Jun. 12—MOUNT VERNON — One student picked a calliope hummingbird; another decided on a fuzzy-horned bumblebee. For students of teacher Roberta Carlson at Jefferson Elementary School in Mount Vernon, the last few months have been filled with learning about this region's pollinators — and how to attract them to the school's garden. This week, Carlson's 20 fifth-grade students put carefully .
Chevy Camaro is all in the family
McVicar holds a copy of a newspaper story about her mom retiring and driving off in the vehicle that her mom bought 30 years earlier, in 1970.
Photo by Deb Jacques
METRO DETROIT In April 1970, Carol Alex, of Warren, Ohio, purchased a shiny burgundy 1969 Chevrolet Camaro 307.
It was brand-new off the lot with a price tag of $2,400, before taxes and fees. While some moms in the neighborhood drove station wagons and sedans, Alex happily zipped about in her Camaro.
One regular route was traveling back and forth to her teaching job at Jefferson Elementary School. The Camaro also was the family taxi and the go-to automobile when Alex’s sister and brother took their driving tests at age 16.
JANESVILLE
Janesville School Board members took their masks off Tuesday after voting to lift the districtâs mask mandate, while mask-choice advocates watching from outside the board room cheered.
âBreathe that fresh air!â a man yelled.
Effective immediately, students and staff are no longer required to wear masks in school, although they may still wear them if they choose to.
The board voted 7-2 for the change after a sometimes emotional meeting.
The districtâs previous order called for masks through the end of July, which would have meant masks for staff and some 3,300 students during summer school, in the hottest time of the year with few air-conditioned classrooms.