UCF Announces Return to Normal Operations in the Fall By Mark Boxley Orange County PUBLISHED 3:04 PM ET Mar. 01, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:04 PM EST Mar. 01, 2021
SHARE
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. Nearly a year after the University of Central Florida moved to virtual learning in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the school announced Monday that classes and most campus activities will return to normal in the fall.
What You Need To Know
The decision was made because mitigation efforts are in place and COVID-19 vaccines are becoming more widespread
The plan will remove all capacity restrictions in classrooms
UCF Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Michael D. Johnson, released a statement on the school s website saying a lot has changed since the start of the pandemic.
And even after I retired, I missed the kids, Nancy Donahue says.
Donahue taught third grade at Tropical Elementary for 12 years. After retiring, she subbed and tutored, still making a difference in children s lives.
Donahue got on teacher-related social media sites for her to continue to learn and grow. That s how I met this teacher from Africa, she says. I had been studying with my students about Malawi.
Temwani too, was a third-grade teacher with 264 students. Yes, 264 by herself.
Donahue jumped in and asked how she could help. She said pens, I said, ‘Writing pens?’ Donahue recalls. She said, Yes, the students don t have pens to take exams. ”
n this Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 file photo, New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, right, talks at a news conference at the Mosaic Pre-K Center while Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, listens on the first day of school in New York. (Mark Lennihan/AP, File)
Mayor, Schools Chancellor Deflect Questions About Their Relationship Amid Carranza s Departure By Courtney Gross New York City PUBLISHED 7:22 PM ET Feb. 26, 2021 PUBLISHED February 26, 2021 @7:22 PM
SHARE
There’s just 10 months to go before Bill de Blasio leaves office, but the city’s top educator is pulling the rip cord.
“I am leaving because I need to take care of me,” Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said Friday morning at City Hall. The mayor and the new schools chancellor were sitting to his left.