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Amid COVID, thousands of students remain absent from classes this school year

BY Shannon Rae Green On this episode of 5 Things: With schools starting in-person, teachers and community leaders are on an unprecedented quest to find missing students who stopped attending school due to the pandemic. USA TODAY reporters Erin Richards and Alia Wong talk with 5 Things host Shannon Rae Green about how educators are reconnecting with students to ensure … [Read more...] about Amid COVID, thousands of students remain absent from classes this school year

Florida Gives Schools 48 Hours To Do Away With Their Mask Mandates — Or Lose Funding

MIAMI — Florida officials are threatening to withhold funds equal to the salaries of school board members if school districts in two counties don't immediately do away with strict mask mandates as the state continues to battle through high hospitalization rates. School boards in Broward and Alachua counties received a warning Friday from the State Board of Education giving … [Read more...] about Florida Gives Schools 48 Hours To Do Away With Their Mask Mandates — Or Lose Funding

Over 20,000 Mississippi students under quarantine after 1st week of school

More than 4,500 students tested positive for the virus last week. By Marlene Lenthang More than 20,000 students across Mississippi are in quarantine after the first week of in-person classes. Mississippi, which has the lowest vaccination rate among all states -- about 34%, according to state data -- is reeling from rising COVID-19 cases and the highly transmissible … [Read more...] about Over 20,000 Mississippi students under quarantine after 1st week of school

Texas School District Found a Loophole in Greg Abbott’s Mask Mandate Ban, Adds Masks to Its Dress Code

By Vivian Kane Texas’ Greg Abbot is among the governors who have introduced a ban on mandating masks (or vaccines) in schools or private businesses. But at least one school board has found a loophole to that order by adding masks to its official dress code. Some school districts have already made the decision to defy Abbott’s orders and are implementing a mask mandate … [Read more...] about Texas School District Found a Loophole in Greg Abbott’s Mask Mandate Ban, Adds Masks to Its Dress Code

As Children’s COVID Cases Surge, There’s Another Virus On The Rise

By VANESSA ROMO Early versions of COVID-19 largely spared children but the delta variant proved to be much less discriminating, and has led to more child hospitalizations. Now, health care workers on the front lines say there is another frightening prospect looming: a surge in children diagnosed with a combination of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial … [Read more...] about As Children’s COVID Cases Surge, There’s Another Virus On The Rise