-7, 2020 | MiamiTimesOnline.com | Ninety-Three Cents Broward Schools mark dual milestones School will resume with a hybrid model and seniors hype an app JULIANA ACCIOLY Miami Times Contributor Broward County public schools shutdown in March due to the new coronavirus and shifted to online learning. Three months later, the district has announced a tentative reopening plan for the 2020 - 21 school year. On June 20, Broward County Superintendent of Schools Robert Runcie said that schools will reopen on August 19 according to the physical distancing and health protocols that limit transportation and on-campus populations. Runcie said that BCPS has been exploring what to do through electronic surveys and based on responses by more than 80,000 parents/guardians, teachers, staff members, and students, Florida's second-largest school system is to adopt a hybrid educational format. The goal, said the superintendent, is to safely maximize the amount of time in school through a staggered days ap- proach, where four days a week students will be separated into two groups that will al- ternate between class- room-based instruction and distance learning. To further shield the community from infec- tion, Wednesdays will be reserved for e-learn- ing only while deep cleaning and sanitation take place on school grounds. Athletics, Robert Runcie including cheerleading and band programs are to resume in mid-July with a phased approach. "We don't have this all figured out. And we also know that with whatever decisions we make it still won't be an ideal situa- Rep. Wilson writes Haitian Deportation Relief tion until we'll be able to get back to regular Act to stop ICE deportations and detainment operations," noted the superintendent who added that operations AMY CHERIE COPELAND details are still being Miami Times Contributor We have the courts, weighed for getting public opinion and children back into the aitian immigrants detained at three South Florida immigration and customs en- activists on our side,” classroom. Another forcement detention centers represent the dozens of confirmed COVID-19 cases survey will be sent out that additionally include staff members. Immigrants are neither criminals or citi- Wilson affirmed. so families can further zens, and many are left bewildered regarding America being home of the brave or “America is on our side.” relay information on land of the free. Silence is not their collective cultural option, and a class-action H “ their preferences and lawsuit filed was filed April 13 on behalf of 58 detainees at Krome, the Broward Transitional —Congresswoman intentions. Center in Pompano Beach (BTC) and the Glades County detention center in Moore Haven. Frederica Wilson Rosalind Oswood "There are many different audiences Haitian nationals risk being detained “They may have overstayed a VISA, nev- so if we’re sheltering in place, why are being taken into consideration. We received numer- and deported if they have not applied er applied for TPS or await an asylum Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ous emails from parents that want kids to school full for Temporary Protected Status. Rep. hearing to become a citizen.” Communi- known as ICE, moving around and de- time because it's difficult to manage having them at Frederica S. Wilson whose 24th con- ty activists who notify the congresswom- porting Haitians, against what the order home,” BCSB member Dr. Rosalind Osgood told The gressional district is home to one of an’s office on a regular basis, report was? It’s just mean-spirited and vile Miami Times adding that virtual education will be the largest Haitian communities in the that upwards of 25-30 Haitian immi- because that’s how the president feels a continued option for parents who choose to keep U.S., spoke exclusively with the Miami grants are being deported every week. about immigrants. It’s wrong and it’s their children at home when schools reopen this fall. Times on June 27 about the latest de- According to Wilson, “Before the sinful. We have to fight him every step “Another group of parents needs them back for velopments in her fight to protect these worldwide spread of COVID-19, Pres- of the way.” survival reasons - they need to work and can't leave vulnerable constituents. ident Trump said there would not be On June 6, U.S. District Judge Marcia kids alone. Instructors are also learning how to go “About 40,000 Haitians are detained any deportations during a pandemic. P. Cooke agreed detainees would about virtual teaching and we need to factor into the across the United States,” Wilson said. Everyone was told to shelter in place, SEE FREE 6A SEE BROWARD 4A Marjorie Stoneman survivors protest for justice ed the anti-gun violence nizing skills to join a mas- student at Howard University. two groups bonded over a Parkland students converge on the movement March for Our sive call for racial justice Early in their activism, the poolside pizza party. Later, Lives. The movement raised and equality that has explod- Parkland students gave voice the students partnered with Capital to rally against racial justice millions of dollars, earned ed across the nation after to racial justice issues, call- Colors of Change and other KELLI KENNEDY school massacre who stood in the students the Children’s the death of George Floyd ing attention to gun violence Black activist groups to rally The Associated Press the very same place two years Peace Prize and the cov- last month in Minneapolis. in low-income communi- young voters to participate in ago to fight gun violence. er of Time magazine, and “There are Black people ties and in return, receiving the 2018 midterm elections. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. It was 2018 and the world spawned sister marches dying and it makes no sense support from Black Lives Still, the anti-gun violence — Among the thousands of was transfixed as the survi- from California to Japan. for us to be losing our lives to Matter youth chapters. BLM group recently acknowledged activists who have marched vors of the Valentine’s Day Now, Aalayah Eastmond, violence like this, so either we members joined the Flori- that it wasn’t enough, saying in the nation’s capital recent- mass shooting at Marjo- Christle Vidor and many can sit back and be compla- da students onstage during the recent protests helped ly to protest racial injustice ry Stoneman Douglas High other Parkland students are cent or we can do something a nationally televised rally reveal that their organization are survivors of a Florida high School in Parkland creat- using their fame and orga- about it,” said Vidor, 19, now a in Washington, D.C., and the SEE PROTEST 4A Today BUSINESS................. ................................. 8B FAITH & FAMILY ...................................... 16D 93° CLASSIFIED ............................................. 10B FAITH CALENDAR ................................... 18D IN GOOD TASTE ......................................... 12C HEALTH & WELLNESS ............................. 17D 8 90158 00100 0 LIFESTYLE HAPPENINGS ....................... 15C OBITUARIES ............................................. 20D 2C INSIDE Editorials Cartoons Opinions Letters VIEWPOINT BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY | JULY 1-7, 2020 | MiamiTimesOnline.com MEMBER: National Newspaper Periodicals Postage Credo Of The Black Press Publisher Association paid at Miami, Florida Counseling helps (ISSN 0739-0319) The Black Press believes that America MEMBER: The Newspaper POSTMASTER: Published Weekly at 900 NW 54th Street, can best lead the world from racial and Association of America Send address changes to Miami, Florida 33127-1818 national antagonism when it accords Subscription Rates: One Year THE MIAMI TIMES, Post Office Box 270200 to every person, regardless of race, $65.00 – Two Year $120.00 P.O. 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They checked in occa- sionally via the common news cycle and casually mentioned it BRETT BIGHAM, 2014 Oregon State Teacher of the Year during the water cooler talk. When another person comment- ed on how much more serious this monster was to the very The simple truth of the recent tions. All across my state, teach- bruised, but a winner. But I won away the hurt of losing my stu- commonalities of our lives, they were dismissed as being an U.S. Supreme Court case of Bos- ers stood up in opposition. Gay for losing. dents in a cold February, never to extremist. tock v. Clayton County is that, teachers. Straight teachers. A My district fired the super- see them again. I think of my au- Now that the United States is fully immersed into this crisis for the first time ever, it has been bunch of really angry kindergar- intendent only the week before tistic student who was blind. He state-of-life, the full impact of COVID-19 has crossed the minds ruled that all people in the Unit- ten teachers. reinstating me. The school board liked my voice, and sometimes of millions.