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As Chandler students return to school, Arizona districts balance COVID-19 quarantine rules Yana Kunichoff, Arizona Republic
Amid an ongoing dispute over whether Arizona school districts can require unvaccinated students to quarantine, the state s second-largest school district will make quarantining optional for students without symptoms who are exposed to COVID-19 unless community spread or active cases in the school reach a specific threshold.
The policy allows students who have been exposed to COVID-19 the option to quarantine for up to 10 days but does not mandate it unless they are symptomatic or the county reaches high community spread at the same time as campus spread is above 1%-2%, depending on the grade level.
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Juneteenth is the annual commemoration of June 19, 1865, the date that enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Since then the occasion has been marked in a variety of ways from somber remembrances to joyous celebrations.
In Arizona, the holiday has been celebrated since the early 1900s. There have been large events such as the annual celebration at Phoenix s Eastlake Park that drew an estimated 20,000 people as well as smaller neighborhood events.
Last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many local events were cancelled, including the Eastlake Park celebration. Metro Phoenix Juneteenth events have bounced back in a big way this year, however, with events including a vegan block party, talent competitions, marches and a family reunion in Avondale.
Six months later, Calvin Goode s voice is still being heard
He was Phoenix s first Black city councilman. The legacy he left was about much more than politics. Author: 12 News Updated: 7:11 PM MST May 23, 2021
PHOENIX Calvin Goode Sr. drove an old blue pickup truck. It wasn t fancy and it wasn t special. It didn t shout and it didn t sparkle. It just was . there. A workhorse to get Goode from his longtime home in Phoenix to where ever he was going and whomever he was meeting with.
It s been six months since Goode passed away on Dec. 23, 2020. In that time, a memorial service for him on Zoom was hacked, the city council he sat on for decades finally approved a civilian review board for the police department and droves of people whose future he fought for moved to South Phoenix.
The push to get vaccinations to underserved residents in southwest Phoenix started with a town hall msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.