The new guidance will allow for remote learning for up to 20 days for students who are sick with COVID-19 or have been exposed to it. By Brian Lopez from texastribune.org Texas school districts will not be required to conduct contact tracing this year if a student...
Source: PDF What are your COVID-19 protocols for the school year? WE FOLLOW GOVERNOR’S ORDERS.We are continuing our enhanced cleaning protocols.We will work with parents to determine the safest course of action for cases of positive or exposed students.We do not...
Some officials blame the need for masks on the highly-transmissible Delta variant, vaccine hesitancy and a limited share of vaccinated K-12 students. By Juan Perez Jr. from politico.com The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended universal...
By Chelsea Collinsworth from fox34.com Lubbock-Cooper ISD teachers and staff will be getting a 3% across the board pay raise next school year. Lubbock-Cooper is also evaluating a change in its tax rate decrease. The current rate is a $1.41 per $100 valuation....
More than 90% of Texas school districts fully reopened last fall. By Marlene Lenthang from abcnews.go.com A plan to rapidly reopen schools in Texas may have contributed to thousands of COVID-19 cases and hundreds of deaths, according to an analysis by economists and...
A public high school is holding a religious baccalaureate service. Is that legal? It is a fundamental principle of Establishment Clause jurisprudence that a public school may not advance, prefer or promote religion. Because it is generally understood that a...
By Katie Gray from everythinglubbock.com Despite the confusion on the Cooper Bond Bill broken into three propositions, as required by the Texas legislation, voters were in favor of the district’s additional funding proposal. The Lubbock Cooper ISD’s Superintendent,...
By Chelsea Collinsworth from kcbd.com A Lubbock-Cooper school bus carrying 11 elementary students was involved in a crash with a semi Thursday morning near FM 1585 and CR 2500, near MLK Ave. All 11 students and the bus driver were taken to the hospital. The bus...
By Matt Dotray from lubbockonline.com Most Lubbock area school districts have not yet determined how the governor’s new executive order will impact COVID-19 safety protocols inside classrooms. The Texas Education Agency says beginning Wednesday,...
From: everythinglubbock.com On Tuesday, Lubbock-Cooper ISD rescinded the district’s mask mandate as of March 10. The move comes after Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order that will no longer require individuals to wear facial coverings, according to a statement from...
