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| Oakland schools lift outdoor mask mandates |
| Sunday, March 20th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| Oakland Unified School District leaders say masks are now optional outside for students, staff, and visitors starting Monday. This comes after governor gavin newsom left it up to school districts to decide whether to keep the masking policy. |
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| By: Camila Barco |
| Parents rally against NYC mask mandates for kids under 4 |
| Sunday, March 20th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| More than 100 parents and their kids packed City Hall Park on Sunday to rally against Mayor Eric Adams’ mask mandate for children ages 4 and younger — demanding the city “unmask our toddlers.” |
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| By: Reuven Fenton, Jackie Salo and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon |
| Private school celebrates 100th anniversary with fundraiser |
| Sunday, March 20th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| Unity Christian Schools celebrated its 100th anniversary Saturday with an annual Gala. Around 175 people showed up to bid for gift baskets at the schools’ 34th annual auction fundraiser. All the proceeds from the event goes to lowering tuition for students who attend the private school. So far, Unity has raised around $1,400, which is halfway to its goal. |
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| By: KWQC Staff |
| Businesses win by supporting tax credit scholarships |
| Sunday, March 20th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| "I should note that public schools can be wonderful...But one school will never be the right fit for everyone. The Invest in Kids program finally gave some families a choice." |
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| By: Matt Paprocki |
| As schools try to recover, COVID’s toll lingers: ‘We haven’t seen fine, ever’ |
| Saturday, March 19th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| The cascade of new challenges started with the onset of the coronavirus in 2020, which closed school buildings and plunged teachers and families into the unknowns of remote learning. The year that followed was a patchwork of remote and in-person instruction, with school districts around the country varying wildly in their policies. Many hoped this would be the comeback school year, when schools would focus on recovery. The last schools that had been operating remotely fully reopened. COVID relief dollars poured into districts. The availability of vaccines for teens, and then children over 5, created hope. |
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| By: Kalyn Belsha, Melanie Asmar, and Lori Higgins |