What happens when Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of school? These districts are trying to figure it out. March 8, 2021 12:13 pm School buses in Boston lined up on the first day of school in 2014. (David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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(JTA) An unusually early Rosh Hashanah is causing cities across the United States to rethink the timing of the first day of school this fall, sometimes under intense pressure from families.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins in 2021 on the evening of Sept. 6 it’s also Labor Day, in many places the traditional end of summer. A first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 7, would require Jewish families to choose between religious observance and what they hope will be the first normal school day in more than a year.
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Higgins: Schools in Erie, Niagara Counties to receive nearly $414M in COVID-19 relief funds
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WASHINGTON (WKBW) â Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins (N.Y.-26) announced on Wednesday that schools in Erie and Niagara Counties will receive nearly $414 million in COVID-19 relief funds under the American Rescue Plan.
Here s a breakdown of estimated funding by school district
Akron Central School District
$4,035,000
$2,761,000
$3,088,000
$3,851,000
$1,674,000
$4,107,000
$2,685,000
$12,028,000
$34,005,000
$996,000
$5,974,000
$1,384,000
$5,964,000
$6,510,000
$1,596,000
âSchools have taken extraordinary measures to meet the challenges of keeping children safe and learning during the pandemic,â said Congressman Higgins. âThis has been a difficult time for districts, teachers, staff and families. Federal resources are urgently needed at the school district level directly and specifically to keep st
In nearly every case, the increases are long-standing, contractually mandated salary obligations.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. Record-high numbers of six-figure education earners were seen in Western New York and statewide even with Covid-19 closing schools for three months, according to newly released data.
A See Through NY analysis of New York State Teachers Retirement System data found that 60,921 administrators and other educators statewide made at least $100,000 in the 2019-20 school year. That s up from 59,241 the year prior.
Locally, the number of six-figure earners climbed nearly 18%, to 2,918 in 2019-20. The top earner in the eight-county region was Scott Martzloff, who made $239,296 before resigning as superintendent of the Williamsville Central School District amid a controversy over the mid-pandemic reopening of schools in September. Yo