ANGOLA — Twenty police cruisers and an ambulance responded to the Angola High School Friday afternoon in response to an alleged intruder while others converged on the Fremont High School.
ANGOLA âIt can get a little noisy and dusty these days at the Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County as renovation work continues.
Renovations in the basement are coming along well, and Director Sonya Dintaman said they anticipate the construction portion of the work to be done sometime in May.
The project, which was started last fall, includes three new meeting rooms with partitions that can make the space one large room, capable of accommodating around 150 people. Also in the project is the construction of two smaller meeting rooms, lounge space, a study lounge, updated restrooms and a secure storage area.
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High school juniors and seniors are starting to be vaccinated against COVID-19 a watershed moment in the pandemic for schools.
“It felt like the turning point,” said Jonathan Denny, a 17-year-old high school junior in New Orleans, who received his first vaccine dose last month. “We used to be so afraid, we were bleaching all of our groceries and never seeing anyone, but now it feels like, wow, maybe in a few months I can kind of have my old life back again.”
, and most others plan to do so in the coming days or weeks. (President Joe Biden is calling for all states to make everyone eligible for the vaccine by April 19.) Educators are now encouraging their oldest students to get the vaccine, with the hopes that it will help normalize school operations and reduce the number of coronavirus outbreaks. In many states, teenagers and young adults now seem to be driving COVID-19 surges
ANGOLA â The Metropolitan School District of Steuben County committed an unfair labor practice by interfering with the collective bargaining rights of Angolaâs public schools teachers union, a state board has ruled.
The Indiana Education Employment Relations Board has ordered the district to cease and desist from interfering with or coercing employees who are freely exercising their right to participate in collective bargaining, said a recommended order handed down Tuesday.
The IEERBâs initial ruling comes after a Dec. 9, 2020, evidentiary hearing, held by videoconference, where testimony was heard from MSD administrators and union leaders regarding the alleged wrongdoing.
In July 2019, leaders of the Angola Classroom Teachers Association took the rare step of filing two unfair labor practice charges against the district for what the union said amounted to interference and coercion by the districtâs refusal to engage in good faith collective bargaining with the
ANGOLA â Parents and guardians of Angola High School students that are failing at virtual learning are being ordered to send their kids back to school before the month is over.
High schoolers who failed or are currently failing at least one class will now have to return to school for in-person instruction before or on March 29, said a letter the high school recently sent to those families.
Students may remain virtual for health reasons, but parents who fail to comply with the new policy could be referred for criminal charges, said the letter signed by Angola Principal Travis Heavin.
The Herald Republican obtained a copy of the letter, dated March 1, which Heavin confirmed was mailed out last week.