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Student safety

Districts deliver meals and ed tech as states shut schools for 2019-2020

Coronavirus has district leaders quickly devising ways to provide school meals, ed tech and remote learning as entire states begin to order schools to shut buildings for the rest of the 2019-2020 year. 

Esports group NASEF offers free online sessions to students

NASEF launches free daily “Community Club” sessions for students while most schools are shut down because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Professional Development opportunities are also available for free to educators.

Coronavirus: LA schools open community resource centers

Coronavirus closed schools in New York City, which will move to distance learning, while LAUSD calls for community resource centers to provide childcare. ACT reschedules national test.

States shutting down all schools to slow coronavirus

Efforts to slow coronavirus close all schools in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

Coronavirus: Schools can release student ID without parental consent

Disclosures under “health and safety emergency” exception to privacy law are limited to law enforcement, public health officials, trained medical personnel and parents.

States tell schools: Prepare for quick coronavirus closures

Concerns over coronavirus compelled Kentucky's governor to tell all schools to prepare to close with "as little as 72 hours notice," the Louisville Courier-Journal reported.
Thu Mar 12th, 2020

Coronavirus: Experts debate value of school closures

As coronavirus spurs more school closures in Seattle and elsewhere, school lunch and student safety issues had experts debating the best response.
Wed Mar 11th, 2020

Where schools are reopening after coronavirus closures

Several schools reopened after coronavirus-related closures Tuesday while many other districts ordered students to stay home as COVID-19 continues to spread in the U.S. 
Tue Mar 10th, 2020

Coronavirus closures raise question of school meals

The growing number of closures is raising questions about where some students will get free- and reduced-price lunch and other federally provided meals.
Mon Mar 9th, 2020

Coronarvius concerns shut several schools across U.S.

Coronavirus has forced school closures from coast to coast, with districts from Washington to California to Pennsylvania closing for up to two weeks.
Fri Mar 6th, 2020

Coronavirus closes Washington schools after positive student test

Coronavirus and positive COVID-19 tests shut schools in Washington as crews disinfected buildings and teachers prepped to teach online even as some buildings reopened.

Tue Mar 3rd, 2020