Last November, school officials found a Black doll hanging from a noose tied to a tree in the main quad of campus. The school is working with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office to identify who hung the doll via security camera footage.
Central York Superintendent Peter Aiken on Monday asked for patience and grace from residents amid criticism of the way the district recently removed several books from the high school library.
"With federal discretionary spending at its lowest levels since 1989, cuts in federal aid pressure state and local governments to fill the gap," according to a new analysis by HeyTutor.
Schools are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless hours of staff labor to process these requests from parents who are cracking down on discussions they deem inappropriate in a classroom environment.
The agreement includes 30% wage increases, full benefits coverage for support staff and $1,000 appreciation bonuses for those who worked during the 2020-21 school year.
Teacher shortages and social-emotional learning are not, at first glance, issues we expect the IT department to solve. Your students and staff may beg to differ.
Hundreds of school leaders are in the nation's capital today advocating for increased federal funding to expand mental health counseling and fill staff vacancies.
"What once seemed like an ambitious goal in terms of the effective use of technology to support both the academic and business operations within a school district is now closer to reality," concludes a new report from Project Tomorrow.
It has been a tough time for superintendents but a recent wave of new hires could bring back some energy to an education system facing a range of challenges.
