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More students have shown up for school, more schools are moving to virtual learning and school nurses will — it is hoped — be included in the second wave of Alabama vaccines, state superintendent Eric Mackey said during the Alabama Board of Educations Thursday work session.  As the state endures record-high hospitalization rates due to COVID-19, Mackey spoke about ways Alabama students, teachers and families continue to be impacted educationally. He referred to the instructional crisis...

State Superintendent Eric Mackey said K-12 school enrollment has increased by about 3,300 recently, but is still down more than 6,000 students from last year likely because of COVID-19 and

For some Alabama schools, it’s home before and after the holidays as COVID cases surge Updated Dec 11, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey speaks to superintendents at meeting on Aug. 28, 2019, in Montgomery, Ala. Mackey has deferred to local school systems when it comes to making decisions on whether to host in-person school or remote education during the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook Share But for Jefferson County, the schedule remains the same. Other dist...

Alabama state superintendent in COVID-19 quarantine WSFA Staff © Provided by Montgomery-Selma WSFA Alabama State Superintendent of Education Dr. Eric Mackey is in quarantine after being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama’s chief education official is under quarantine after being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Though Alabama State Superintendent of Education Dr. Eric Mackey is in quarantine, he has te...

Schools losing teachers to COVID-19 Schools feeling impact of COVID-19 By Randi Hildreth | December 10, 2020 at 4:53 PM CST - Updated December 10 at 5:13 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - COVID-19 has taken so much from so many, including our loved ones. State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey said during a Thursday meeting more teachers have died due to the virus. “We have lost two teachers this week, lost their lives after being in the hospital for quite some time due to COVID-19,” sai...

>> well, we think the bigger problems for school , for instance, driving. theres now a big provision about folks being caught without a drivers license if theyre not legal immigrants in the state, they can be immediately arrested and charged and held indefinitely. so there are a lot of immigrants that are just staying off the roads. well, that is a problem with them getting to school if theyve been -- if their parents have been driving them to school. what happens whats happened in our case is s...

Meanwhile, bill clinton is out with a new book, suggestions on how president obama can turn around the u.s. economy. and he also reveals what their relationship is really like. then take a look at these. these injuries, a texas man beaten, stabbed and thrown into a fire all for being gay. will his alleged assailants being charge with hate crimes? thats in the next hour. chris? >> thomas, thank you. the department of justice is investigating whether alabamas tough new immigration law is violati...