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2:42 But the board’s plan does not require schools to absolutely follow the CDC’s or the state’s Smart Start guidelines for masking, social distancing and hygiene. It asks schools to meet those guidelines only “to the best of their abilities.” That has the Fairbanks Education Association president, Sandra Ryan, concerned about the safety of teachers who could be exposed to the disease. “There is just language that needs to be put into place and remind us of some of the great work w...

Blue Ridge Partnership For Children Seeks Smart Start Funding Proposals Published: 14 January 2021 The Blue Ridge Partnership for Children is calling for proposals for Smart Start funding for fiscal years July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. Smart Start funds are dedicated to ensuring that all preschool-age children ages birth to five, arrive at school healthy and ready to succeed. In order to accomplish this goal, BRPFC addresses the following community needs in its programming:  Early...

Listen to the story here. There are close to forty-four hundred preschool students in licensed programs in New Hanover County, but that represents just 37% of pre-K aged children. The county has been asked to consider universal pre-K, but there are barriers to expanding. “We’d like to see a universal pre-K plan. One thing that’s loud and clear is that far too many of our children aren’t ready for kindergarten. And the reason is, there’s just not enough slots in the county available.�...

With schools in uncharted waters facing the COVID-19 pandemic, numbers that dictate when schools close and reopen could be a guiding tool, but the school district continues to operate without them. “We’re often asked to set specific metrics to make our decisions,” Superintendent Gillian Chapman said. “I would love to be able to do that. It would be so much easier for us.” Teton County School District No. 1 has so far not specified guardrails with which to make COVID-19-...

International Paper Foundation Awards $90,000 to Riegelwood, N.C. Area Schools and Non-Profit Groups in 2020 Published 01-06-21 Submitted by International Paper Company RIEGELWOOD, N.C., January 6, 2021 /3BL Media/ – The International Paper Riegelwood Mill awarded $90,000 in International Paper Foundation grants to 32 area educational and non-profit groups in 2020, demonstrating the company’s commitment to education, hunger, health & wellness, disaster relief and initiatives that improve ...

Posted January 6, 2021 By Shazia Jodá, Communications Assistant, PSI Mozambique  The toolkit covers four phases: Inquiry (getting to know the subject), Insight Synthesis (analyzing and understanding gathered information), Prototyping (creating and testing different design ideas), and Adaptive Implementation (adapting interventions in real-time as projects pursue impact at scale).  We – PSI Mozambique’s Vale-a-Pena (VAP), a youth-powered SRH project funded by UK Ai...

Prices up Web Bostic, who works for local janitorial supply company, Croaker, in Castle Hayne, continues to witness the supply-and-demand chain wax and wane, from March and April’s panic-buying spree to leveling out in the fall. Though hand sanitizer and toilet paper seem to be back in the green, gloves and disinfectant wipes are a different story. Name brands like Lysol and Clorox continue to be sought after and in short supply, as are latex, nitrile and vinyl gloves — which are widely use...

Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 21, 2020 Sitka High ESL teacher Betty Richter’s technical writing class demonstrates social distancing technique. Although schools are an easy place to spread disease, the district says tough mitigation measures have resulted in no detectable spread of COVID-19 in schools. “The 10 or 11 times we’ve had a positive case at a building where people were in person,” said special education director Chris Voron, “we followed a mitigation plan and there’...

Credit Berett Wilber/KUCB   Unalaska students and staff began their holiday break Monday and are scheduled to begin the new semester on Jan. 4. But what that semester will look like and whether or not students will return to their classrooms next month is still undecided. After the City of Unalaska moved into the high coronavirus risk threshold in late November due to potential widespread exposure of the community to the virus, school staff began home-based instruction and the district closed ...

Credit Fairbanks Education Association The associations that represent Fairbanks-area teachers, principals and support staff released a statement Friday opposing the opening of schools in January. The Board of Education for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District voted a week ago to give students the option to return to in-person learning for the second semester. The board’s plan does not require schools to absolutely follow the CDC’s COVID-19 or the state of Alaska’s Smart Sta...