Updated 11:34 AM; Today 11:33 AM Facebook ShareTwitter ShareBy Kent Faulk | kfaulk@al.com As COVID-19 infection rates continue rising some Alabama public schools are making changes to their plans for virtual and in-person classrooms – or a hybrid of the two – as the Christmas holiday and new year approaches. AL.com coronavirus coverage Among the school systems…
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Madison, Montgomery schools adapt class schedules to COVID
Updated Nov 30, 2020; Posted Nov 30, 2020 By Lee Roop | lroop@al.com Alabama public schools continue adapting their approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic with two large counties announcing mixes of hybrid and all-virtual education. Madison County’s roughly 19,000 students will move to “hybrid” teaching – some in class and some online – in December. Montgomery public…
Baldwin County Public Schools reports almost 250 COVID-19-related absences over Thanksgiving break
By: WKRG Staff Posted: Nov 30, 2020 / 08:54 PM CST / Updated: Nov 30, 2020 / 10:11 PM CST BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Baldwin County Public Schools reported 248 COVID-19 related absences over the Thanksgiving break. Out of those, 88 were students in Fairhope. We asked Mayor Sherry Sullivan for comment – given crowd at The Lighting of…
Coronavirus cases rising in Alabama K-12 schools: 2,261 new cases reported this week
Updated 11:32 AM; Today 11:32 AM By Trisha Powell Crain Coronavirus cases are on the rise in Alabama’s K-12 schools, and for the second week in a row, that number jumped by a lot. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health dashboard, a total of 2,261 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in 125 school districts…
Schools are closing for millions of kids as teachers get sick and COVID cases surge. Some districts are holding out.
Erin RichardsElinor AspegrenUSA TODAY November 20, 2020 The dominos are beginning to fall at America’s schools. After weeks or months of operating in person, schools are shifting students back to remote learning as the nation grapples with soaring COVID-19 infections. Starting Monday, millions more students will be connected to their teachers only by whatever internet or phone connection…
Vestavia Hills Board of Education approves hazard pay for employees
By WBRC Staff| November 17, 2020 at 8:00 AM CST – Updated November 17 at 8:00 AM VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (WBRC) – The Vestavia Hills Schools Board of Education has approved a $400 one-time hazard pay for employees. There are about 898 employees eligible. We’re told employees will receive it around mid-December. The approval came during…
700 virus cases reported last week in Alabama public schools
by Kim Chandler, November 1st 2020 MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — Alabama public schools reported 723 cases of COVID-19 among students, teachers and employees in the last week, according to a new state dashboard that debuted Friday. It shows the number of cases reported by school systems to the state, but not numbers by individual schools. Some school…
‘We are not anti-public school people, but we are pro-choice,’ supporters say at annual rally
BY KAYLEIGH SKINNER | JANUARY 28, 2020 Students at Mississippi “School Choice Day” on Jan. 28, 2020. The Mississippi State Capitol was awash with bright yellow scarves Tuesday as hundreds of students, parents and educators traveled here to celebrate “school choice,” the notion that parents should be able to choose where their children receive their education….
‘When We Fight, We Win’: Chicago Teachers Score Another Victory for Public Education
And they organized a new generation of teachers in the process. By Alan Maass NOVEMBER 4, 2019 Teachers and school workers march through Hyde Park on October 21. (Alan Maass) Ready To Fight Back? The slogan on the banner that led many of the marches during last week’s Chicago teachers strike told the story: “When we…
Hackles rise as Chicago teachers strike drags into day 10
By KATHLEEN FOODY 10-29-19 CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s mayor on Tuesday accused leaders of the city’s powerful teachers union of using its “political agenda” to hold up a contract agreement to end a strike that will keep students from classrooms for at least 10 days. Chicago Public Schools canceled classes for Wednesday after the Chicago…
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