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Calls are growing for the state to update and possibly reduce its six-foot distancing rule for students and staff in schools, which educators say would help districts bring students back five days a week, either this spring or in the fall. The educational community also wants Albany to speed the full reopening of schools by providing immediate access to vaccinations for teachers and other staff and providing COVID-19 tests to schools to do regular, random testing. To get kids in school five days week, we need vaccines for teachers, surveillance testing and the right amount of space [between people] so that it s safe, said Frances Wills, who represents the Lower Hudson Valley on the state Board of Regents. The six-foot rule has caused a lot of confusion and needs to be clarified, given what we know. ....
Bay News: Women on the water in Bay of Islands Sailing Week 20 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 8 minutes to read The only all-women crew entered in Bay of Islands Sailing Week. Team Yeah The Girls is headed by skipper Robyn Caundle (top) with teammates (clockwise) Kerry Caundle, Elly Warren, Beth Ross, Kate Harvey and Lindsay Howard (centre). Photo / Lissa Reyden Northern Advocate BAY NEWS BITES - Bay of Islands Sailing Week starts on Tuesday. Women are still a relatively rare breed among the sailing community which is why their considerable endeavours are recognised. New Zealander Dame Naomi James is high profile in this country and the number of ....
05:45 PM Monday 11 Jan 2021 : New Zealand Team ‘Yeah The Girls’, headed up by skipper Robyn Caundle (top), with team-mates (clockwise) Kerry Caundle, Elly Warren, Beth Ross, Kate Harvey, Lyndsay Hayward (centre). Team ‘Yeah The Girls’, headed up by skipper Robyn Caundle (top), with team-mates (clockwise) Kerry Caundle, Elly Warren, Beth Ross, Kate Harvey, Lyndsay Hayward (centre). It’s the new normal to see female sailors in just about every position on racing keelers these days, and each year at CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week, more women and girls are seen comfortably taking up positions from bow to stern. Robyn Caundle’s Team ‘Yeah The Girls’ racing Young 88 Rascal Tom in the WOW division in Tauranga. ....