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Sector leaders say they expect an announcement from the Government regarding staff vaccinations on Monday afternoon.

Principals are applauding the decision not to move the school holidays, while some parents are disappointed.

There will be no changes to the timing of school holidays in Auckland from the beginning of October despite the region having been in lockdown for nearly f

Teachers who haven't been vaccinated against Covid-19 yet are anxious about being at the frontline under the Delta variant.

Three Auckland secondary schools now have Covid-19 cases to deal with - Avondale, Northcote and Lynfield Colleges, where students and staff have been told to isolate and get tested.

Rampant illnesses: Primary schools, ECEs empty out due to viruses Rampant illnesses: Primary schools, ECEs empty out due to viruses Thu, 8 Jul 2021, 8:47AM Primary schools across the country are reporting up to half of their pupils off sick after being struck down by highly contagious respiratory illnesses and other bugs. Babies, toddlers and preschoolers were also being hit hard by the latest spate of illness with some Auckland kindergartens reporting up to a fifth of kids ...

“It’s pretty flat tack at the moment.” The virus would most likely spread further when families travelled during the school holidays next week, he said . He urged parents to get their children checked if they had concerns, regardless of messages about how much pressure the health system was under at present. BECKI MOSS/Stuff Mai​ FM host K’Lee​ McNabb’s​ 4-month-old daughter, Honour, was born prematurely and had been in intensive care after catching RSV (respiratory syncytial...

The Education Ministry has been trying to find schools for more than 100 children who have been kicked out of other schools.

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller Currently, if a child is excluded or expelled from one school, the Ministry can direct another to take them on. But principals said that was a problem if there was no good support in place - and they commissioned a legal opinion to back them up. The Principals Federation released that legal opinion today. The review, by Quigg Partners, said: "A school should never be put in a position by virtue of a direction which results in the school being prevented from carryi...

IHC New Zealand is taking a fight against our schooling system to court and is collecting evidence from around Aotearoa. Kathryn Sadgrove says in the past 27 years, she has seen young disabled people be continually treated unfairly in schools. File image Photo: Unsplash / Ruben Rodriguez The advocacy group says young disabled people are being discriminated against and its legal team has started meeting with parents, educators and community groups around the country, ahead of a Human Rights Tr...