Safety & Wellness

An Ohio district sees 161% increase in COVID cases after making masks optional as many leaders extend Thanksgiving break as a buffer against transmissions.

School districts extend Thanksgiving break and launch wellness days where staff and students can play frisbee, create art outdoors and visit a 'puppy station.'

Some 61% of the public approves of mask mandates as COVID is on the rise again in several northern and western states with the holidays approaching.

While most parents of school-aged children understand the danger to their children of lead in drinking water, only about half know the last time their school drinking water was tested for lead, study shows.

Districts will be messaging their communities to encourage students and staff to follow COVID safety precautions but some leaders say family gatherings are critical after the stress of COVID.

A small but growing number of districts are mandating vaccines for eligible as the COVID delta variant disrupted the beginning of yet another school year.