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Pa. teachers union criticizes guidance calling for elementary students to go back to classrooms
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
Pennsylvania’s largest teachers union is criticizing new guidance from Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration encouraging school districts to return elementary students to classrooms wherever possible.
Rich Askey, president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, outlined a number of concerns about the new guidance for schools issued Thursday. He cited the high number of coronavirus cases around the commonwealth and a lack of state direction to ensuring the safety of students and staff.
“There is nothing Pennsylvania educators want more than to be back in the classroom with their students,” Askey said in a statement. “But rushing students back at the height of a pandemic with no clear plan to enforce health and safety guidelines will set back our efforts to achieve that goal.”
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December 16, 2020
Last Thursday, Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine announced time-limited mitigation measures to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in the commonwealth. These mitigation measures went into effect on Saturday, December 12, to protect Pennsylvanians from this devastating virus. Education, labor and health care advocacy organizations and other groups are showing their support for the plans.
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An Upper Darby man has been indicted on 29 child pornography offenses after allegedly luring young boys into sex acts using online games. Geoffrey Hines, 34, made his initial appearance in federal court Friday in front of United States Magistrate Court Judge Richard Lloret, who ordered him detained pending trial. First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said the indictment charges Hines with multiple counts each of enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, manufacturing and attempting to manufacture child pornography, and possession of child pornography. According to court documents, for at least five years, the defendant preyed on young boys over their online games like Fortnite and Minecraft using X-box and PlayStation systems, communicating with them for da
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