BIG CHANGES: Remote learning has become the norm in 2020 and 2021 (pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire) LISTENING to the news tonight, I was interested to hear a mum in Sedgemoor saying if they had had the choice, they would have kept their children home from school in September. I am 66, bringing up my granddaughter and caring for my partner who had a stroke in late 2019. My granddaughter is 15, she was born in Taunton in September 2005 and I lived in Taunton till 2005. I trained as a nurse at MPH in the 1970s. We asked her school if she could continue home learning in September but were told this was not permitted - we would have to leave the education system.
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Pupils weren t always taught in the neo-gothic main building with its iconic clock tower. Before 1870, the school occupied a site at the end of Wellington Road, close to where the Tesco store now is.
The former
Taunton School premises in Wellington Road It was decided that a new more spacious location was required, and so the Fairwater Estate at the north end of Taunton was purchased in 1867 for £5,475. The foundation stone of the new building was laid in October 1867 and it was completed in the spring of 1870.
Howell staff members chosen as N.J. Exemplary Educators
HOWELL – A total of 13 educators in the Howell K-8 School District have been selected as New Jersey Exemplary Educators for 2020.
The goal of the New Jersey Department of Education’s Exemplary Educator recognition program is to identify outstanding educators for special recognition, alternating between elementary (Pre-K to 5) and secondary (6-12) every year.
For 2020, the department was seeking elementary educators (grades Pre-K to 5). A state certificate of recognition will be presented to each candidate that is selected as an Exemplary Educator, according to the department’s website.
Exemplary Educators exhibit strong knowledge and skills, an inspiring presence and a positive impact on students, colleagues and the school community. The nominee must have a rating of Effective or Highly Effective on his or her most recent evaluation, according to the website.
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