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Health and wellness

How district leaders can seize an opportunity emerging from volatile school board races

Matt Zalaznick -
Administrators should now be able to have more frank conversations with these new board members who will now be publicly accountable for their positions and decisions.

Schools are shutting down in droves to block COVID over Thanksgiving break

Matt Zalaznick -
An Ohio district sees 161% increase in COVID cases after making masks optional as many leaders extend Thanksgiving break as a buffer against transmissions.

Schools add wellness days to support mental health and block burnout

Matt Zalaznick -
School districts extend Thanksgiving break and launch wellness days where staff and students can play frisbee, create art outdoors and visit a 'puppy station.'

Good news, bad news? Majority supports masks in schools as COVID closures climb

Matt Zalaznick -
Some 61% of the public approves of mask mandates as COVID is on the rise again in several northern and western states with the holidays approaching.

Broadband access and student safety are getting billions from infrastructure plan

Charles Hendrix -
Law that Biden signed Monday funds safe routes to school programs, expanded broadband access, green school buses and removal of lead pipes that supply drinking water to schools,

Vaccine tracker: Schools in 14 states now require students to get COVID shots

Matt Zalaznick -
A small but growing number of districts are mandating vaccines for eligible as the COVID delta variant disrupted the beginning of yet another school year.

How to remain vigilant in the fight to provide safe drinking water in schools

Megan Glover -
While most parents of school-aged children understand the danger to their children of lead in drinking water, only about half know the last time their school drinking water was tested for lead, study shows.

School leaders are again worried holidays will cause COVID outbreaks

Matt Zalaznick -
Districts will be messaging their communities to encourage students and staff to follow COVID safety precautions but some leaders say family gatherings are critical after the stress of COVID.

Here comes the ‘twindemic’: Will COVID plus the flu wreak holiday havoc?

Lori Capullo -
These 5 measures can help school districts be proactive in avoiding a disastrous situation.

A mask ban is blocked for violating rights of students with disabilities

Matt Zalaznick -
Blocking mask mandates prevents Texas school leaders from complying with the Americans With Disabilities Act and spending American Rescue Plan funds to support in-person instruction, judge rules

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