SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Schoolchildren in California, Oregon, and Washington will no longer be required to wear masks as part of new indoor mask policies the Democratic governors of all three states announced jointly on Monday. “With declining case rates and hospitalizations across the West, California, Oregon and Washington are moving together to update their masking guidance,” the…
California, Oregon, Washington to Drop School Mask Mandates
March 2, 2022
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Illinois Governor to End Mask Mandate for Schools Next Week
February 28, 2022
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Illinois will end its mask mandate for schools starting next week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday night. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer urging people to wear masks in most indoor settings, including schools, where COVID-19 poses a “low” or “medium” risk to the general public and the local health…
San Francisco Voters Oust Three School Board Members Over Strict Pandemic Rules
February 16, 2022
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San Francisco voters on Feb. 15 overwhelmingly voted to recall three school board members, expressing their frustration with the board’s strict rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alison Collins, Gabriela Lopez, and Faauuga Moliga were all recalled, with preliminary results showing at least 72 percent of voters opted to oust each one. Lopez, the board’s president, Moliga, the…
Virginia Governor Seeks March 1 End to School Mask Mandates
RICHMOND, Va.—School mask mandates in Virginia would end on March 1 if the General Assembly adopts amendments made by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to just-passed legislation on the issue. The legislature passed a bill Monday giving parents and students the ability to opt out of mandates imposed by local school boards. But the legislation would…
Letter in a Bottle Sent by a Primary School Girl 25 Years Ago Found Washed Up in Norway
A message in a bottle sent by a primary school pupil has been found washed up in Norway—25 years after it was sent out to sea. Joanna Buchan, 34, was just 8 years old when the bottle was dropped from a fishing boat off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1996 as part of a school project. …
Officials to Assess Fire at Elementary School in Richmond
RICHMOND, Va.—The Richmond Fire Investigations Unit are working to determine the cause and origin of a fire that engulfed William Fox Elementary School in Richmond. The Richmond Fire Department said in a post on Twitter that crews responded to a report of a building fire Friday at about 10:35 p.m. Officers arrived and encountered heavy…
Student Indicted in Texas School Shooting That Wounded 3
FORT WORTH, Texas—An 18-year-old student was indicted Friday on attempted murder and aggravated assault charges for an Oct. 6 shooting at a Dallas-area high school that wounded two students and a teacher. The Tarrant County grand jury’s indictment also accuses Timothy George Simpkins of unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place at Timberview High…
2 Killed in Shooting; Suspect Flees, Crashes Into School Bus
HARRISBURG, Pa.—A shooter killed two people in Pennsylvania’s capital early Wednesday and then led police on a chase that ended when the suspect’s car crashed into a school bus carrying several students, authorities said. No children were injured. Three other people were wounded in the shooting in Harrisburg shortly before 7 a.m., police said. The…
Mom, Son Texted About Gun Day Before School Shooting
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.—A day before four students were killed at a Michigan school, the mother of the teenager charged with carrying out the mass shooting sent him a text message asking if he had showed teachers a “pic of your new gun,” an investigator testified Tuesday. The text was one of several between Jennifer and…
‘Freedom Friday’: Students Segregated, Sent Home for Protesting Mask Mandate
February 4, 2022
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One chilly January morning, a Sacramento County student Kinsey decided to walk into school without a face mask. She would later say the simple act took “all the courage [she] had” in the face of the state’s indoor mask mandate for schools. Kinsey, a high school junior at Bella Vista High School, said she used…
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