[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Seven school districts in Virginia announced Monday morning that they are suing Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin over his executive order requiring that parents have a choice to opt their children out of public school mask mandates. “This legal action centers on fundamental questions about the framework […]
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[ad_1] BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Masks are mandatory in a southwestern Michigan school district after officials set the policy in an unusual way: They took a vote of the people. Parents, guardians and staff in the Pennfield district voted for masks, starting Monday and lasting through Feb. 18. There were 1,041 votes, and about 58% […]
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[ad_1] New data shows the omicron variant wave in North Texas may be peaking right now. This comes as some school districts sidelined by omicron’s rapid rise plan to reopen this week after cancellations amid record cases and staffing shortages. Students and staff in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD and Weatherford ISD will return to class Monday after […]
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[ad_1] Most of the school districts in the Charlottesville area are keeping their mask policies in place, citing state law and a legal challenge to an executive order concerning masking in schools. Only school systems in Greene, Madison and Orange counties have relaxed their mask policies following Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order that says parents […]
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[ad_1] SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Australia recorded another surge of COVID-19 deaths on Monday as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could rise further when schools return from end-of-year holidays next week. The world No. 13 economy is trying to strike a balance between reopening after two […]
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[ad_1] Supplied Sandy Hastings, Canterbury Primary Principals’ Association president and Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto principal, says keeping masks on kids and adults will not be easy. Children as young as eight years old will have to wear masks at school if the red traffic-light setting is still in place when the new term begins. […]
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[ad_1] It’s time to think about lunchboxes, homework and after-school activities again. Video / NZ Herald Back to school should be about uniforms, lunches, and picking the right device, so when news broke of an Omicron case at a cafe in Auckland there was a collective groan among Kiwi parents. Suspected cases are now at […]
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[ad_1] LITTLE ROCK, Ark – The search is on for KN95 and N95 masks as parents try to protect their kids from COVID-19 the best they can. Many students in central Arkansas returned to in-person learning Tuesday after almost two weeks of on-and-off virtual days due to COVID-19 cases or exposures. Parent Whitney Abernathy said […]
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[ad_1] Finch Elementary School Principal Shane O’Doherty, who two months ago made a symbolic protest against a COVID-19 mask mandate, has resigned, effective immediately. O’Doherty’s farewell letter to parents, dated Tuesday, was released Friday afternoon by Spokane Public Schools. On the morning of Nov. 22, O’Doherty and three other staffers were escorted from school and […]
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[ad_1] IU will have KN95 and N95 masks available to students, faculty and staff for free at the School of Public Health in Gym 171 beginning Monday, according to an IU Today article. IU recommends wearing KN95 or N95 masks instead of other mask types for the highest protection against COVID-19. The university plans to […]
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