Back To School Costs Drive U S District Planning
U S districts face high reopening costs as they plan to bring students back safely. Needed funds cover PPE, cleaning, staffing, buses, technology, and protective equipment, with estimates from leading associations up to 245 billion dollars. Congress debates aid while districts weigh remote learning and mixed schedules.
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Council of Chief State School Officers
American Federation of Teachers
The
Association of School Business Officials International
Randi Weingarten
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
New York City
Columbus
Ohio
Scott Wortman
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
University of Akron trustees vote to cut 178 jobs
Akron trustees approved eliminating 178 positions across the university including 97 faculty, 60 staff, and 21 contract roles, with 84 voluntary resignations/retirements prior to the meeting. The total cuts reach 262 positions with over 16 million in involuntary savings, as budget shortfalls and pandemic effects pressure operations at the Medina County University Center and other campuses.
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Akron
University of Akron
Lafayette Township
Medina County University Center
Medina County
Innovation Park
Gary L. Miller
Miller
Akron Beacon Journal
American Association of University Professors
District weighs hybrid start as Ohio schools plan
The Cloverleaf and Buckeye districts discuss hybrid and online options for fall, with kindergarten to first grade on half-days and older students split across days. Estimated pandemic costs reach 1.1 million, offset by about 425 thousand in state and CARES Act aid, plus more substitutes. Highland will reopen five days with remote option if needed, and all plans include contingencies for remote learning if stay-at-home orders return.
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Virginia Department of Education
Charles B. Pyle
Georgia
Bibb County
Macon
Keith Simmons
Simmons
Congress
Senate
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
Donald Trump
Mike Pence
Chip Slaven
National School Boards Association
U.S. Department of Education
Slaven
Wadsworth
Cloverleaf Local
Jim Hudson
Hudson
Buckeye
Buckeye Primary
Dawn Kochanek
Kochanek
Sions
Online Learning Academy
Highland Schools
Catherine Aukerman
Mike DeWine
Ohio
Highland
Puppets aid Medina preschoolers with pandemic worries
Ohio Guidestone in Berea uses Wally and Molly from Dinosaur School to ease preschool anxiety over pandemic changes. Virtual visits shared why masks and hand washing matter, with videos on the Facebook page and plans to return to in person, while expanding school partnerships.
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Ohio Guidestone
Medina County
Wally
Molly
Ohio
Dinosaur School
Guidestone
Medina
Garfield
Melinda Falconi
Falconi
Elyria
Olmsted Falls
Facebook
OhioGuidestone
Northland Drive
Brunswick
Black River
Highland Schools
Buckeye
Wadsworth
United Way
Buckeye Schools appoints new curriculum director Elias
Bridget Elias named Buckeye Schools curriculum director after Christina Collins contract nonrenewal. Elias begins Aug 1 on a two year deal at 110334 for 2020 21 with prior experience as Westlake High School assistant principal and degrees from Ashland University and Baldwin Wallace University. The hiring committee selected her and the board plans a safe fall reopening and revised curricular options.
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York Twp
Bridget Elias
Buckeye Schools
Christina Collins
Kent Morgan
Collins
Elias
Buckeye
Ashland University
Baldwin Wallace University
Westlake High School
Denise Piovarchy
Morgan
Piovarchy
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Wylie High School
Wylie
Texas
Todd Vik
Jonathan Delozier
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Medina-Gazette.com
Jack Kopanski
the Gazette
Ms. Elias
Pievarchy
Jkopanski
Medinagazette.com
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