From finishing the first academic year held entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic to adjusting instructional formats and protocol for many students’ return to in-person classes, 2021 brought a number of changes to Nevada County’s schools.…
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Whitney Parnow was one of over 80 Seven Hills sixth graders who participated in a week of science projects and activities earlier this month as the grade adjusted to not attending the usual yearly science camp.
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Seven Hills sixth graders went for a walk in nature during this month’s dedicated science week.
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After realizing it would not be able to send sixth graders on their usual yearly science camp trip, Seven Hills Middle School organized a science week closer to home.
For the past 27 years, said Seven Hills Principal Sam Schug, the school’s sixth graders have gone to a science camp in the Marin Headlands, which is now called NatureBridge.
Nevada City’s annual operating budget will receive a 7% boost through funds collected through California’s statewide cannabis excise tax.
Nevada City’s 2019-20 budget shows that the city collected a total of $4.8 million through various taxes and fees. Over the next three years, the city will improve its technological infrastructure, youth programming and law enforcement infrastructure with a $1 million grant through the Board of State and Community Corrections.
The council is expected to approve receipt of the grant at its Tuesday meeting. Fund distribution won’t happen until June.
Nevada City Councilman and grant writer Doug Fleming said the community corrections board created the Cannabis Health, Safety and Compliance Project grant to develop a safe, sustainable and equitable cannabis industry and mitigate the potential negative impacts on the region’s youth and the environment.
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Erin Hartnett, whose sons attend first and third grade at Deer Creek Elementary School, said she is grateful for the way Nevada City School District has maintained a hybrid educational model since the start of the 2020-21 school year in August.
“I love their four-day model, because it helps to create some consistency and structure in their week,” said Hartnett on the elementary school’s a.m./p.m. cohort system, which allows each student to attend campus for a shortened school day, four days per week.
“It’s also just easier as a parent who works every day to know that they go everyday, and that we have a schedule around that,” said Hartnett, noting that the one full distance day Wednesday proves to be somewhat challenging to balance with her work.