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But other historically Black schools, such as Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary in St. Louis, have not been so lucky. Dunbar Elementary, named after the famous Black poet and writer, will no longer physically enroll students. District leaders said they want to convert Dunbar to a virtual school beginning in August 2021. This led parents, community members and activists to protest the superintendent and school board’s decision, asserting that the physical closing of the school removes a key pillar in the historic Black Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. Two urban schools that I have researched, bot...

Retired Maine teacher recalls Challenger tragedy 35 years ago, on this date, Bill Townsend was teaching biology at Sumner High School in Sullivan, while his friend Christa McAuliffe prepared to make history. Author: Don Carrigan Updated: 10:58 AM CST January 29, 2021 PORTLAND, Maine — In an instant, history turned into tragedy when the Challenger exploded, killing all on board 35 years ago today. It left Bill Townsend, who was teaching biology at Sumner High School in Sullivan, and others to ponder that it could have happened to him. “Oh yes. My mother call...

photo by: Mike Yoder/Journal-World File Photo In this file photo from February 2011, Jesse Milan, the first Black teacher in Lawrence, talks to a fifth-grade social studies class at Prairie Park Elementary School. Jesse Milan, a pioneering Black educator in Lawrence schools, Baker University professor and former president of the Kansas branches of the NAACP, earned a bookcase of awards and honors during his life, but his son said one was very special to his father. “In 2004, President George W. Bush named him to the presidential commission planning the commemoration of the 50th anniversary ...

Weekly report: COVID-19 in Florida schools Data from Feb. 21-28 and last updated 2021-03-01 19:23:17-05 As the 2020-2021 school year continues during the COVID-19 pandemic, ABC Action News will take parents and guardians through the numbers of COVID-19 in the Tampa Bay area school systems. 6 cases at Barrington Middle 6 cases at Cimino Elementary 9 cases at the District Office 8 cases at Dowdell Middle 18 cases at Durant High 6 cases at Hillsborough High 10 cases at Leto High 6 cases at Sickles High 17 cases at Trinity Upper School WFTS 21 cases at East Lake High 6 cases at Largo High 12 case...

Coronavirus in Tampa Bay schools: a weekly update After a holiday spike, numbers of cases are beginning to fall.     School COVID-19 cases are on the rise in southeast Hillsborough County. This past week saw 11 cases at Wimauma Elementary School and 12 at Sumner High. [ C.T. BOWEN | Tampa Bay Times ] Published Jan. 16 The number of weekly coronavirus cases in Tampa Bay area schools is returning to levels seen in late November and early December, following an alarming spike after the winter break. Quarantines and illnesses are still widespread, with some areas — Wimauma in southea...