Saturday school it s an option Baltimore County is giving its schools.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||While the idea isn t going over well with administrators, and what the district is doing to smooth things over, the district is considering Saturday school for students who may have fallen behind during the coronavirus pandemic.But it s how that extra help is being rolled out that concerns some Baltimore County principals.App users tap here to vote in poll: Would you send your kids to Saturday school?The proposal has apparently been on the drawing board since December, but it was only this past week that it started to take shape.It s an academic program that would bring students, needing extra help, back to campus on Saturdays or at other times during the year. Tom Dehart, executive director at Council of Administrative and Supervisory Employees, said it was the timing of the rollout that threw everyone off.“Principals and ass
Protesters converged Saturday in Annapolis to demand more COVID-19 restrictions be lifted, calling on the state to fully re-open.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||The group gathered outside the State House and demanded that the governor lift his emergency order and send all students back to school. It s time to open up. It s time to get our schools open. Our kids are suffering, said Trish Stone, an organizer of the demonstration.The demonstration comes one day after majority of the state eased many restrictions. Now, capacity limits have been lifted large venues, like concerts and theaters, can open at 50% capacity.However, the state s face-mask order remains in effect. It seems that other states are opening up and lifting mandates while Gov. (Larry) Hogan still got us wearing the masks, social distancing, Stone said. I think it has been really hard on everybody. Protesters, who weren t wearing face coverings, said the governor
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CECIL COUNTY â The year is almost over, and whether we like it or not, 2020 will be remembered for one thing, the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and its affect on the lives of everyone on the planet. The virus affected every aspect of the lives of those in Cecil County and resulted in a number of stories about those affects on local residents.
The year started normally enough, in January as several big stories dominated the pages of the Cecil Whig. What follows are brief synopses of the top stories for the first half of 2020.
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A top scientist questioned virus lockdowns on Fox News. The backlash was fierce.
Peter Jamison, The Washington Post
Dec. 16, 2020
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The epidemiologist sitting before the cameras spoke with calm authority. It was late March, and as the coronavirus spread across the country, it came as no surprise that journalists were turning to John Ioannidis. The Stanford University medical professor was famous for his rigorous assessments - and frequent debunking - of disease treatments. He was a consummate physician-researcher, combining fluency in the mathematical models that predict a pathogen s lines of attack with experience at the bedsides of patients suffering from AIDS.