Fairfax County Public Schools are getting $188 million in federal helicopter COVID-19 relief funds, and school officials propose spending about 88% of the sum undoing the damage caused by the system’s COVID-19 shutdowns.
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Wrestling Control Of Public Schools From The Loony Left
Frankly, I don’t want to give one penny more to our Virginia Beach schools where the far-left majority on school board fought reopening classrooms last year
Northam Orders Masks On Faces Of Virginia Students
Once Northam got a taste of one-man rule though it was hard to let it go. Yesterday he pretended that a new law that was intended to get schools open five days a week gave him no choice by the issue a sweeping mask mandate for all school children in grades K-12.
Coming to Virginia – a New State of Emergency?
The Governor’s 15-month emergency powers expired June 30, and, God, does he miss them.
Year-Round School in Virginia until COVID Learning Losses are Made Up
COVID-related learning losses are extreme. Year-round schools are acknowledged to improve student learning, and Virginia is on board.
Open The Schools. Now.
The societal cost of closed schools is unfathomable, while the risk of the virus in school settings is minimal.
Open Schools And Students Will Return. Maybe.
Why should schools be paid for kids that are no longer enrolled?
Major Impacts of Northam’s War against Teachers
Ralph Northam declared on August 30 of this year that Virginia’s schools are systemically racist and that teachers are presumptively racist and must be treated and monitored.
The Homeschool Surge
Home schooling has been on the rise in Virginia for many years. The number of homeschooled students reached nearly 45,000 in 2019; if homeschoolers were a school division, they would have comprised the seventh largest of Virginia’s 133 school divisions.
Bashing The Beach
The piece was headlined “A Trip To Virginia Beach Showed Why We Aren’t Beating This Virus,” but a more accurate header would have been “Rich Elitist Visits Beautiful Virginia Beach And Spends Entire Trip Counting Masks.”
Homeschooling the New Normal in Loudoun?
By trying to please everyone with their COVID-19 response plan, Loudoun County Public Schools are angering most parents.
Catholic Schools: Boldly Putting Kids First
As public schools suck their thumbs and concoct cockamamie plans like two days in class and three days of virtual “learning”, Catholic schools are the first to do what’s in the best interest of the students.
Up Next: School Bus Crisis.
Wait a minute. A large school bus that’s normally jammed with kids, three-to-a-seat, will be able to carry just 13 passengers?
What will that mean to local school districts?
Ralph Northam’s Unworkable Rules For Schools
None of Northam’s restrictions make sense given that children are basically at low risk from Covid-19 and research shows they aren’t spreaders, either. But Northam - the Science Guy - hasn’t noticed.
Kids Need To Be In Class This Fall
If history is any predictor, Northam will slow-walk the reopening of schools just as he’s slow-walked the reopening of the commonwealth. I hope I’m wrong.
Ralph Northam’s Power Play
With yesterday’s hasty and heavy-handed move Northam slyly signaled that the other shutdowns he’s ordered are also going to last months rather than weeks. Almost as if he’s been spoon-feeding his plans to the public rather than being honest.
"Insane" Virginia Bill Will Endanger Kids
Apparently, the squishy liberals running the show in Richmond learned absolutely nothing from the slaughter at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida just two years ago.