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Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Many of the school districts in the Tampa Bay area are publishing information about positive tests for coronavirus among students, teachers or staff at schools or in district buildings. Some also give information about whether some or all students in classrooms or buses have been quarantined –… Read more »
Putting more police in Florida schools is hurting students, study finds
A new study from the University of Florida and the ALCU claims that increased policing in schools has not made schools any safer and might be doing more bad than good. The mass shooting and killing of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 sparked new debate about the safety of Florida’s… Read more »
Jill Biden talks to Pasco-Hernando State College students via video
The wife of the Democratic nominee for president spoke to a class at Pasco-Hernando State College Wednesday. Jill Biden teaches at a community college in Virginia. She spoke by video conference about how this year was different from the normal excitement students and teachers feel at the beginning of a school year. Biden spoke to… Read more »
As schools open in Hillsborough, leaders say COVID-19 poses heightened threat to Hispanic community
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources As students in Hillsborough County return to classrooms Monday, some local leaders fear it might be more than books they bring home with them. Listen: Sen. Janet Cruz, Rep. Susan Valdes and Hillsborough School Board member Karen Perez held a news conference over Zoom Monday morning to… Read more »
Hillsborough School Board votes to open schools Monday, reversing previous decision
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources In an emergency meeting of the Hillsborough School Board Friday morning, members voted 5-2 to open schools Monday after a week of online-only classes, despite previously voting to hold four weeks of online classes. Listen: Following a tumultuous week of judicial back and forth, board members convened… Read more »
Pinellas Schools underreported COVID-19 quarantines, more than 200 likely exposed
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Pinellas County opened for in-person learning Monday with six positive COVID-19 cases reported after the first day. But multiple classrooms and buses have been quarantined and the number of students and staff who were potentially exposed could be much larger. According to a person who has seen… Read more »
Hillsborough, Pinellas schools move forward with reopening plans after judge says order to open schools was unconstitutional
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources The Hillsborough and Pinellas County school boards met Tuesday, one day after a judge said education commissioner Richard Corcoran’s order to reopen schools in August was unconstitutional. The ruling was discussed at the meetings but no action was taken. On Monday a Leon County judge ruled in… Read more »
Why a Pinellas science teacher took a leave of absence rather than teach in person during the pandemic
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Many Florida students, teachers and school staff are attending in-person classes during a deadly pandemic. Some students went back to in-person classes Monday morning in Pinellas and Pasco Counties. This week Hillsborough students and teachers start the year online. Manatee County students have been back for a… Read more »
As Florida schools open, teachers and staff prepare for a new life in and out of the classroom
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Lakewood High School math teacher Melissa Ostrowski loves her family and her students. In a normal year, she’d see her sister and 2-year-old niece at least once a week. Every month, a visit with her grandparents. And in a normal year, she’d be there for the birth… Read more »
Florida Southern College’s limited housing plan shows complications, frustrations many face as schools open
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Ahad Aziz had his plane ticket ready. Like every other semester, he’d be flying from his home in Oregon to start school at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. Then, just a few weeks before takeoff, he found out he didn’t make the cut. Last week, Florida Southern… Read more »
Hillsborough Schools set to reopen online, add in-person learning Aug. 31 despite COVID-19 concerns
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Caving to financial threats from the Florida Department of Education, Hillsborough Schools will now start the school year with only one week of virtual classes before transitioning to in-person instruction for students whose parents want them to come back that soon. Superintendent Addison Davis announced the latest… Read more »
Pinellas Schools move forward with virtual and in-person reopening
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources On Tuesday, the Pinellas County School Board held an in-person workshop to review reopening plans. The district is set to welcome students back to in-person learning on August 24. Hillsborough County might want to keep students out of schools until September, but across the bay in Pinellas,… Read more »
Sarasota school district still plans for August 31 in-person reopening, despite coronavirus
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