3 months ago Share Also: Parents who receive a letter saying their remote-learning child must return to in-person classes can sign a waiver to keep their child in remote-learning.
Parents whose remote-learning children are at risk of failing a required class are getting letters from the school district stating that their children must return to in-person classes. But that must is misleading: Parents with an outstanding reason for keeping their children in remote learning can sign a waiver and continue to do so.
The letters from the district use language mirroring that in a state mandate that says students must transition to another learning modality if they fail to make adequate progress, district staff members explained in a Dec. 15 Flagler County School Board workshop.
When Mincy Pollock made a pitch to other African-American business owners about joining him as a JAX Chamber member, the response typically was a dismissive why bother shrug.
As much as Pollock sees the chamber as a valuable way for growing his two small businesses Florida Care Insurance and Pollock Group he could understand the skepticism. When I go to the (chamber) meetings, a lot of times, as my grandma would say, I m a fly in a glass of milk, he said. I would go and I would talk to other business owners about Hey, you really should be connected with the chamber, and they have said in the past, It doesn t look like we fit. I don t know if they want us.
Year of protest carries over to business world in confronting racial gaps
The past few months have seen an increase in companies teaming up with schools, businesses and organizations to form initiatives that help communities of color.
Credit: Florida Times-Union Published: 11:38 AM EST December 20, 2020 Updated: 11:38 AM EST December 20, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. When Mincy Pollock made a pitch to other African-American business owners about joining him as a JAX Chamber member, the response typically was a dismissive why bother shrug.
As much as Pollock sees the chamber as a valuable way for growing his two small businesses Florida Care Insurance and Pollock Group he could understand the skepticism.
First Trident Health workers receive COVID-19 vaccine
VIDEO: First Trident Health workers receive COVID-19 vaccine By Patrick Phillips | December 16, 2020 at 3:50 AM EST - Updated December 16 at 5:36 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A critical care nurse became the first Trident Health employee to receive the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 Wednesday afternoon.
Anthony Sims, who has worked for Trident since 2015, received his first dose of the vaccine shortly after 1 p.m.
Trident and Summerville Medical Centers began inoculating their physicians and staff members with the Pfizer COVID vaccine.
Trident Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lee Biggs said more than 95% of the health system’s physicians have said they will get vaccinated as soon as the vaccine is available.