#parent | #kids | IDPH COVID numbers Chicago: 4,939 new COVID 19 cases in Illinois, 15 new deaths; COVID cases on the rise in Chicago, data shows | #coronavirus | #kids. | #children | #schools

CHICAGO (WLS) — Illinois reported 4,939 new COVID cases and 15 new deaths Thursday. The Illinois Dept. of Public Health says “daily deaths reported on weekends and at the beginning of the week may be low” and “those deaths will be captured in subsequent days.” SEE ALSO | Free COVID-19……

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#parent | #kids | Fox Lane High School principal leaving over handling of students who took lewd photos of special needs classmates in bathroom | #specialneeds | #kids

BEDFORD, N.Y. — A principal is leaving his job after a troubling incident at a high school in Westchester County.  Students took and shared lewd photos of special needs classmates using the bathroom, according to the results of an investigation released Wednesday.  “The release of this report has opened a wound……

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#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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