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AISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde visits the classroom of Courtney Jackson, a nursing instructor at LBJ Early College High School, on Oct. 14.
The Austin Independent School District may close completely for a week or two after winter break if COVID-19 cases in Austin spike after the holidays.
Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde wrote in an email to parents Tuesday that the district is considering two options after the break: holding 100% of classes online or canceling school outright. If it goes remote-only, AISD could lose state funding.
After the Thanksgiving break, schools went completely online to prevent the spread of COVID-19 from students who gathered with people outside their households. The decision went against state policy, which requires districts to offer in-person learning for families who want it.
Closed classrooms and remote learning have left many Texas school students dealing with mental health issues including loneliness, depression and thoughts of suicide. Credit: Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune
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Shea Wiedemeyer s depression crept in slowly.
The high school freshman had struggled with some anxiety before schools shut down abruptly in March, but in the isolation of the pandemic, cut off from daily interaction with friends and teachers at McCallum High School in Austin, the feelings snowballed.
C-Bond Systems Provides 2020 Year in Review
December 21, 2020 08:30 ET | Source: C-Bond Systems C-Bond Systems
Company Expects to Achieve Record Annual Revenue for 2020
Record Revenue Fueled in Part by Two $1 Million-Plus Exclusive Distribution Contracts for the Company’s Disinfection and Windshield Strengthening Products
HOUSTON, Dec. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) C-Bond Systems (the “Company” or “C-Bond”) (OTC: CBNT), a nanotechnology solutions company, today provided a 2020 year in review including operational highlights molded by the Company’s strategic decision at the start of the COVID-19 global pandemic to separate its business lines and establish two divisions: C-Bond Transportation Solutions and C-Bond Safety Solutions.
This pivot and delineation of the Company’s businesses helped it forge new partnerships and increase distribution opportunities, including the expansion of its product lines to include new products to help in
A man carries groceries on the UT Austin campus during spring break on Tuesday.
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Milan, 4, and Myden, 3, select meals from Austin ISD, which passed out curbside lunches while schools were closed in the spring.
Thousands in limbo for special education
Cayla Bamberger, Sarah Butrymowicz, Jackie Mader and Caroline Preston, The Washington Post
Dec. 18, 2020
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In June, Alice Stuart , right, reached out to Disability Rights Texas for help in getting her child, Eli Clark, left, a completed special education evaluation. Eli has been waiting nearly a year for their high school to complete an evaluation that would determine special education services.Photo by Jackie Mader - The Hechinger Report.
AUSTIN - Eli Clark has been waiting nearly a year for help. A good student with dreams of working in neuroscience, Eli, a 17-year-old junior who uses the pronouns they and them, did very well in middle school and was accepted to a competitive magnet high school.