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The Illinois Juvenile Justice System Faces COVID-19 Courtesy of University of Chicago By This is the third article in The Maroon ’s series on how the pandemic has affected youth involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The last two articles focused on the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), while this article discusses how the pandemic has disrupted the lives of youth in the state’s juvenile jails and prisons. Many of the most vulnerable children in Illinois come into contact with both systems. Approximately one thi...

MOUNT LAUREL — The Burlington County Alternative School already has a program that allows select students to enroll in free college courses at Rowan College at Burlington County.  But now, the Burlington County Commissioners and the community college are expanding that program from 10 course seats per year to 25, according to a county news release. The expansion will begin in the 2021-22 school year. RCBC will offer the classes tuition-free and the Burlington County Special Services School District, which operates the Alternative School, will cover textbooks and other materials.  Stude...

Reply April 21, 2021 The Burlington County Commissioners announced the ratification of a new agreement expanding a Rowan College at Burlington County program that allows select students from the Burlington County Alternative School to dual-enroll and take college courses for free. Subscribe Burlington County Commissioner Linda Hynes, who serves as the Board's liaison to the college, and the County's Special Services School District and vocational schools, said the new agreement would allow the successful alternative school program to continue to flourish and give additional students the oppor...

South Korean electronic giant, LG Electronics Inc, has said that it will be closing down its loss-making mobile division after failing to find a buyer. This move by LG is set to make it the first major smartphone brand to completely withdraw from the market. According to a report from Reuters, this disclosure is contained in a statement issued by LG on Monday in Seoul. LG had said that its smartphone division has recorded total losses of about $4.5 billion in almost 6 years adding that shutting down that division would allow LG to focus on growth areas like electric vehicle components, connec...

Phoenix Alternative School student arrested for school threat in Collier Published: April 1, 2021 11:45 AM EDT Updated: April 1, 2021 11:47 AM EDT Recommended A 14-year-old student at Phoenix Alternative School was arrested on Wednesday after writing a threatening message on a restroom door at the school. In a Facebook post, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said the student is facing a charge of intimidation for sending a written threat to carry out a mass shooting. A teacher reported finding the threatening message written on a bathroom door in the classroom on the school’s Estey Aven...