Grants Pass School District students return to in-person instruction
Grants Pass School District students from kindergarten through fifth grade returned to in-person instruction this week.
Posted: Feb 3, 2021 6:03 PM
Posted By: Jayda McClendon
GRANTS PASS, Ore. Grants Pass School District students from kindergarten through fifth grade returned to in-person instruction this week.
Rachel Sorenson, a first-grade teacher at Parkside Elementary, says their focus right now is getting students reacquainted with the safety rules and procedures.
This includes wearing face masks and staying six feet away from each other inside the classroom.
Sorenson says her students couldn’t wait to be back in class.
As ICSD community members, we would like to confirm that the Board of Education ( BOE ) of the ICSD conducted an appropriately independent, neutral, and diligent review of the workplace-related claims raised in the Urgent Appeal for NYS Education Department Intervention for Accountability, Justice and Fairness in the Matter of Brown, Brown & the Board of Education, Ithaca City School District, dated January 5, 2021, as filed by Peyi Soyinka-Airewele et al. with the New York State Commissioner of Education, on or about January 5, 2021 (the Appealâ).Â
We have reviewed related press coverage of the Appeal, including the article, Allegations Against ICSD Superintendent Emerge After Resignation, by Tanner Harding, in the Ithaca Times, published January 13, 2021, and accessed electronically on Ithaca.com on January 14, 2021 (hereafter, the Bradwell Interview ), and Complaints, Letter of Allegations Emerge in Wake of ICSD Superintendent Brown s Resignation, by Matt Butler, in
Our Future : Meet Laney Suman
She organized a pop-tab collection at her school to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. She told KVUE they collected more than a million of the tabs! Author: Bryan Mays Updated: 8:54 AM CST February 1, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas Laney Suman cares about her classmates at Parkside Elementary school. She goes out of her way to make sure the other students know that if they need a friend, she is there. I really want them to feel the way I feel with friendships and knowing how to ask for help, Suman said.
Suman also understands how to help. She organized a pop-tab collection at her school to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. The pop-tabs are recycled by the Ronald McDonald House and the money goes toward families that need assistance. Suman s drive brought in more than 50 pounds of pop-tabs.
Updated: 8:08 PM EST January 29, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. Norfolk Public Schools announced it hit a major milestone on Friday.
The division says it has given out two million free meals since schools shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
We re told the Department of School Nutrition has served 32,000 Grab and Go meals every day. Employees prepare and pack-up breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack, for any kid who needs one.
Meals are distributed each weekday from 3 to 5 p.m. at 34 different school cafeterias across the city. Meals can be picked up at any open school. Parents who are picking up meals for students should be prepared to provide the student’s lunch ID information, as well as the school in which they are enrolled.