By Brhe Berry 1-4-2021Ad Duration00:00PauseCurrent time00:55Seek00:48Duration02:11Toggle MuteVolumeSettingsToggle FullscreenEMBED <>MORE VIDEOS Some teachers have expressed grave concern about returning to in-person classes without the COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s one teacher’s plea.HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — While the COVID-19 vaccine is now being administered to members of the Houston Fire and Police Departments, teachers are still waiting their turn as…
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Parents, teachers opposed to reopening schools put up memorial outside Oregon school district offices
Those against resuming in-person learning put up hundreds of flags outside school district offices, symbolizing educators and children killed by COVID-19 nationwide. As Oregon schools consider reopening to in-person learning, opponents speak out January 3, 2021Updated: 8:44 AM PST January 4, 2021 PORTLAND, Oregon — Beginning this week, individual school districts and schools in Oregon can…
Alabama K-12 schools report 3,352 new COVID-19 cases this week
December 18, 2020 By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Alabama’s K-12 schools again saw a rise in new COVID-19 cases in staff and students this week, climbing by nearly 100 new cases to 3,352, up from 3,255 reported last week. That increase comes as the state continues to break records in the number of new coronavirus…
Birmingham Board of Education approves extra $500 for full-time employees
By WBRC Staff| December 17, 2020 at 8:28 AM CST – Updated December 17 at 8:28 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Full-time employees with the Birmingham City School System will get a $500 in their December paycheck. The Extraordinary Compensation Resolution was passed this week. Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan recommended the additional pay to recognize the exemplary…
Alabama schools dishing out bonuses during coronavirus
Updated Dec 15, 7:00 PM; Posted Dec 15, 7:00 AM Facebook ShareTwitter Share1,390sharesBy John Sharp | jsharp@al.com The jelly-of-the-month club was for discouraged Clark Griswold. For growing number of Alabama teachers this month, an unexpected extra $500 to $1,000 bonus is being greeted with Christmas season joy. Thirty-one years since “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” put the concept…
Alabama high school graduation rate for class of 2019 hits 92%
Updated 1:53 PM; Today 1:47 PM By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Alabama’s high school graduation rate rose to an all-time high of 91.7%, up nearly 2% from 90% for the class of 2018, according to an analysis of the class of 2019 graduation rates released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama. Speaking during…
Maine public school enrollments drop amid pandemic
More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts. BY RACHEL OHMSTAFF WRITERShare First- and second-grade students play outside during recess at Village Elementary School in Gorham on Thursday. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer Enrollment in Maine’s public schools dropped by more…
2 more Alabama schools go remote amid COVID surge
By Ashley Remkus | aremkus@al.com Two schools in Muscle Shoals are the latest in Alabama to announce a transition to remote learning as coronavirus cases surge across the state. The middle and high schools in the northwest Alabama city will switch to remote learning on Monday and continue through Friday, which marks the end of the fall semester….
New COVID cases rise to 3,200 this week in Alabama’s K-12 schools
New COVID cases rise to 3,200 this week in Alabama’s K-12 schools Updated 1:10 PM; Today 1:10 PM By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com Cases of COVID-19 in Alabama’s K-12 schools rose again this week, with 3,255 students and staff reporting they have contracted COVID-19 in the past week. That’s a jump of 750 cases over last…
Alabama school system goes virtual after 900 quarantined, 70 COVID positive cases
By Leada Gore | lgore@al.com December 11, 2020 Decatur City Schools is the latest to go virtual due to the rising number of COVID cases within its system. In a letter to parents, Superintendent Dr. Michael Douglas said the system will transition to virtual learning starting Monday, Dec. 14. Students will remain on virtual learning through…
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