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Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock – two Democrats elected in Jan. 5 runoffs in what was once considered a Republican stronghold – held a press conference hours after the Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package in a 50-49 vote that fell along party lines.
Both senators made it clear that the package would likely have never come to pass without their upset victories. This is the most significant economic relief package for working- and middle-class families in American history, Ossoff told reporters after the vote. We will crush COVID-19, recover economically, safely re-open our schools, and get our daily lives back – and we’ll do it thanks to Georgia voters.”
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First day back in classrooms for Shelby County Schools
SCS Students Return to School By Briseida Holguin | March 1, 2021 at 5:53 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 5:53 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Monday was the first day back in school for Shelby County School teachers and some students.
The district welcomed Pre-K thru 5th-grade students back into the classroom, students in 6th through 12th-grade return March 8th.
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Monday, about 30% of students returned to the classroom.
Parents dropping off their children told WMC they feel having their child back in the classroom will help them excel academically.
Shelby County School students return for the first time in 354 days
Elementary students were the first to return for Shelby County Schools on Monday. The district said a third of students opted to return to the classroom. Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 5:38 PM CST March 1, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tennessee Students are back in the classrooms of Shelby County Schools for the first time in nearly a year.
Pre-K through 5th grades students, whose parents opted for their children to go back, were the first to return Monday morning.
354 days had passed since students were last in the classroom on March 12, 2020.
Jerica Phillips, Shelby County Schools Chief of Communications, said nearly a third of elementary students opted to return.