The report from the Florida Department of Health includes cases reported at private schools.
In January, the Volusia County school district reported about 500 cases of COVID-19 in public schools and Flagler reported about 100.
Volusia County school officials raised concerns about the number of cases after the holidays, and indicated that the current precautions including masks will remain in effect. Teachers and staff in the district who are over age 65 have been eligible for vaccinations through a partnership with the district and county.
The state s numbers include a breakdown of how many cases are in each school information the districts have been unwilling to provide. Neither agency is providing information about how many students or staff members are in quarantine.
Flagler Teacher of the Year Khady Harmon says education is an escape
Matanzas High School chemistry and French teacher Khady Harmon was named the Flagler County 2022 Teacher of the Year this week. No matter what happens, teachers are committed, Harmon said in a press release. The most important thing is our students. This is a year like we ve never seen before, but I am so happy and honored to represent all the teachers in Flagler County.
Harmon grew up in a family that valued education as an escape from poverty, she wrote in her application for the award. She was the first female in her family to graduate college after immigrating to the U.S. from Senegal when she was 17. She moved to Flagler eight years ago.
12 Fort Bend ISD schools going online due to COVID-19 issues, staffing
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Here are the following campuses that are going online through the remainder of the week:
-Oyster Creek Elementary
- James Reese Career and Technical Center
The district said its COVID Response Team assessed COVID-related data and activities every day to help mitigate the spread of the virus and maintain the continuity of regular school and business operations within the district, according to a news release. The data shows a significant impact on the district’s ability to properly staff the campuses, causing a disruption that would prevent FBISD from continuing face-to-face instruction at this time. The district said it has upgraded its previously listed campuses from Level 2 (yellow) to level 3 (red), according to FBISD COVID Response Plan.
The teacher s brown hair with loose curls and toothy grin greeted Duval County Public Schools students and colleagues for over two decades. She brought love, joy, and kindness to her students and classrooms, a statement from the school district said. She will be deeply missed by her school community.
Menendez-Holloway was born Nov. 16, 1969, and raised in Staten Island, New York. She moved to Jacksonville in 2000 and began teaching shortly after.
It s unclear exactly how she contracted COVID-19, her daughter said, adding that Menendez-Holloway was teaching in-person since the beginning of the school year, but that the family was taking the virus seriously.