Dana Eaton's guest appearances

Dana Eaton

Contra Costa Today

Clocked In with The Press

Tom Hansen

Brandon Roberts

Jennifer Fink

Eric Christensen

Brian Altman

Seth Adams

Sandra White

Tim Ogden

Eric Volta

Hugh Henderson

Frankie G

Jerry McNerney

Randy Iwasaki

Matt Shupe

Debora Allen

OwlTail

This week we sit down with BUSD Superintendent Dana Eaton and catch up on popular news stories surrounding the school district including the lightening of COVID restrictions, recent events and incidents, school zoning and growth, information gathering, and more.00:00:00 – Intro00:00:46 – Thoughts on the lifted mask mandates00:02:26 – Remaining COVID Policies00:05:07 – Response to hate speech towards Brentwood crossing guard00:08:39 – Brentwood Special Olympics00:12:49 – School zoning changes00:17:20 – Thoughts on Brentwood youth injured by fireworks00:18:25 – Information in media and how it relates to local school policies00:21:57 – Final thoughts from Dana00:23:13 – Conclusion

This week we sit down with BUSD Superintendent Dana Eaton and catch up on popular news stories surrounding the school district including the lightening of COVID restrictions, recent events and incidents, school zoning and growth, information gathering, and more. 00:00:00 – Intro 00:00:46 – Thoughts on the lifted mask mandates 00:02:26 – Remaining COVID Policies 00:05:07 – Response to hate speech towards Brentwood crossing guard 00:08:39 – Brentwood Special Olympics 00:12:49 – School zoning changes 00:17:20 – Thoughts on Brentwood youth injured by fireworks 00:18:25 – Information in media and how it relates to local school policies 00:21:57 – Final thoughts from Dana 00:23:13 – Conclusion

Episode 046: Brentwood School District Superintendent Dana Eaton

On this episode, I chat with Dana Eaton, Superintendent of the Brentwood Union School District who walks us through what has been going on in the District since the Shelter-in-Place began. We get into variety of topics from parents trying to teach, distance education, learning loss, the digital divide and what school could look like next year.  Episode Overview: 01:24 – We talk back over the past 6-weeks since starting in March, what is going through Dana Eaton’s head during Spring Break when this all breaks out. How it progressed so fast and trying to inform the community of the unknown based on information at the time. 04:00 – Eaton talks coordination during this challenging time. 04:57 – We talk about parents trying to parent and teach.  How teachers can keep a student’s attention but parents can’t keep the attention. 07:17 – Advice to parents right now who may think they are not doing a “good job” during Distance Education. 08:42 – Why reading Harry Potter on video? Eaton explains the backstory. 10:35 – Importance in preventing “learning loss” 15:02 – We talk about unsung heroes in this from IT people and lunch folks.  We talk about food services and providing food to students—97,000 meals provided to students. 18:20 – What is Brentwood doing to help reduce the Digital Divide and number of laptops given out. Eaton says 30% of students who are living below the poverty level. So far, 2,000 chrome books have been handed out. 23:35 – How is the District helping teachers through this transition? Plus, the dynamic of teachers and trying to get their own kids through Distance Education. Perhaps the term “glorified babysitter” will now go away.  We also talk briefly about how teacher negotiations are going and possible impacts of State Budget. 31:36 – we discuss mental health right now of youth and providing emotional support. 36:00 – How did the partnering with other school districts come about with the joint statement? 39:30 – What is the school year going to look like next fall? 45:17 – Eaton says registration is now open and will be launching online registration soon. 46:39 – Final thoughts

On this episode, I chat with Dana Eaton, Superintendent of the Brentwood Union School District who walks us through what has been going on in the District since the Shelter-in-Place began. We get into variety of topics from parents trying to teach, distance education, learning loss, the digital divide and what school could look like next year.  Episode Overview: <ul><li>01:24 – We talk back over the past 6-weeks since starting in March, what is going through Dana Eaton’s head during Spring Break when this all breaks out. How it progressed so fast and trying to inform the community of the unknown based on information at the time.</li> <li>04:00 – Eaton talks coordination during this challenging time.</li> <li>04:57 – We talk about parents trying to parent and teach.  How teachers can keep a student’s attention but parents can’t keep the attention.</li> <li>07:17 – Advice to parents right now who may think they are not doing a “good job” during Distance Education.</li> <li>08:42 – Why reading Harry Potter on video? Eaton explains the backstory.</li> <li>10:35 – Importance in preventing “learning loss”</li> <li>15:02 – We talk about unsung heroes in this from IT people and lunch folks.  We talk about food services and providing food to students—97,000 meals provided to students.</li> <li>18:20 – What is Brentwood doing to help reduce the Digital Divide and number of laptops given out. Eaton says 30% of students who are living below the poverty level. So far, 2,000 chrome books have been handed out.</li> <li>23:35 – How is the District helping teachers through this transition? Plus, the dynamic of teachers and trying to get their own kids through Distance Education. Perhaps the term “glorified babysitter” will now go away.  We also talk briefly about how teacher negotiations are going and possible impacts of State Budget.</li> <li>31:36 – we discuss mental health right now of youth and providing emotional support.</li> <li>36:00 – How did the partnering with other school districts come about with the joint statement?</li> <li>39:30 – What is the school year going to look like next fall?</li> <li>45:17 – Eaton says registration is now open and will be launching online registration soon.</li> <li>46:39 – Final thoughts</li></ul>

#70: Brentwood Union School District Superintendent Dana Eaton Provides Update