Posted By: Hewson Beattie May 4, 2021 @ 8:50 pm Local News, News
In a letter addressed to parents today, Springfield Public Schools says it will soon be offering the Pfizer Vaccine for students 14 years and older.
The Food and Drug Administration plans to approve the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine for children 12-15 later this month. The Pfizer vaccine, until now, has only been approved for children 16 years and older.
A link to a consent form for parents to sign was included in the email. KY3 reports students cannot receive the vaccine without parental consent.
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Foundation For Springfield Public Schools Adds New Category In Grant Program, Focusing On Mental Health Posted By: Hewson Beattie May 3, 2021 @ 8:38 pm Coronavirus, Local News, News, State
The Foundation for Springfield Public Schools is adding a new category in its Back To School Grant program.
The newest branch is focused on helping students with mental health.
The foundation’s executive director hopes the new opportunities will help the students as well as teachers.
Applications for the grant program are already being accepted and are due by June 18.
You can read more with a press release below…
SPRINGFIELD, MO (April 27, 2021) – The Foundation for Springfield Public Schools (FSPS), an organization serving the needs of the Springfield Public Schools students for 30 years, is launching a brand new category to its long-standing Back to School Grant Program. Th
Extension of federal school lunch program good policy (Editorial)
Updated 10:53 AM;
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced the extension of the universal free lunch program through the 2021-22 school year. The program was to expire in September. An estimated 12 million youths experience food insecurity. The program, implemented at the beginning of the pandemic, will fill a strong need as millions of families are experiencing financial difficulties and hardship.
The child nutrition waivers cover all students, allowing families and school systems to cut through the red tape of determining who is eligible. For many families school lunches and meal programs are the only real nutritional food source for children. Announcing the extension early will assist school districts to get a jump start on planning and budgeting for the coming year.
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As a result, more than 200,000 low-income Missourians may or may not receive government-funded health insurance when they sign up for benefits July 1.
Many of us thought this matter was decided at the polls in August 2020, when voters statewide amended the state constitution in order to expand Medicaid.
Instead, it will be decided in the courts.
I would think that those doing a brazen legal dodge might want to soften their language.
Not so for State Sen. Eric Burlison, a Republican who represents District 20, which covers Christian County and part of Greene County.
Burlison has told the News-Leader: I philosophically am not in favor of shifting more people from the producer category to the moocher category, the dependent-on-government category.