At a time when many school boards are being confronted by yelling parents irate over mask mandates, Burrell School District is offering up private meetings with students’ parents to work through the mask issues. Two lawsuits are pending in Pennsylvania challenging the legality of the recent mask mandate at schools.
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About 3.5% of Burrell School District’s 1,825 students have been granted medical exemptions allowing them not to wear masks in school, the district’s top official said Thursday. Of those granted a medical exemption, a portion have yet to turn in necessary medical documentation, Superintendent Shannon Wagner said. Those students don’t
Call it pent-up gratefulness.
Lower Burrell Council awarded a whopping four proclamations this week thanking residents and others.
After covid-19 pandemic restrictions shut down public meetings for more than a year, Lower Burrell Council is in its second month of in-person public meetings. Council delayed publicly honoring residents and groups until this week.
Council issued proclamations Monday to Bethel Nursery School, the Burrell School District and the Burrellton Garden Club.
Councilman Rob Hamilton, with the help of his son, John Robert Hamilton, issued two proclamations to the Bethel Nursery School, which John attends.
“Covid-19 created a devastating impact on all communities,” the elder Hamilton said. “We take for granted the hard work people do when these things happen.”
The Burrell School District’s Academic Approach team is making plans for virtual instruction for next school year. The district is planning to offer five days of virtual instruction and five days of face-to-face instruction, Superintendent Shannon Wagner told the school board earlier this week. Each student will have have access