Board of Education approves virtual learning for snow days
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
NEW BREMEN – To avoid potential staff shortages and an extension of the school year, the New Bremen Board of Education approved a measure that will have teachers go to virtual learning in the case of cancellations. Another measure allowed the temporary hiring of substitute teachers without teaching degrees.
Superintendent Jason Schrader said since the five calamity days have already been used this school year, he recommended to the board approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Bremen Teachers Association requiring teachers to report for duty from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on days where school is closed due to inclement weather.
Sallyâs Adventures: Getting back outside in West Alabama By Sally Pitts | December 11, 2020 at 4:35 PM CST - Updated December 16 at 8:46 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The pandemic has reignited peopleâs desires to be outside. Luckily, West Alabama has tourist attractions that can provide just that.
At Canoe the Cahaba, David Butler, the Cahaba River Keeper, said many people do not know what west Alabama has to offer.
âWe want people to take advantage of it because the more people use it, the more resources that we can direct to preserve and protect, you know, these areas,â Butler said.
Butler said they want visitors to feel connected in some type to the river.
a local company is behind the high-resolution satellite photos and for the first time we go inside the operation center where satellites are making a critical difference in saving lives. reporter: the million dollar hideout, the destroyed helicopter and power lines leading to bin laden s compound. these early images were all captured from hundred of miles above earth by cameras in hearn donne, virginia. they re called denied areasend and they re denied to people on the ground, they re not denied to satellites. it s transparency. and we have liftoff of the delta 2 rocket carrying the hi world s highest resolution commercial earth imaging satellite. geosatellite cameras can hone in on a laser the size of a baseball diamond anywhere on our planet. we re beyond saying this is a tractor trailer and saying this is an suv and a car. people will take the orders in here and they ll consult with our weather experts in here and then they ll decide which shot are they going to
inside the operation center where satellites are making a critical difference in saving lives. reporter: the million dollar hideout, the destroyed helicopter and power lines leading to bin laden s compound. these early images were all captured from hundred of miles above earth by cameras in hearn donne, virginia. they re called denied areasend and they re denied to people on the ground, they re not denied to satellites. it s transparency. and we have liftoff of the delta 2 rocket carrying the hi world s highest resolution commercial earth imaging satellite. geosatellite cameras can hone in on a laser the size of a baseball diamond anywhere on our planet. we re beyond saying this is a tractor trailer and saying this is an suv and a car. people will take the orders in here and they ll consult with our weather experts in here and then they ll decide which shot are they going to take in which order with which satellite? because we have two satellites running right now.
the wake of the bin laden raid, president obama came to fort campbell to privately thank and award unit medals to the navy s.e.a.l.s and army chopper pilots who pulled the mission off. on behalf of all americans and people around the world, job well done. job well done. reporter: on the web today, al qaeda finally admitted osama bin laden is dead. a crowd ofs is supporters flaeld egypt against america, a similar gathering in indonesia, pakistanis protest of the u.s. operation that killed bin laden, but u.s. commanders sent back a message that they ll continue operations here, launching a drone attack today inside pakistan against suspected terrorists. sources revealed agents of the cia watched bin laden s pakistani hideout from a building nearby. information seized here by the s.e.a.l.s revealed bin laden considered derailing a u.s. passenger train and pushed for strikes on significant dates like christmas or the 9/11 anniversary, specifically in los angeles, chicago, ne