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Schools unlikely to lift mask mandate early, despite parent pleas

Betsy PriceEducation, Headlines

  Gov. John Carney announced Monday that he would lift his indoor mask mandate Friday — except for schools, where masks are required until March 31. On Tuesday, parent Benjamin Kennedy asked the Appoquinimink School District Board to not wait and to get rid of masks in schools on Friday. The next night, parent Brandon Bushon asked the Red Clay …

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Town Square LIVE Weekly Review ā€“ August 26, 2021

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Hover over the image below and a gray bar pops up at the bottomā€”scroll through the pdf, use direction arrows, zoom in or out, download the PDF, or view in full-screen mode. [pdf-embedder url=”https://townsquaredelaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/TSD-Aug-26-2021-1.pdf” title=”TSD Aug 26-2021″] This Weekā€™s Top Headlines Include: Community Pie, anyone? Playhouseā€™s long intermission ends with ā€˜Waitressā€™ Wilmington film screening bases ticket cost on race, gender …

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Indian River votes ā€˜no confidenceā€™ in mask mandate, to petition for change

Charles MegginsonEducation, Government, Headlines

Gov. John Carney’s order that school kids must wear masks continues to gather complaints. Photo by Bree Stonebraker.   Indian River School District on Monday voted ā€œno confidenceā€ in the governorā€™s school mask mandate and agreed to submit a petition urging the order to be reconsidered or revised.Ā  The Sussex County meeting, held outside on the football field to avoid …

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Learning pods, microschools planned to take kids out of state schools

Charles MegginsonEducation, Government, Headlines

A group of parents who oppose the school mask mandate are working on creating a coalition of homeschooling options that essentially would work like a series of one-room schoolhouses. Photo by Meg Bouldon/Unsplash   A group of Delawareans upset about the stateā€™s school mask mandate are working to create alternative education methods for students.Ā  The group hopes to build coalitions …