An Ohio district sees 161% increase in COVID cases after making masks optional as many leaders extend Thanksgiving break as a buffer against transmissions.
School districts extend Thanksgiving break and launch wellness days where staff and students can play frisbee, create art outdoors and visit a 'puppy station.'
An emergency effort to carry rural schools through COVID has evolved into long-term teaching and leadership development in economically distressed districts.
New York offers 5- to 11-year-olds who get their first dose before Christmas a chance to win a full college scholarship—covering tuition, room and board—at a SUNY or CUNY school.
Anxious parents spent hours waiting outside some schools in the hopes of securing a vaccine dose for their elementary-age kids, only to be told the clinic didn’t have enough supply.
Adding to the urgency is that many districts are now following a test-to-stay approach to keep close contacts in class or want to sends rapid COVID tests home with students.
