Newark Advocate
Newark City Schools was forced to cancel classes on Thursday, a day after many of the staff received the second COVID-19 vaccine.
According to a tweet from the district, Newark schools closed Thursday because of a staffing shortage.
District spokesman Seth Roy said roughly 550 staff members got the second dose of the vaccine on Wednesday. While he didn t have an exact number, he said enough staff called off work that it was not possible to hold classes.
Roy noted that in previous years when staff called off, the district had the option of combining classrooms. With COVID-19 protocols in place, such actions can t happen this year.
Newark Advocate
NEWARK - COVID-19 has had a major effect on the 2020-21 school year, for students, educators and parents alike.
The pandemic has forced an adaptive learning environment, which has created challenges. But teachers have risen up and still positively impacted their students, sometimes in ways they don t even realize.
For the 22nd consecutive year, the Coughlin Automotive Group has decided to honor some of those teachers with its You Made A Difference awards. To date, Coughlin has provided over $140,000 for the awards program, which honors a teacher in each of Licking County s 10 public school districts, plus C-TEC, Licking County Educational Service Center and Newark Catholic.
Pinnell adds $2M to $7.5M children’s literacy gift
Professor emerita supports Literacy Collaborative to enhance K-8 learning
Janet Kiplinger Ciccone 614-292-5338
From her earliest years, Gay Su Pinnell cherished reading – so much that she dedicated her career to helping young children who struggled to learn to read.
Now, after giving $7.5 million to The Ohio State University College of Human Ecology in July for children’s literacy, the professor emerita has again shown her commitment to paying it forward. Her new $2 million gift supports Literacy Collaborative, the college’s comprehensive school literacy model for grades K-8.
The Literacy Collaborative is a nonprofit venture designed to lift the expertise of teachers and help them fulfill their dreams for their students.