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Courtney Hassell says she could have been completely disillusioned with schools and education, and in many ways she was, after an experience three years ago at Glenwood Springs High School.
The Virginia Department of Health has recommended Amherst County Public Schools temporarily close all of its secondary schools starting Thursday due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Alliance Middle School principal to leave district Review Staff Report Alliance City School District has begun a search for a new principal for its middle school after the resignation of Troy Russell. Russell will serve until the end of the school year after accepting a position in another district, according to a release from ACS. Russell was hired in 2016 as assistant principal at AMS and was named principal in 2017. In his time at Alliance Middle School, officials said he “helped to create a culture of inclusion, curiosity and positivity.” “His work implementing the Positive Behavior...
AMHERST â A group of educators criticized the Amherst County School Boardâs recent direction to school administration staff to postpone a lesson plan on equity and social justice, blasting the move during the public comments session of the boardâs Jan. 14 meeting. Hollie Jennings, Amherst County Public Schoolsâ supervisor of discipline and compliance, said the lesson was set to roll out beginning the week of Jan. 11 at Amherst County High School, Amherst Middle School and Monelison Middle School. The term equity refers to striving for culturally responsive schools, Jenning...
By: Kristen Weaver TULSA, Okla. - New guidelines from Governor Kevin Stitt’s office mean students may not have to be quarantined if they’re exposed to COVID-19 in the classroom, as long as they don’t have symptoms and were wearing a mask. The recommendations are drawing strong reactions from some parents on both sides. Some parents still navigating distance learning hope it gets them back to class, but others tell me it will only make COVID-19 cases worse. The new guidelines from Stitt mean that school districts offering in-person learning can skip a two-week quarantine if someone i...