[Summit] Gov. Raimondo's message, charts & video about Back to School + City meetings on Police [Covid News no. 361]

Tue Sep 1 03:59:54 UTC 2020

   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Gina Raimondo <communications at governor.ri.gov>To: Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020, 08:46:18 PM EDTSubject: Ready to learn

| Your RI COVID-19 News Update |
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| Hi David,
Earlier this summer, we introduced the five metrics we’d be looking at when making a decision about school reopening. These metrics required the state, municipalities, and school districts to each meet stringent safety requirements before schools can reopen this fall. We knew that meeting these goals would be a monumental task, but that we owed it to our students to get it right.
Today, after months of hard work, I’m proud that every school district, with the exception of Providence and Central Falls, has met all our reopening requirements and has the green light to begin to reopen for full in-person learning on September 14. |

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| This wouldn't be possible without the hard work of hundreds of education and health professionals across the state. I want to go over in detail exactly what the metrics are and how we're stacking up.
Our first metric is statewide data. We said that in order to feel confident in full reopening, our statewide data would need to meet our criteria to stay in Phase 3. It does. As you can see in the slide below, in all four areas, we are comfortably within the metric to stay in Phase 3. Less than 10% of our COVID beds are filled, our new hospitalizations are consistently 15 or fewer, our rate of spread is right around 1, and our total hospitalizations are decreasing. |

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| Our second metric is municipal data. In order to feel confident that the prevalence of the disease was low enough in a community to fully reopen schools, we had to see fewer than 100 cases per 100,000 per week. Every community in Rhode Island is well below this level, except for Providence and Central Falls. Our third metric is testing readiness. We must be able to test all symptomatic staff and students within 48-72 hours. As a state, we’ve made major progress on testing over the last few weeks. Our average test turnaround time, which was nearly 5 days in July, was down to 1.8 days last week. We're also creating a separate K-12 testing system, with more than a dozen dedicated swab sites for students and teachers and 10 rapid machines, which I'll talk more about tomorrow. |

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| Our fourth metric is supply readiness. In order to accommodate all students returning to school in-person, every school must have sufficient cleaning supplies and face masks. District leaders have been working around the clock to secure supplies and the state has provided back-up supplies to every public school, including nearly 3,000 thermometers, 600,000 masks, 5,000 gowns and 15,000 containers of disinfectant to schools. Parents, teachers and students should feel confident they will have the supplies they need to stay safe.
Our fifth metric is operational readiness. In order to reopen, schools needed to submit a reopening plan that includes necessary health precautions for students and faculty. I’m proud to say that 100% of districts submitted plans that have been vetted by RIDE and RIDOH.
I want to thank all of the districts for their hard work. Meeting these metrics was not an easy task, and schools have been incredibly innovative in how they've risen to this challenge. I hope that seeing these metrics laid out helps to assure you that we are treating student and staff safety with the utmost importance. |

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| Click the graph to see check the Department of Health's COVID-19 data dashboard. |

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| Making sure every school in Rhode Island is safe and well-prepared is a complex, important operation. To make sure that you have all the information, I'll hold press conferences every day this week at 1 p.m. to give an update on our school reopening plans. I hope you'll tune in - staying informed is our best defense against the spread of COVID-19.
We're all in this together,
-Gina RaimondoGovernor |

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|  Governor's Office | 82 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02903  |
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COMMUNITY CONVERSATION REGARDING THE POLICE USE OF FORCE POLICY AND THE OBAMA FOUNDATION’S COMMIT TO ACTION

Join the Human Relations Commission and the African American Advisory Group Police Advisory Subgroup for a community meeting to discuss Providence Police Department’s Use of Force Policy and the Obama Foundation’s Commit to Action. Commit to Action is a campaign that Mayor Elorza signed onto that commits to bringing immediate change to police departments throughout the country. To review the current use of force policy or provide feedback in advance, please see here: https://www.providenceri.gov/mayor-city-services/feedback/ Spanish translation will be made available and all are welcome to attend.

Tuesday, September 1, 20206:00-8:00PMThis meeting will be conducted via Zoom.

Join Zoom Meeting: Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

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Meeting ID: 913 6660 0562Dial by your location: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION REGARDING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS (LEOBOR)

Join the Human Relations Commission and the African American Advisory Group Police Advisory Subgroup for a community meeting to discuss the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights. Adopted in 1976, LEOBOR protects officers accused of misconduct from being immediately fired or placed on unpaid leave. Spanish translation will be made available and all are welcome to attend.

Tuesday, September 8, 20206:00-8:00PMThis meeting will be conducted via Zoom.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93109395266

Meeting ID: 931 0939 5266Dial by your location: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)

Please RSVP for these meetings here.

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