Westbrook Christian School will start the 2020-2021 school year Aug. 14, with face-to-face instruction at its campus in Rainbow City, Administrator Cindy Greer.It is something the faculty has been planning for since April, she said, and with the help of the school's families, they've made the school ready to meet to important needs - such as the need to get students back in the classroom, and the need to do so safely.Many accommodations will be made for COVID-19.

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Summer concerts at Shafer Park Andrew Janosek and Friends are scheduled to perform some down-home, knee-slapping, toe-tapping bluegrass music Saturday at 7 p.m. The Boonsboro Park Board hosts a variety of free summer concerts at Shafer Park, 37 Park Drive. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

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This week was supposed to mark the return of students to Indianapolis classrooms for the first time since schools closed statewide in March. Instead, only two districts - Washington Township and Beech Grove - will be starting their academic years and they will be doing so virtually.

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BELPRE - Belpre City Schools held an online public forum Monday to discuss this fall's reopening plans. The planned opening on Aug. 24 will follow numerous state and federal guidelines to help minimize the spread of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus. Superintendent Jeff Greenley led the reopening discussion, outlining the school system's re-entry plans.

Parkersburg News

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD - Two weeks after committing to online classes until at least 2021, Prince George's County Public Schools announced its distance learning plan Monday afternoon. The proposal includes live instruction, independent practice and Chromebooks for every student. "I understand that there is no perfect solution," school system CEO Monica Goldson said in letter attached to the plan.

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Coronavirus Janelle Patterson Staff Reporter jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Marietta City Schools Board of Education approved its coronavirus fall re-entry plan for students and staff Monday. "None of this is perfect, it's the best we can do with what we know and what we have," said Superintendent Will Hampton.

Marietta Times

Washington, D.C., has put into place the region's first travel restrictions that target specific coronavirus "hot spot" states as the capital region saw the largest single-day increase of new cases since the end of May. Twenty-seven states, largely in the southern half of the country, are considered high-risk.

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Retired high school teacher taught social studies and psychology

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Removal of school resource officers from Portland Public Schools revitalizes discussions on student resources, alternative discipline Nearly a month after Portland Public Schools Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero elected to disaffiliate with the Portland Police Bureau's School Resource Officer program, the district's academic administrators and students are re-envisioning schools' approach to student resources, discipline and conflict resolution.

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