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Masks to stay on in public schools despite state mandate ending How the mask mandate lift affects downtown schools (Hailey Rein/Downtown Devil) Update: On April 20, 2021, Gov. Doug Ducey rescinded the order requiring K-12 to mandate masks. For more information, read here. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey may have ended the state mandate on wearing masks, but the face coverings will stay up in schools, according to Arizona educators. Cara Christ, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, announced that in Fall 2021, school districts and charter schools are required to mandate that masks ar...

SUBMITTED PHOTO SUBMITTED PHOTO FAIRMONT — Everything is science, even exercise. For the first time in a year, Learning Options Inc. was able to host an in-person class for its popular program “Science Saturday” where kids got to learn learned about different muscle groups and did some cardio work on a brisk early spring day. Instructor Melissa Sinisi, who is also on the board of Learning Options, said kids got to calculate their heart rates and Body Mass Index. “We had some healthy snacks and talked about eating healthy too,” said Sinisi. Next week, Sinisi said the s...

Jeers to the sponsors of House Bill 2626, which calls for closing each of the state’s four long-term care facilities citing the costs to maintain and repair them are unsustainable.

Feb 19, 2021 Clients of Learning Options perform an experiment involving electricity and circuitry at a previous Science Saturday.SUBMITTED PHOTO WHITE HALL — Supplemental education nonprofit Learning Options Inc. is bringing back one of its signature events, Science Saturdays. This time, the activities planned for Science Saturdays will be set up with COVID-19 precautions in mind. “We, of course, have struggled just like everyone else has with COVID,” said Dana Powell, executive director of Learning Options. “So we have started our very popular Science Saturdays again, bu...

Realize that maybe their dreams wouldn't come to pass. not because they weren't smart enough, not because they weren't talented enough but because through a turn of fate they happened to be born in the wrong neighborhood. they became victims of low expectations, a community that was not supporting educational excellence, and it was heart-breaking. it is heart-breaking. and it reinforced in me a fundamental belief that we've got an obligation to lift up every child in every school in this country, especially those who are starting out furthest behind. [ applause ] that's why i want to challenge...