Douglas County’s school board voted Tuesday to hire Erin Kane, executive director of schools for American Academy, as the embattled district’s sole finalist for superintendent. Kane was one of two finalists for the job, which became vacant when the Board of Education fired former superintendent Corey Wise in February. Kane has a long history in Douglas County School District, including […] An intermediate principal says Omicron has spread between her students despite the school’s best efforts, with half of student Covid cases clustered in groups of close friends. Henderson Intermediate principal Wendy Esera shut the school down two weeks ago as cases were shooting up. While they were at home she tasked her teachers with analysing all the Covid cases in […] Health officials believe testing is only picking up half of the total positive Covid-19 cases in Auckland and Northland. It comes as the head of one of Auckland’s most prominent health and welfare providers suspects as many as two-thirds of positive results aren’t being reported. On Friday, a spokesperson for the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre (NRHCC) told the NZ […] A top Auckland girls’ school contacted parents last week to warn them of the dangers of a game students have been playing and posting to social media in which they deprive themselves of oxygen and blackout. Footage of Westlake Girls High School students fainting, and in one case appearing to go into a fit, after playing the game has prompted […] OMICRON OUTBREAK LATEST* Omicron surges in the capital: 22% positivity rate; outbreak in university halls* Removal of self-isolation for vaxxed travellers ‘sensible’ – experts* Two years of Covid in NZ – the wins, the losses and what comes next* Employers brace for Kiwi worker exodus as borders reopen* Minister tests positive for Covid; 14,633 new cases as NZ reaches grim […] Rapid antigen tests for teachers and classifying school kids as close contacts only if they “kiss, cough, share a vape or sing” are new rules for schools in hope of keeping kids in class. This week the Ministry of Education announced new rules to reduce disruption to learning as Omicron cases rise. The introduction of RATs is one but schools […] A string of Auckland schools are keeping students home for part of the week while others have moved completely to online-only learning to combat Covid staffing woes. Many teachers in the city are isolating because they have tested positive or are a close contact of another case, with one school saying staffing has become “a nightmare”. With the pool of […] Aditya Nandyal first learned about the idea of an ecological footprint in his Advanced Placement Human Geography class, but he wanted to know more about how to step more lightly on the Earth. A sophomore at Lafayette’s Peak to Peak Charter School, he used his interest to develop an interactive app called “Objective Green” and enter it into a contest. […] Littleton Public Schools will no longer offer COVID-19 vaccinations on school campuses after two videos circulated online of students allegedly receiving their shots without parental consent. The school district sent a letter to parents on Tuesday, saying that it is “aware of a situation” that happened at a vaccine clinic held at Heritage High School in Littleton on Jan. 21, […] From Craig McCulloch of RNZ Cabinet ministers will meet this afternoon to assess the traffic light settings across the country and, most crucially, whether Northland will drop to orange. The outcome will be announced tomorrow as Labour MPs gather in New Plymouth for a new year caucus get-together. The Cabinet meeting – the first this year – is set down […]
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Peak to Peak students win 1st, 2nd place in congressional app contest
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