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…
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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…
Jefferson County School Board approves $500 supplement for full-time employees
By WBRC Staff| December 10, 2020 at 1:47 PM CST – Updated December 10 at 1:47 PM JEFFERSON CO., Ala. (WBRC) – Some Jefferson County School employees are getting a one-time $500 supplement. School board employees said they approved the resolution for the additional services JEFCOED employees will provide during the 2020-2021 school year due to the…
Schools losing teachers to COVID-19
By Randi Hildreth| December 10, 2020 at 4:53 PM CST – Updated December 10 at 5:13 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – COVID-19 has taken so much from so many, including our loved ones. State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey said during a Thursday meeting more teachers have died due to the virus. “We have lost two teachers…
Ala. superintendent weighs in on vaccine timeline for teachers, remote learning
By Randi Hildreth| December 10, 2020 at 5:32 PM CST – Updated December 10 at 5:32 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey weighed in on the COVID vaccine and remote learning during Thursday’s state school board meeting. He joined the meeting virtually as he continues his quarantine after a COVID-19 exposure. During…
Tuscaloosa-area schools announce changes during last week of classes before Christmas Break
By Kelvin Reynolds| December 9, 2020 at 6:17 PM CST – Updated December 9 at 7:06 PM TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) – Tuscaloosa-area school systems announce COVID19-related changes that will go into effect before students are out for holidays. The changes will impact Tuscaloosa City Schools and the Tuscaloosa County School System. Tuscaloosa City Schools will switch…
Rural schools in Alabama hit hardest by enrollment losses during pandemic
December 9, 2020 7:05 AM By Trisha Powell Crain | tcrain@al.com With Alabama schools now enrolling nearly 10,000 fewer students than last fall, AL.com took a closer look and found the losses were the largest in rural county systems and the missing students were most likely to be white students. Some districts experienced large student losses….
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….
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…
‘Tidal wave’ of COVID-19 feared as Alabama hospitals fill up
BY JAY REEVES ASSOCIATED PRESS UPDATED DEC 2, 2020 | POSTED ON DEC 1, 2020 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama hospitals that already are treating a record number of COVID-19 patients are bracing for a “tidal wave” of additional cases linked to holiday gatherings, a health official said Tuesday as schools and more grappled with the worsening coronavirus…
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