#Public Schools

The Alachua County Education Association sent an email out to its members yesterday, saying that the union “continues to advocate for your COVID Leave and the safest working conditions possible.” In the email, Carmen Ward, President of ACEA, told union members that the school board’s School Health Advisory Committee just recommended that masks be required in county schools and concluded, “Politicians should not be putting our students in harms [sic] way to pander to divisive politics [sic] see FEA’s press release attached.”

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Livingston Parish Public Schools will host a COVID-19 vaccination event Saturday, Aug. 7 at three locations in the parish. People can receive a vaccination between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the following locations:. Albany Lower Elementary, located at 30020 W. Murray St. in Albany.

College Place School District has officially purchased a piece of land on Teal Road. The District plans to build a new school on the 40-acre lot in the next six to 10 years. The school board voted in February to buy the land from Charlie Konen, of Konen Properties LLC, for $1.6 million.

Goff served as superintendent of Greater Albany Public Schools from 2019 until last month. She previously headed the Philomath School District and served as assistant superintendent for Portland Public Schools. I am one of the atypically high number of public school district superintendents who, according to the American Association of...

A few months ago, a staff member came to the central office with her two small children. I let the children draw on the whiteboard in my conference room while she worked. The entire board was covered with our notes, plans, ideas, solutions, and challenges from last year. We started this list in March of last year just before we released school. Throughout the school year, we added information and data to the list. As I reviewed the information, several thoughts came to me.

Toni Chritton Johnson goes live for the first time in 33 years!. Springfield Public Schools will require masking for students, staff to start 2021-22 school year. Michael Van Schoik reports.

It’s time to get back to in-person learning, and our educators are eager and ready to welcome students back this week. Read more. You're reading a premium story. Read the full story with our Print & Digital Subscription.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) - With school less than 12 days away for the Grand Island Public School District, they announced its final plan for masks in a press conference on Friday. Earlier this month, the district sent out a draft of its return-to-school plan with a survey attached for...

As Mecosta and Osceola county schools near the start of a new year, superintendents are sticking to their policies of making masking a choice for staff and students. Amid reports of new cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new recommendations this week for masking in an effort to encouraging mitigating spread.

Molokai High School librarian Diane Mokuau is both excited and nervous about the start of the public school year that gets underway for most students Tuesday. It will be the first time since the pandemic started that majority of students will be back on campus as the state Department of Education has pushed to get all students back in classrooms for in-person learning.

BAILEY — Through hard work and perseverance, 83 students from Nash County Public Schools walked the stage at Southern Nash High School last week. The students were from Nash Central, Northern Nash, Rocky Mount, Southern Nash and Tar River Academy high schools. They were added to the NCPS Class of 2021 during a Thursday graduation ceremony, which took place in the SNHS gymnasium.

Raleigh, N.C. — The Wake County Republican party started a petition that opposes the state's decision to recommend students wear masks in the classroom, according to an email sent on Saturday. The email says that the Republican party on Monday will present the petition at the Wake County Board of...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-North Platte Public Schools believes that the best way for children to learn is in person. The Return, the School Plan, is designed to create the safest environment for our students and staff and keep our schools open to in-person learning. We believe this plan supports the needs of our students, staff, and families while acknowledging the current risk to the health and safety concerns within the community and the schools. Additionally, this plan meets all requirements of the Americans Rescue Plan.

The incoming interim Hawaii school superintendent gave educators a glimpse of his vision for the upcoming academic year in a brief video greeting. Keith Hayashi, who will replace Christina Kishimoto as school chief on Sunday, said he will prioritize attendance, academics and social-emotional learning for students as well as staff well-being and the safe return to schools for everyone.

AURORA, Colo. — Aurora Public Schools (APS) has released updated health guidance for the 2021-2022 school year that requires unvaccinated staff to wear masks and strongly recommends them for unvaccinated students. The message from Superintendent Rico Munn shared on the district’s website Friday says all staff who are vaccinated will...

The Alabama Department of Education is leaving it up to local school boards to determine whether or not masking will be required at public schools in the upcoming school year. It is a decision that Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said he agreed with and acknowledged...

With the new 2021/2022 school year is right around the corner - Miami-Dade Public Schools classes start August 23rd - we thought we would look back at last June’s six Promotion Ceremonies held for the 5th grade and 8th grade students at the Key Biscayne K-8 Center. The Village of...

This year's annual Fulton Public Schools Gala will be held Aug. 7 at 5 p.m. in the Westminster College dining hall. Each year the Fulton Public Schools Foundation will host a gala dinner to recognize foundation leaders, supporters and alumni. The FPS Foundation will be honoring Gene Hamilton, Bil Jackson,...

DE SOTO, Kan. — Many school boards in Kansas may now consider reversing policies from optional masks to mask mandates after the Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued guidance recommending mandatory masks in schools. Masks are optional in De Soto Public Schools right now. The school board decided that...