Dr. Pamela Comfort, Deputy Superintendent of CCCOE, is sharing this resource with Region 6 administrators.

"As school communities continue to deal with some of the polarizing issues of the 2016 presidential election and upcoming inauguration, teachers and school/district administrators are faced with situations they are not accustomed to dealing with. From impromptu student walk-outs and organized demonstrations on campus, to student fears of family deportation and incidents of hate speech and graffiti, many campuses throughout our county and across the state and nation are experiencing increased tension among students and adults. 

In an attempt to assist schools and districts with many of these issues, the Contra Costa County Office of Education is pleased to provide you with the following resource, entitled; “All Kids Are Our Kids: A Post-Election Toolkit for Educators.”  The purpose of the toolkit is to be a dynamic resource, where educators can go for things like school-to-home messaging, tips for dealing with the media, strategies for addressing potential student walk-outs, classroom resources and tools for supporting students/families and promoting safe school campuses.

The Toolkit can be found here: http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/supe/toolkit.html

We encourage you to share this site with colleagues and other school and youth advocates. Please visit the site often, as we will attempt to add resources for as long as school communities continue to deal with these issues. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the CCCOE Communications Department at 925-942-3325. "