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We were supposed to be going back on Feb. 8, and they told us a week before that that wasn t going to happen, she said.
Under his legislation, Kelsey said school board members elected officials who answer to voters would determine when to open or close schools. They could also delegate that power to individual school directors if they so choose, he said.
The one-way clause to allow the governor the ability to force school opening instead of closing, Kelsey said, is designed specifically to respond to the political pressure Shelby County Schools is under. The political pressure on these school board members is to remain closed, not to open, he said. It is purely out of spite that they are keeping these schools closed. Purely out of spite. It is purely political. They are listening to the teachers unions and not to the parents.
Richland school’s student pick-up plan an EZ process [The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.]
Jan. 29 Allison Wilson, a Richland Elementary School parent, said student pick-up is faster now that the school has installed the CarRider Pro system.
She considers this new arrangement a “really smart move” by the district.
“For an outsider looking in, it’s been completely hiccup-free,” Wilson said.
The CarRider system, which cost roughly $10,000, makes use of a sensor on the road to the school, one on the building and RFID tags in parents’ vehicles. The RFID system is similar to that used by the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s EZ Pass system.