Aberdeen schools superintendent Dr. Becky Guffin sent district parents her first update of the new school year. Dr. Guffin begins with a sigh of inevitability…
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Back in spring, Governor Kristi Noem said we could get “back to normal”—i.e., reopen the schools—if our coronavirus numbers showed a “downward trajectory of documented…
The Meade County school board still can’t pull the trigger on a mask mandate for its teachers and students. With board member Tracy Konst complaining…
The Aberdeen school district opens today, gathering kids for orientation and a quick tour of classes before starting real teaching on Wednesday. But the families…
A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds a growing majority of Americans oppose Donald Trump and Kristi Noem’s reckless advocacy of fully opening schools for face-to-face…
If science and conscience won’t convince your school district require masks to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, call in the lawyers. The Rapid City School…
Many Minnesota school districts are following my advice and starting in the robust and flexible hybrid mode: [Anoka-Hennepin superintendent David] Law said he’s keeping a…
You want school somewhere other than your kitchen table this fall? Then you better have lots of testing and contract tracing. Computer modeling from UK…
Thank goodness Aberdeen is on a block schedule, with students taking four courses each quarter. Parents like me who sign their kids up to start…
Brookings K-12 public school students will join their SDSU role models in going to class wearing masks. Brookings is also delaying its first day of…