8500 Kids Tied to Immunization Push Crisis
Baltimore officials report 8,500 students sent home for lacking required shots and 13,000 more must receive immunizations by September 26 or face possible expulsion. Health chief cites policy lapses and a 1992 measles booster change as factors, with 300 daily vaccinations to clear the backlog.
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Quakason Maryland: A Quiet Hilltop Community Story
In Wicomico County near the Delaware line the Quakason neighborhood sits amid farmland and trees with an indeterminate boundary. Elders recall a once thriving school and strawberry farming era, a simple life without electricity, and a small loyal population around 25 homes. Ellsie Baker Short, now 100, remembers teaching 32 students in 1914 and guarding discipline with a tree branch whip. The article notes no store post office or church in Quakason and details directions to the heart of the community.
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Quakson
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Elsie Baker Short
Quakason School
Ms. Short
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