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Berkeley parents pursue legal action against BUSD to reopen schools

Since the closing of Berkeley public schools more than a year and a half ago, parents of middle and high school students have organized to reopen classrooms and in-person instruction. Berkeley Parents for Full Reopening, or BPFR, is a group of more than 40 families who are now pursuing legal action against Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD. “These parent efforts seek to return students to full-time, in-person instruction and address the significant learning loss and deterioration in the mental health among children and teens that school closures have created,” a BPFR press release reads. Despite the push by local health officials to reopen all public schools, BUSD has only reopened classrooms for those in elementary schools, creating an “unequal situation” for middle and high school students, according to the press release.

SD58 debating what to do for year-end and grad activities

  For the second year in a row, end-of-year activities will not follow a traditional path for School District 58. The district held its monthly board meeting on April 14 via Zoom and discussed how to handle the end of this year’s spring semester, which unfortunately, though expectedly, will come with restrictions. “There are some very traditional year-end activities that happen across the district, whether that be, for example at the grade seven level and other grade levels, overnight trips…right now based on the current protocol, overnight trips are not permitted,” said Superintendent Stephen McNiven. “And as a result, that does put a limit on many of the year-end activities, both at the high school level and the elementary level.”

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COVID-19 pandemic s effects on Pennsylvania s education system have yet to be measured

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