Education

More than 1,700 students signed a petition to walk out of schools Thursday, demanding district leadership provide a virtual learning option and more precautions against COVID-19.

In an email to parents, Superintendent Douglas Killian said the district has too many staff members out because of COVID-19.

“Despite our best efforts to deploy central office staff and all other available personnel to keep our campuses operating safely, the number of staff who are out with COVID-19 has overwhelmed our school district,” Superintendent Celina Estrada Thomas said in a letter to parents Friday.

President Biden and others in his administration insist schools should stay open, even with the omicron wave making it harder than ever to manage.

Austin ISD and Hays CISD did not have enough subs to cover all the requests they got this week.

Under the CDC-approved practice, anyone who is exposed to COVID is tested at certain times in the incubation period, rather than being sent home.

President Denise Trauth said the move to virtual is temporary, and that classes are expected to resume in person at the end of the month.

As coronavirus cases and pediatric hospitalizations surge in the U.S., the majority of U.S. schools are staying open for in-person learning.

Director Roosevelt Weeks said it's important for library workers to stand together to ensure people are not stopped from reading what they want.

Many teachers thought 2021 was going to be a better school year than 2020, but a lot have found it to be harder as students are struggling to catch-up after a year of remote and hybrid learning.