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Ashland family files discrimination complaints against school district
Kelly and Eric Maday believe the Ashland School District treated their children differently when it came to enforcing COVID-19 protocols in February. 5:51 pm, Aug. 2, 2021 ×
The offices of the Ashland School District. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
An Ashland family has filed discrimination complaints against the Ashland School District with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
In the complaints, the Maday family claims there is a pattern of discrimination against Native American students and staff in the school district. The complaints include examples of discriminatory treatment, including declarations from the former school nurse, a former school board member and another parent who is part of the same tribe.
ASHLAND The United Way of North East Kentucky, in partnership with the city of Ashland, will be installing a learning trail at the Carol Jackson Unity Center today.
The trail, set for a grand opening on May 22, will help parents get their children prepared before entering kindergarten, according to United Way of North East Kentucky executive director Jerri Compton.
At Thursdayâs city commission meeting, Compton told the commission the trail is part of push to help get children in the area up to snuff prior to entering kindergarten.
According to Kids Count Data, which assesses living conditions of children throughout the country, about 50% of children in the Kentucky Commonwealth enter kindergarten with the necessary âadaptive, cognitive, motor, communication and social-emotional skills.â
Ashland School Board accepts grant money for COVID expenses
May 12, 2021ASHLAND At their May 4 meeting, the Ashland School Board accepted grant money for Coronavirus expenses, discussed future school improvements to be funded by such grants, and approved a Student Council proposal for an outdoor classroom, the eighth grade class trip and the calendar for the next school year. They also learned of school activities. The School Board held a public hearing on accepting unanticipated grant money from the second round of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief program, also known as ESSER II, for expenses due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The ESSER II allocation to the Ashland School District is $270,983.75. Part of that sum will go to the local Supervisory Union to cover the associated administrative costs. The Board voted unanimously to accept the grant. Superintendent Mary Moriarty also discussed the next grant round ESSER III, money which has yet to be released. The
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