Letter from 125 Cook Children's physicians prompts FWISD to mandate masks for school year
Fort Worth ISD is making masks mandatory for staff and students this fall, Superintendent Kent Scribner announced in a special board meeting Tuesday night....
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Fort Worth ISD is making masks mandatory for staff and students this fall, Superintendent Kent Scribner announced in a special board meeting Tuesday night....
Many parents have questions over virtual learning and masks, but districts have very little control over both. Author: William Joy (WFAA) Updated: 9:43 PM CDT July 27, 2021 FORT WORTH, Texas — In school board meetings, parent teacher associations and Facebook groups across Texas, the same concerns are playing out. “The current position of the district is simple: get sick or get out,” said Alex Vorse, a Fort Worth ISD parent who spoke at the district’s board meeting Tuesday. “We all want normalcy, but we’re not there yet,” Lark Wallis Johnston, ano...
KERA News Masked third-graders work on computers at Tibbals Elementary School in Murphy in December. Tibbals is in the Wylie school district which appears to have not announced any specific COVID-19 protocols for the coming school year. Many schools are still working out the details about how they’re going to keep students, faculty and staff safe amid rising coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations. On top of that, schools cannot require students are faculty to wear masks, per an order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott last month. So how exactly do schools plan to keep students and teache...
Jun. 9—More than 20,000 Tarrant County children have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, almost a month since the the FDA authorized the shots for 12- to 15-year-olds. Vinny Taneja, Tarrant County public health director, said these numbers show a decent turnout. About 100,000 children in the county are in that age group. More than 2,400 children are fully vaccinated, according ...
Gracie Oliver entered her senior year with caution, not fully knowing what to expect because the pandemic had everything “turned upside down.” Many...