Houston Area District Looks for Career-Tech Ed. Vendor; Oregon System to Buy Auditing Services
CTE provider, speech/language pathology services, audit services. The Spring Branch Independent School District in Texas is searching for a vendor to provide career and technical education, and the Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District in Arizona is accepting bids for speech/language pathology services. Meanwhile, the Gervais School District in Oregon plans to purchase audit services…
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By Bill Galluccio
Dec 18, 2020
Mason Kalkofen has been learning remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, but the Spring Branch Independent School District required all students to take their finals on campus, where a proctor was present.
Kalkofen s family asked the school district for an exemption because Mason s mother is considered high-risk for developing severe complications from COVID-19. They said they were concerned due to the number of people who have tested positive at the school. I don t want to get sick,
KTRK. I don t want to end up in a hospital. I don t want my husband to end up in the hospital because the school district doesn t care.
HOUSTON, Texas A Houston student showed up to school Wednesday wearing head-to-toe personal protective gear, and his family said his school district isn t taking the pandemic seriously enough.
The Kalkofens wanted the district to waive a requirement that virtual learners take some of their final exams on Spring Woods High School s campus.
Mason Kalkofen, the student, said he was worried about contracting the virus on campus and spreading it to his mother, Margarita, who is at high risk and could suffer severe medical complications. I m having to go in a hazmat suit, he said. That way I can protect my family.
By Bill Galluccio
Dec 18, 2020
Mason Kalkofen has been learning remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, but the Spring Branch Independent School District required all students to take their finals on campus, where a proctor was present.
Kalkofen s family asked the school district for an exemption because Mason s mother is considered high-risk for developing severe complications from COVID-19. They said they were concerned due to the number of people who have tested positive at the school. I don t want to get sick,
KTRK. I don t want to end up in a hospital. I don t want my husband to end up in the hospital because the school district doesn t care.
By Bill Galluccio
Dec 18, 2020
Mason Kalkofen has been learning remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, but the Spring Branch Independent School District required all students to take their finals on campus, where a proctor was present.
Kalkofen s family asked the school district for an exemption because Mason s mother is considered high-risk for developing severe complications from COVID-19. They said they were concerned due to the number of people who have tested positive at the school. I don t want to get sick,
KTRK. I don t want to end up in a hospital. I don t want my husband to end up in the hospital because the school district doesn t care.