TOM BARTON
A reluctance among Davenport City Council members to add staff to more quickly investigate cases of discrimination in the city drew a sharp rebuke Tuesday from the body s lone Black member. Disgusting, Alderman Patrick Peacock, 7th Ward, said following a City Council work session to consider a request to add an investigator to help with a backlog of cases handled by the Davenport Civil Rights Commission. Flabbergasted, Peacock said after a majority on council expressed a reluctance to amend the city s proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 to pay for an additional investigator. I think there s leaders within the community who pay lip service to inclusion and diversity. . And it was evident, clearly, here . for a department that is historically underfunded.
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A student-run effort to address mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic is coming to Bayonne.
Petra Ghaly, a senior at Bayonne High School, is the Student Representative to the Board of Education. At the Dec. 10 meeting, Ghaly announced that the student government is working on a series of programs about student mental health.
Uplifting students
Attending school amid the chaos of 2020 has been a challenge for students. The school district has been operating remotely, under virtual instruction.
Maintaining good mental health has never been more important amid the life changes, isolation, and death caused by the pandemic.
The school district is currently dealing with the loss of five faculty and staff: Judith Lee, Mary Rose Appel, Dottie Fekety, Kathy Kelder, and Robert Sicado. At the meeting, the board observed a moment of silence in their memory.
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