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These coins were given as a thank you to teachers for their hard work on the front lines during the pandemic. The superintendent, Dr. Scott A. Ziegler, also sent a heartfelt letter to his staff. "Dr. Ziegler did not put those letters and those coins together to tick anybody off, I guarantee it,” Sandy Sullivan, the president of the Loudoun Education Association, said. She said teachers know the superintendent meant well, but the gesture is being received differently. “It's just the timing was off,” Sullivan said. Meanwhile, the school board has approved $1.6 million in bonuses to be split up among administrators and nurses who worked on vaccination efforts, school principals and other administrators, as well as nearly $12,000 each for 9 cabinet members.
Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) is facing potential legal action in response to its decision to suspend a teacher just days after he refused to say a "biological boy can be a girl and vice versa."
coronavirus Jul 13, 2020 The clock is ticking in Loudoun County, Virginia, for teachers and parents to make a critical decision: Will they opt for face-to-face instruction this fall? Dozens of teachers who don’t believe a return to the classroom will be safe blasted their car horns outside the county’s education headquarters Monday afternoon during the Loudoun Education Association’s “Solidarity for Safety Rally.”... coronavirus Jul 13, 2020
Loudoun Now The School Board on Tuesday was briefed on the details of the latest proposal to return students to class on a part-time basis. With a formal vote scheduled for Feb. 2, it is expected that students will return to hybrid learning no later than Feb. 16. Interim SuperintendentScott A. Ziegler said his staff if ready to resume in-person learning for the students who have selected that option. In-person learning was suspended just before the winter break in December because of increasing levels of community spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. As caseloads begin to decline following the expected post-holiday spike and state and national leaders press for schools to reopen,Ziegler presentednew strategies to evaluate health risks measurements that will allow in-person classes to resume unless there are on-campus outbreaks. The strategy is based on new recommendations from the Virginia Department of Education that put the emphasis efforts by school staff to prevent transmission of the virus in schools rather than the rate of spread being experienced in the broader community.
Virginia governor says schools can open with precautions - find out how By FOX 5 Digital Team Published Virginia governor says state is updating education guidance Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced on Thursday that the state is shifting gears in regards to opening schools. RICHMOND, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - Virginia Governor Ralph Northam says the state is switching gears when it comes to re-opening schools in the midst of the pandemic. On Thursday, the Governor announced that schools will no longer operate under the assumption that they should stay closed while the novel coronavirus surges, they will operate under the mandate that "schools need to be open, and here are the ways they can do that safely."
More than a Dozen Unions and Associations Representing 48,000+ Educators Unite in National Day of Resistance Educators and Staff Issue Demand for Safe, Consistent and Equitable Reopening Standards for all Greater Washington, DC Metro Area Schools Letter to Maryland Governor Hogan, Virginia Governor Northam and Washington, DC Mayor Bowser: www.DemandSafeSchoolsDMV.org/Press News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in a national day of action, the leaders of more than a dozen unions and associations representing more than 48,000 public school teachers and educators across multiple school districts in the greater Washington, DC region united together behind the demand for a shared set of reopening standards to protect students.
At the start of this month, all Loudoun County Public Schools students up through grade 5 were eligible to return to the classroom part-time within the school systemâs staged hybrid learning implementation plan. Now, LCPS administration is finalizing its preparations to welcome middle- and high-school students back into facilities, though rising COVID-19 infection rates loom more ominously by the day. Loudoun students between grades 6 and 12 are scheduled to begin hybrid learning Jan. 21, the first day of the spring semester, unless their parents prefer they continue entirely virtual learning. This step â the fourth and final stage of hybrid implementation â will come on the tail of intense preparation efforts by both school-level and senior administrators, rendered even trickier by the staggered nature of secondary school schedules.
At the start of this month, all Loudoun County Public Schools students up through grade 5 were eligible to return to the classroom part-time within the school systemâs staged hybrid learning implementation plan. Now, LCPS administration is finalizing its preparations to welcome middle- and high-school students back into facilities, though rising COVID-19 infection rates loom more ominously by the day. Loudoun students between grades 6 and 12 are scheduled to begin hybrid learning Jan. 21, the first day of the spring semester, unless their parents prefer they continue entirely virtual learning. This step â the fourth and final stage of hybrid implementation â will come on the tail of intense preparation efforts by both school-level and senior administrators, rendered even trickier by the staggered nature of secondary school schedules.