Superintendents can find innovative ideas for reopening safely on a new, online hub that spotlights innovative initiatives from districts around the country.
Dan Domenech, the executive director of the School Superintendents Association, said that the pandemic was causing an unusual amount of turnover in superintendent positions, as people retire, resign or, in some cases, have been fired after clashes with school board members over reopening schools.
In a survey of more than 2,100 people who have been working remotely during the pandemic, a whopping 58% said they would 'absolutely' look for a new job if they were required to return to in-person work.
Lessons learned from a Texas district's multi-year equity initiative can be applied in your district. These three best practices have helped guide the effort.
School districts will be able to provide free meals for students through the end of the 2021-22 school year due to extension nutrition waivers by Biden's USDA.
The school district confirmed the picture is authentic, calling it a "staged photo." But the superintendent would not confirm the family's account of events.
"This incentive is a way to promote the greatest protections to all employees as we work to minimize the threat of COVID-19 while respecting an individual's choice not to vaccinate," Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said in a statement.
In Kansas, students in the Shawnee Mission School District told administrators that a clinic in their schools may have been their only chance to get the vaccine.
