Volusia County parents to decide child s learning option by Friday
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Deadline is Friday for Volusia students’ learning option
The clock is ticking for Volusia County parents to decide how they want their children to attend school. The deadline is Friday.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - The clock is ticking for Volusia County parents to decide how they want their children to attend school. The deadline is Friday.
Parents must choose if they want their students to remain in their learning option – whether it’s online or in-person. Once that decision is made, it will be locked in for the next four months until the end of the school year.
Volusia County School Board members are considering changing a decision they already made about the controversial consolidation of Osceola and Ortona elementary schools.
At a workshop earlier this month, they discussed reversing their plan to build a school in Daytona Beach in favor of building it in Ormond Beach. But by this week, Daytona Beach officials who heard of the talks showed up to encourage School Board members not to go down that path.
And with the construction date approaching, school district officials are running out of time to make changes.
Changing minds
The board has been spent about a year debating how best to consolidate the two small schools in Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach: Build a new elementary school or pivot to a K-8 school? Use the Osceola site or the Ortona site?
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Williams calls the encounter a clear example of racial profiling against Julien-Riou, a Black Army veteran. This racial profiling and police brutality against African-Americans must STOP! We are people too, she said in her email.
The incident happened on the evening of December 10, 2018 when Llanes approached Julien-Riou at Alonzo Kelly Park. Julien-Riou was sitting on a park bench talking to God, recording himself with a handheld camera while he contemplated his life struggles, his faith, his family, and his future in ministry.
After Llanes informed him that the park was closed, Julien-Riou said he lived nearby and got up to leave. But the officer grew suspicious of something Julien-Riou had in his hand. Although Julien-Riou tried to explain that it was just his camera, the officer ordered him to take a seat, then threw him to the ground, handcuffed him, and searched him.
Volusia County Schools to offer COVID-19 vaccine to employees 65 and older
Vaccines are optional, according to district
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The district said the vaccinations will be by appointment only.
School officials said eligible employees will be contacted through their district email with a designated appointment time and location.
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The district is asking employees to print out the email or take a screenshot of it on their phone to show at the appointment.
The vaccines are optional and will begin Jan. 21, according to the district.
More than 965,000 people have received their first COVID-19 vaccine shot in Florida and nearly 21,000 people have received their first shot in Volusia County, according to the Florida Department of Health.
School districts request Florida officials to let teachers get COVID-19 vaccine next
Seminole County schools said they plan to vaccinate their school employees who are 65 and older
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A growing number of Central Florida schools have requested state officials to allow teachers to be the next priority group to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Elizabeth Albert, President of Volusia United Educators said the teachers union and Volusia Public Schools are working together to ensure teachers are next in line for the vaccine.
“We don’t want anyone who feels that they deserve access to this vaccine to not have it,” Albert said.