Lawrence administrators agree to half-day of in-person instruction for students five days.
Lawrence administrators agree to half-day of in-person instruction for students five days a week; parents call for full-day learning through end of school year
With less six weeks before the end of the 2020-21 school year, Lawrence Township school district officials remain firm in their decision to provide a half-day of in-person instruction to students five days per week.
Equally undaunted, a group of parents has continued to press school district officials to provide a full day of in-person instruction, making their case again at the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education’s May 5 meeting.
Parents push for full-day school in Lawrence
Going back into the classroom five days per week for four hours a day is too little, too late.
That’s the message delivered to the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education by parents and students at the school board’s April 21 meeting.
Many students have been attending school on the hybrid plan, which combines in-person instruction and remote instruction, while other students have opted for fully remote learning.
A group of parents banded together earlier this month to create the Return to Learn Facebook group, which has pushed for returning students to the classroom on a full-time basis – five days per week, seven hours per day.
Lawrence school board approves tentative budget
Lawrence school board approves tentative budget
The Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education has approved its tentative $79.6 million operating budget for 2021-22, sending it on to the Mercer County Department of Education for review.
A public hearing and final action on the proposed budget, which was approved at the school board’s March 10 meeting, has been set for the board’s May 5 meeting.
The district’s total operating budget for 2020-21 was $75.7 million.
The 2021-22 budget carries a 2-cent increase in the school district tax rate – from $1.57 per $100 of assessed value to $1.59. The school district tax applies to residential and non-residential properties.
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Governor Phil Murphy holds a Covid-19 press conference on June 9, 2020. (Edwin J. Torres/ NJ Governor’s Office)
NEW JERSEY – New Jersey school districts have stepped up their demands to get teachers vaccinated against COVID-19 now that Gov. Phil Murphy has offered a possible timeline for educators to get shots in the arm.
A growing list of districts are now calling on Murphy to add teachers to the eligibility list, with one New Jersey superintendent saying this week that it s time to normalize the school day by making the classrooms safer and getting educators vaccinated.
Lawrence school board: Give vaccine priority to educators
Lawrence Township School Board
Lawrence Township school district officials are calling on Gov. Phil Murphy to give “appropriate priority” to educators and support staff in the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education adopted a resolution at its Jan. 27 meeting that requests the governor to include teachers and support staff in the vaccine allotment panel’s definition of “frontline workers.”
The state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan has given top priority to healthcare workers, residents in long-term care facilities and correctional facilities, police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders.