Education

Union leaders say a voice vote Wednesday indicated that members will ratify a new contract, which was negotiated just ahead of the old deal expiring.

That agreement included a safety plan to regulate conditions for a return to in-person learning, which district leaders at the time forecast would begin on Nov. 30.

The ceremony was part all-class reunion, part celebration of the new $133 million campus, which will house four separate high schools.

Nervous excitement greeted the opening of schools Tuesday morning. But labor contract troubles and concerns about COVID linger.

Students and staff will be required to wear masks regardless of vaccination starting on September 7. The order applies to public and private schools.

“It’s like any other vaccine that kids have to get to go to school,” said one relieved parent.

A board vote Tuesday comes amid a lawsuit filed by a group of parents upset with the district’s intent to start the school year without mandatory masking.

After 18 months of shutdowns and mostly virtual or hybrid learning, students will be piling into schools across the state this week.

New Jersey officials are trying to give any skeptical school administrators few excuses for avoiding the state’s mask and vaccine mandates.

It’s a visual aid on how to protect the identity of children while sharing those pictures of the first day of school.

About 100 expected to participate in rally against anti-critical race theory legislation near President’s House in Center City Friday

Teachers and parents at the magnet school fear there is harmful asbestos in the school. District leaders say problems have been fixed and school is safe.

Since March 2020, the federal government has provided $190 billion in pandemic aid to schools — including nearly $7 billion for Pennsylvania.

The board’s vice president, who does not believe in systemic racism, was tasked with reinventing the district’s diversity, equity, and inclusion program.

The board of education passed the resolution unanimously. Leaders have yet to set a date for when staff will have to submit proof of vaccination.