Schools that won’t reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic shouldn’t get funding from COVID-19 relief bills, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said this week. “There shouldn’t be any federal taxpayer money of COVID relief going to schools that aren’t open. The purpose of the money is to open the schools. If the schools aren’t going to open,…
San Francisco School Board Votes to Rename 44 Schools
The San Francisco Unified Board of Education on Tuesday night voted to rename 44 schools. The vote was 6-1, with member Kevine Boggess voting no. It means a slew of schools will be renamed, including Abraham Lincoln High School, Herbert Hoover Middle School, and Dianne Feinstein Elementary School. “It’s a message to our families, our…
‘Real Danger’ UK Schools Remain Closed into Summer: Children’s Commissioner
There is a “real danger” that schools could remain closed into the summer due to a failure of planning, the UK Children’s Commissioner has warned. “Unfortunately it is a lot easier to close schools than to reopen them,” commissioner Anne Longfield wrote in the Roadmap to Reopening Schools report published on Jan. 26. “Everyone recognizes…
Biden Chief of Staff Offers Support for Teachers’ Unions Refusing to Reopen Schools
President Joe Biden’s chief of staff on Tuesday backed teachers’ unions that are refusing to return to schools for in-person learning, contradicting studies that show little CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus transmission is taking place inside schools. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials have repeatedly said it’s safe to reopen schools. Former Director Robert Redfield…
Chicago Teachers Reject Reopening Plan, Refuse to Return to In-person Work
Thousands of Chicago’s public school teachers on Monday refused to return to classrooms, halting the effort to bring back in-person learning to the city. The move comes after the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) announced over the weekend that its members have voted to defy the Chicago Public School’s (CPS) reopening plans and continue to work virtually out of…
Quarantines Return for English Pupils as Government Pauses Daily Test Scheme
Pupils in England will once again have to quarantine when their classmates test positive for COVID-19, as the government hits pause on its plan to instead rely on rapid daily tests. A minority of children are still attending school, exempt from current lockdown laws that otherwise mandate home learning. To try to stem the spread…
Orange County Supervisor Doug Chaffee Talks Hopes for the New Year
December 30, 2020
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As many others do, Orange County Supervisor Doug Chaffee longs for a better world in 2021—sort of like the one he was living in before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. “I’m dreaming that our resort areas get open and recover, and the tourism that comes with it,” Chaffee told The Epoch Times during an end-of-year…
Students Could Return to California Campuses by Fall, Says Fauci
December 28, 2020
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The country’s top infectious disease specialist says he’s hopeful California campuses will reopen for in-person instruction by next fall. “It’s extremely important to get children back into school and kept in school,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said Dec. 18 during a live video conference to California State University leaders. “I will push and I believe it…
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