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  • The Pandemic Modernized School Board Meetings — Will the Changes Last?

    Darcy Sprague

    May 13, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States

    School districts across the country from Miami, FL, to Richmond, VA, had to modernize their school meetings to follow safety precautions of the pandemic. To do this, school districts moved their school board meetings to online platforms, or allowed participants to leave comments through voicemail messages. While these solutions were not perfect, it made it easier and convenient for parents to participate.

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  • Is It Finally Time For Year Round School

    Darcy Sprague

    August 19, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Long summer vacations are a tradition in the United States, but some school districts are challenging the long-standing notion of summer break by using a different model—year-round school. School districts around the U.S. are considering adopting the model in the near future to combat the "COVID slide." School districts in Texas are finding that a year-round school calendar has helped students with former summer food insecurity and provides students who may be falling behind, a chance to catch up without a multiple-month summer interruption to their education.

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  • San Antonio Food Bank on Front Lines of Coronavirus Preparation

    Darcy Sprague

    March 25, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    As the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, the San Antonio Food Bank is working with other organizations to get more food out into the community. Although volunteer turnout has decreased, the Texas food bank has partnered with groups like Pre-K 4 SA to hand out food to students and their families. Every day, the food bank says it is sending $500,000 worth of food into the community.

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