Seattle Public Schools Gulity of Gross Violations of Special Education Laws During pandemic

 

The Washington state education department is ordering Seattle Public Schools to make up for excessive delays to in-person instruction and medical care for some disabled students during the pandemic.

Under one of two orders issued earlier this month, the school district must provide a year of after-school tutoring for students who were promised in-person instruction because of their disability but faced significant delays getting it — in one case, up to 21 weeks. The state is currently reviewing the cases of 329 kids to determine who may qualify.

Another order requires the district to meet individually with families of 11 medically fragile students the district declined to compensate for nursing care, and discuss whether reimbursement is necessary.

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 Highly transmissible COVID-19 strain spreading in Washington state, say UW virologists

Researchers at UW Medicine’s Virology Laboratory are tracking the statewide spread of the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant in Washington, with 170 cases detected as of Monday.

The Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2, is more transmissible than other mutations of the virus, health experts say. First identified in India, the variant has caused waves of new cases in India, China, Sweden and the United Kingdom — and is now on the rise in the United States, UW Medicine said.  

Roychoudhury said FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines provide the best available protection against the Delta variant, as well as all other variants detected since the beginning of the pandemic.

WINK WINK all the way to the bank.

Nearly 900 People Received Expired COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

 The 899 people who received doses of the Pfizer vaccine at the former NFL Experience building in Times Square between June 5 and June 10 should schedule another Pfizer shot as soon as possible, the New York City Health Department said.

ATC Vaccination Services, the company that administered the shots under contract to the city, said in a statement, “We apologize for the inconvenience to those receiving the vaccine batch in question and want people first and foremost to know that we have been advised that there is no danger from the vaccine they received.”   As Zeppelin said.. It makes me wonder.

CDC to Hold 'Emergency Meeting' on Heart Inflammation after COVID-19 Vaccines

 

An advisory panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold an emergency meeting on June 18 to discuss rare reports of heart inflammation after doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

The meeting comes as the CDC looks into few cases of myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscles, in young people and adolescents who received the shot. 

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/557944-cdc-to-hold-emergency-meeting-on-heart-inflammation-after-covid-19-vaccines

Over 10,000 COVID-19 Infections Recorded in Americans Who Received a Vaccine: CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced its findings on Tuesday that show over 10,000 vaccine breakthrough infections had been reported as of April 30 out of approximately 101 million Americans who had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

160 patients were reported dead.

As many as 246 Michigan residents considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 were later diagnosed with the virus, and three have died, state officials confirmed Monday.

The cases were reported between Jan. 1 and March 31, and the 246 had a positive test 14 or more days after the last dose in the vaccine series, said Lynn Sutfin, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, in an email.

"Some of these individuals may ultimately be excluded from this list due to continuing to test positive from a recent infection prior to being fully vaccinated," she said.

 

Seattle School Caged Second-Grader New Lawsuit Says

 A mother of a 10-year-old boy with special education needs is suing Seattle Public Schools for denying her child an education and for keeping him in what the former principal described as a “cage” in 2019, the lawsuit alleges.

The mother, whom The Washington Post is not naming because she is a domestic violence survivor, is seeking damages to be decided by the court, attorney’s fees and costs, and other relief the court deems equitable.

The lawsuit alleges the school district discriminated against the boy based on his disability and race, and was negligent in protecting him from harm among other claims.

Seth Rosenberg, attorney for the mother, told The Washington Post in an interview Tuesday that the district knew about the tactics of former View Ridge Elementary School principal Ed Roos, but did nothing about it until a groundswell of parents started objecting.

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County in Indiana First in State to Bar School Resource Officers From Carrying Guns

 A school board in Indiana this week voted to bar school resource officers (SROs) from carrying guns, the first such rule in the state.

Sunday School Teacher Arrested After Attending School Board Meeting Without Mask

Authorities in New Hampshire arrested a Sunday school teacher who was attending a school board meeting without a mask and was protesting the board’s mask mandate, according to attendees and family members.

Florida Teacher Gets Fired Over CRT Ban, but Parents Still Concerned Over Textbooks

 A Duval County teacher has been terminated from classroom instruction for refusing to remove a Black Lives Matter banner from the wall outside her classroom, violating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public schools.

Online Schools Are Here to Stay, Even After the Pandemic

 Some families have come to prefer stand-alone virtual schools and districts are rushing to accommodate them — though questions about remote learning persist.

 

Rory Levin, a sixth-grader in Bloomington, Minn., used to hate going to school. He has a health condition that often makes him feel apprehensive around other students. Taking special-education classes did little to ease his anxiety.

So when his district created a stand-alone digital-only program, Bloomington Online School, last year for the pandemic, Rory opted to try it. Now the 11-year-old is enjoying school for the first time, said his mother, Lisa Levin. He loves the live video classes and has made friends with other online students, she said.

http://www.4education.org/2021/04/13/online-schools-are-here-to-stay-even-after-the-pandemic/