#parent | #kids | Urbana’s school board paused its vote for one Spanish-English school. Now, dual language parents and teachers are setting a deadline. | #Education

URBANA – The Urbana school board will reconsider in January how to establish a fully dual-language elementary school for Spanish and English. This comes after renewed pressure from dual language teachers and families. The district currently has two schools with partial-building, dual-language programs. “White privileged families and community members can……

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#parent | #kids | COVID spurs boom in genome sequencing for infectious diseases | #coronavirus | #kids. | #children | #schools

Many labs are using genome-sequencing equipment acquired during the pandemic to track other diseases.Credit: T. Narayan/Bloomberg via Getty When a three-year old boy in Cambodia came down with avian influenza last year, researchers at the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, used genome-sequencing technology bought during the COVID-19 pandemic…

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#parent | #kids | Vantage Career Center December 2022 Board of Education Meeting | #Education

The Vantage Board of Education held their December Board meeting on Thursday, December 1, 2022 inthe District Conference Room. During the board meeting, the minutes from the November 3, 2022 regularboard meeting were approved along with financial statements for the month of October, 2022.Superintendent Rick Turner welcomed the following guests…

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#parent | #kids | #minorsextrafficking | 6 men arrested in sex sting in Delaware County including Media and Upper Darby residents

The Delaware County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday afternoon that six men were arrested last week in a sex sting operation, including two from the county, two from Philadelphia, one from Chester County and the sixth from Colorado. The sting, led by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, included assistance from…

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