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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Zirkin Returns to Old Committee to Testify Against [Delegate CT] Wilson’s Child Sex Abuse Bill #SB134 -“Biggest mistake of my life,” Wilson told Maryland Matters this week, likening the experience to “negotiating with the devil.”

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Former Senate Judicial Proceedings chairman Robert A. Zirkin (D-Baltimore County) returned to his former committee this week to testify agai...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Montgomery Co. teacher concerned about vaccine availability

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  Teachers in Montgomery County, Maryland, said they’re hoping to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to the classroom, while the ...

Proposed Legislation: Income Tax – Subtraction Modification – School Supplies for Home Instruction and Virtual Learning Programs

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 https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0018?ys=2021RS
Monday, February 8, 2021

Montgomery County is hiring 700 to 800 classroom monitors, officials said. A job listing says candidates must possess a high school diploma or GED, for work between March 15 and June 16, with a pay rate of $15.72 an hour and no benefits.

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Pandemic learning takes another turn: Will teachers be in person in classrooms?  ... Fairfax has hired roughly 600 monitors so far, and is a...
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Petitions This Week to the Montgomery County Board of Education Regarding Reopening Schools

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 Delay in-person MCPS instruction until health metrics are met and all staff are vaccinated and Start In Person Instruction on 3/1 per Gover...

Guest Post: We propose consultation with a third-party, independent indoor air quality expert to advise and support the ongoing work of MCPS’ DFM.

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  CALL TO ACTION: Please read this long, but important post! I sent the email below yesterday ahead of the BOE meeting scheduled for Tuesday...

8 MCPS COVID-19 in Buildings Notifications from Oct. 30, 2020 - January 20, 2021. Two for the MCPS Technology Distribution Site.

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  Community Notification: COVID-19 Case at 45 W. Gude Drive Technology Distribution Site (January 20, 2021) We are writing to share that an ...

Large COVID-19 outbreaks afflict three Baltimore County private schools

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Three Orthodox Jewish day schools in Baltimore County have reported large numbers of COVID-19 cases in the past two months, leading one midd...
Sunday, February 7, 2021

Bethesda-area students most likely to return to schools, survey shows

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When Montgomery County Public Schools reopens its buildings, it will largely welcome back students from communities that have not been the h...

Spike in kids with COVID-19 means Israel unlikely to open schools

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  By  MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN       JANUARY 26, 2021 While adults over the age of 40 are getting vaccinated at an almost miraculous rate, Israe...

The COVKID Project: (Coronavirus in Kids Tracking and Education Project)

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  COVKID State Data Dashboard (Must be viewed on a tablet or larger screen!) https://www.covkidproject.org/state-dashboard
Saturday, February 6, 2021

Eric Feigl-Ding: I’m trying hard to square this: 📍CDC this weekend: not really safe to have a #SuperBowl party with people outside your home. 📍Also CDC: it’s safe for teachers to teach kids/teens, in person, indoors, 5 days/week. 🤔...and let loud kids eat at lunch indoors unmasked? #COVID19

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...2) To be clear — I am a firm believer kids need to go back to school. and as an epidemiologist, a staunch CDC advocation. But we need to ...
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Friday, February 5, 2021

No Mention of Ventilation in @mcps @mocoboe Reopening Video

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Will windows be opened in classrooms?  Will doors be open?  Where will students eat lunch?  None of those questions are answered in this new...
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January 2021 edition of the Maryland Open Meetings Act Manual

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 https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/OpenGov/omaManual.aspx
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Implementation and Evolution of Mitigation Measures, Testing, and Contact Tracing in the National Football League, August 9–November 21, 2020

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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7004e2.htm ...The NFL also developed an intensive protocol that imposed stricter infection preventi...

Six feet and 15 minutes became coronavirus gospel. The NFL had data that showed otherwise: The virus could be spread in under 15 minutes and from over six feet.

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The NFL’s Covid-19 Finding That Saved the Season The coronavirus gospel of ‘within six feet for more than 15 minutes’ wasn’t enough—and the ...

COVID-19 Outbreaks now at 6 Montgomery County Private Schools: Avalon (up to 5), Brookewood (3), Georgetown Prep (up to 7), Mercy (new 3), St. Raphael (new 9) and Heights (4)

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Previous weekly reports at this link. Spaulding High School Anne Arundel County 2 02/03/21 Cheder Chabad School Baltimore City 2 ...
Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Senate Bill 134: Maryland is poised to make great strides toward justice for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, their healing, the prevention of future abuse, and the ability to hold accountable individual perpetrators and institutions that might have facilitated them. Will you stand with us?

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Find out how to advocate for Maryland Senate Bill 134 at this link .    Senate_Hidden Predator Act ... by Parents' Coalition of Mon...
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NYC Public School Parents: Pearson Contract Rejected

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NYC Public School Parents: Last night's historic vote of the Panel for Educat... :  Last night was truly one for the history books, at l...
Monday, February 1, 2021

@MoCoCouncilMD @MoCoDHHS @MontCoExec @EarlStoddard Stoddard quote today: ‘Are we going to vaccinate at Leisure World this week, or are we going to vaccinate school teachers,’ ANSWER is LEISURE WORLD (65+ pop.). How is Mont. Co. missing the goal? CLEAR THE HOSPITALS FIRST! #epitwitter

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...  “There’s just too little vaccine for too many people in these priority groups, and so we have to choose between, ‘Are we going to vacci...
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