Updated Dec 10, 9:33 AM; Posted Dec 10, 8:00 AM Facebook ShareTwitter Share159sharesBy John Sharp | jsharp@al.com Baldwin, Shelby, and Montgomery county schools are planning to delay in-person classroom learning by one week when the second semester begins next month. But for Mobile and Jefferson counties, the schedule remains the same. Other districts, such as Hoover and Tuscaloosa…
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Washington state shares little data about public schools and whether coronavirus is spreading, or not
Dec. 1, 2020 at 6:00 am 1 of 3 | In Clarkston, Asotin County, Parkway Elementary School fourth-grader Joslyn Walkup prepares for the first day of class with… (Pete Caster / For The Seattle Times) By Hannah Furfaro and Dahlia Bazzaz At least once a week, Emily Oster receives a message from a state official seeking help on coronavirus outbreaks in schools….
New York City Schools Will Reopen With New COVID-19 Testing Protocol
November 29, 2020 – 8:38 PM ET CHRISTIANNA SILVAEnlarge this image New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that the city will no longer use its previous threshold for closing schools.Andrew Burton/Getty Images Just 10 days after closing New York City’s schools because of rising coronavirus cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday…
Two Alabama teachers die from COVID-19 as governor vows to keep schools and businesses open
Shelley Connor Over the past two weeks, the rate of COVID-19 infections across Alabama has increased by over 50 percent, with teachers and other school employees representing a significant number of these cases. In one Alabama school district, Hoover City School, two district employees have died within the past week after contracting the virus. On…
DeKalb County schools undergo deep sanitization in post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 preventative effort
NORTHEAST ALABAMA by: Tiffany Lester Posted: Dec 2, 2020 / 07:44 PM CST / Updated: Dec 2, 2020 / 07:44 PM DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. – While DeKalb County Board of Education students get an extended Thanksgiving break and learn remotely this week, the district is getting things completely sanitized before they come back. Cintas cleaning crews are taking advantage of…
Wake County Public School System approves one-time $500 bonus for full-time employees amid COVID-19 pandemic
Wake County Public School System approves one-time $500 bonus for full-time employees amid COVID-19 pandemicRALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The Wake County School Board met Tuesday to swear in newly elected members and to discuss the future of in-person learning. Nine school board seats were up for re-election in November. Eight of the nine members won…
Educators Mixed on Governor’s Push For In-Person Learning
ANDREW YEAGER | DECEMBER 2, 2020 Gov. Kay Ivey said this week the state’s goal is to get students back in the classroom. Schools across Alabama have offered a remote learning option since March because of continued community spread of COVID-19. But the longer schools are disrupted, the more likely kids will suffer academically, according to Ivey. She said…
Birmingham City Schools will return to remote learning Dec. 7 due to COVID-19
By Randi Hildrethand WBRC Staff| November 10, 2020 at 6:12 AM CST – Updated December 2 at 9:32 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase, Birmingham City School officials say they have decided to return to remote learning, beginning Dec. 7. In addition, because of transportation challenges, the system says…
Gov. Kay Ivey Urges School Systems to Return to In-Person Classes
Posted: Dec 2, 2020 10:31 AM CST by Gov. Kay Ivey has issued a statement, urging school systems to return to in-person classes. On Monday, the state set a record of COVID-19 hospitalizations, at 1,717. Alabama Hospital Association President Dr. Don Williamson, the former longtime state health officer, told Alabama News Network , “Frankly, the next eight weeks,…
Alabama loses nearly 10,000 public school students, double what was expected
Krista Johnson Montgomery Advertiser Official enrollment numbers for Alabama’s public schools show a much larger decrease than preliminary reports expected, with nearly 10,000 fewer students enrolling statewide this year, prompting the governor to encourage a return to in-person student instruction as soon as possible. While state superintendent Eric Mackey expressed deep concern last month about preliminary reports indicating…
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