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INDIANAPOLIS—On Presidents Day, when teachers would normally enjoy a day off or time to plan, many drove to the Indiana Statehouse to advocate for public education and against some bills
Under the new bill, a state-appointed, seven-member board would be advisory, with governing responsibility still with the Distressed Unit Appeal Board.
Whether students 16 or older will receive the COVID-19 vaccine is completely up to parents, many Northwest Indiana districts say.
SCHERERVILLE â Donna Spivak has been a teacher for 37 years, and in a school year guided by the coronavirus pandemic, the longtime educator said she feels invisible. Spivak, who is 58, told The Times she recently secured an appointment to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, which she received after speaking to someone at the health department after explaining she is a teacher, and her husband is an elderly cancer survivor. "I waited, I think it was almost a month, and then when I finally got there, they just said, 'No, we're not doing teachers.' So they just turned me away," said Spivak, a f...