Upper Arlington students to return to school full time March 1
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Upper Arlington School Board voted unanimously Feb. 12 during a special meeting lasting more than two hours to return to in-person classes five days a week, beginning March 1.
The move comes after the district’s Medical Advisory Board, which consists of medical professionals living in the community, noted positive COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the Upper Arlington community have dropped from about 900 to about 400 as of Feb. 11, according to Franklin County Public Health statistics.
“I think it’s worth the well-being of our students to get them back as soon as possible, given we have a downward trend,” board member Nancy Drees said.
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Paul Imhoff
I can’t believe it’s already February.
This month, we celebrate Black History Month and the significant contributions made to central Ohio as well as our entire country.
In Upper Arlington Schools, we are committed to keeping our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion at the forefront of all we do now and in the future.
An important part of that is updating our local history curriculum, taught at the third-grade level. We have been working with a team of volunteers to expand this curriculum so that it focuses on local history from 1800 to the present and will include the history of Pleasant Litchford and others who made significant contributions in Perry Township before it became Upper Arlington. We look forward to introducing this expanded curriculum later this school year.
Appeals court to determine if gender-neutral restrooms at Upper Arlington schools can be challenged
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The 10th District Court of Appeals for the State of Ohio will determine if the mother of a Windermere Elementary School kindergarten student may challenge Upper Arlington Schools’ plans to install gender-neutral restrooms at the school.
On Dec. 15, UA Schools and the district’s school board filed the appeal to a Nov. 30 ruling by Judge Gina Russo that would allow the woman, identified as “Jane Doe,” to challenge the restroom plans for the new Windermere building slated to be opened in August.
As of Jan. 7, no hearings for the case had been scheduled. However, Judge Julia Dorrian has scheduled a mediation via teleconference at 11 a.m. Feb. 9.