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NEW BEDFORD — The days of walking into a classroom, seeing a substitute teacher and expecting a movie day are long gone due to COVID-19. While teachers are highly valued, even considered by some to be "superheroes" amid the pandemic, they arent immune to viruses, and replacements must be in place in case they cannot be present in the classroom. Thats where substitute teachers have played a key role this year in keeping students on track with their academic lessons. Pre-pandemic, each school...

Updated on January 8, 2021 at 8:17 pm NBC Universal, Inc. The third marking period starts next week, and Broward County Public Schools has a message for parents: if at all possible, send your kids back to the schoolhouse.  “What I’m trying to get our parents to understand is one, if your child is struggling they need to be back in school, number two, we are working to change our institutional model to the greatest extent that we can, primarily at the elementary level where the teachers in ...

The Camden County hazardous material team and firefighters reported to the school as students were sent to the high school football field and track.

As schools reopen on LI, new plans aim to keep students and staff safe Long Island schools COVID plans The debate over school COVID safety isnt just happening in New York City, but across New York districts are dealing with similar issues. FOX 5 NYs Jodi Goldberg looks at how districts on Long Island are handling what to do. LONG ISLAND - The Jericho School District is picking up where they left off before winter recess and following the same model of daily in-person learning for students K thr...

Student brings hazardous materials to N.J. school, causes evacuation Updated Jan 08, 2021; Posted Jan 08, 2021 Hazmat trucks outside a home in Haddon Township on January 8, 2021. County and school officials confirmed an investigation into hazard substances brought to Haddon Township High School Friday morning.Bill Duhart | For NJ.com Facebook Share School officials evacuated a Camden County high school Friday morning after it was reported that a student brought hazardous materials into the bu...

The legislators learned the district spent an extra $62.7 million because of the pandemic, and that 8,200 students are basically lost academically.  “But each one of these 8,200 who had more than 15 absences in the first quarter is a story of the impact of COVID-19 on the disruption of their family lives, which is preventing them from staying connected with schooling,” said chief academic officer Dan Gohl.  District officials asked the legislative delegation to once again waive the conseq...

Long Island schools differ on reopening classrooms article NEW YORK - The Jericho School District In Nassau County is picking up where it left off before winter recess and following the same model of daily in-person learning for students K through 5 with grades 6 through 12 alternating in-person and remote learning.   "Were up, running, things are going well," said Hank Grishman, superintendent of schools in the Jericho School District. "We have kids who are hybrid today and remote tomorrow a...

Runcie wants parents to know that national research and local statistics show that schools are not covid-spreader environments. There’s also a feeling of urgency, because the district says remote learning has created widespread learning losses, which educators feared would happen. Runcie said the amount of students who have received multiple F’s on assignments, across all grade levels, has more than doubled from pre-pandemic levels. "E-learning has worked great for some kids, for many other...

All of us have seen our lives change dramatically over the past 12 months. Many parents with school-age kids have had to make tough decisions about their children’s education. Early in the pandemic, South Florida student Luca Escobar went from attending a private school to the public Sawgrass Elementary School in Sunrise. “We just really got blown away by the...