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Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now strongly recommending all K-12 teachers, students and staff wear face covering regardless of whether they are vaccinated against COVID-19 or not, Arizona public schools can't require them.  That's because a new law bans public schools from mandating them, and the governor has said the state won’t change its stance. That leaves school districts like Phoenix Elementary, which is starting school next week and serves about 5,500 preschool through eighth grade students, with no other option but to ask people to wear them and hope...

School district to receive $26.7 million in second and third rounds of federal ESSER funding. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 8:04 pm, Jun. 28, 2021 × Submitted image The Grand Forks School Board finalized results of the June 22 referendum and approved the district’s application to the state for $8.2 million in federal ESSER II funds at a special meeting Monday, June 28. ESSER stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief. Both referendum questions – one to raise the mill levy for the building fund and the other to issue $86 million in bonds for a ...

 for The 74’s daily newsletter. In 2001, the Manhattan Institute ranked states by their combination of public charter, private and home-school choice. Arizona ranked first. In 2015, the Brookings Institution measured the percentage of students who had access to one or more charter schools in their zip code. Arizona ranked first in the nation, with 84 percent of students with a charter in their zip code. A 2017 analysis of Phoenix-area district enrollment patterns found open enrollment transfer students outnumbering charter students. More recently, I had the opportunity to revise the 2001 ...

All proceeds from the Community Blend are donated to local nonprofits and community-based initiatives. And from now through July, proceeds will go specifically to local school districts. “We feel strongly and like the fact that [Press Coffee stores] are our community centers within their neighborhoods. Every store is a little bit different than the others, but one thing every store has in common is we are frequented by students, parents, teachers — and another major community place is their local school,” said Alex Mason, co-owner of Press Coffee. The program is part of the com...

Grand Forks School Board approves 18 applications for early retirement benefits This is last group of professional staff members to benefit from the school district's early retirement policy. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 6:00 am, Jan. 28, 2021 × This is the last group of district employees to benefit from the policy, which has been in place for decades; the School Board is rescinding the policy effective at the end of this school year. Herald graphic by Kimberly Wynn with data provided by Grand Forks Public Schools Associate Superintendent Jody Tho...