Admirably masked man Dusty Johnson visited Meadowbrook Elementary in Rapid City yesterday. He told four third=grade teachers there that they are “optimistic, can-do” people; Superintendent…
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Lemmon gets only a week into school before having to send kids home due to coronavirus. The Lemmon School Board has sent all elementary students…
Fifteen South Dakota schools have chosen to offer their fall classes entirely online and cancel fall sports. All are Indian schools: At this point schools…
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…
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…