Student safety was top of mind at Jamestown Public Schools District Board of Education on Tuesday night. From questions on masking to bus safety, it was made clear that student safety is a high priority for everyone involved. During the public comment session, a parent addressed the board, ...
MAYVILLE — Potential jurors were sent home, and a trial for two Buffalo men facing weapons possession charges has been postponed in Chautauqua County Court over “COVID concerns” that arose Tuesday, a court clerk confirmed. Iindividuals who had arrived at the Mayville courthouse for the beginning of jury selection in the case involving Torrie Jones and Mikial Moore were released. The two Erie County residents are being tried as co-defendants. Details regarding the COVID-19 concerns in county court were not specified by the clerk, who added that no further information was ...
By April of this year Ron Lemon, pastor at Koinonia Christian Fellowship in Jamestown, was fully vaccinated against COVID-19. By July, he was confirmed to have tested positive for the virus. Lemon is certain he caught COVID-19 at a campground, where 26 others also ended up testing positive. ...
WARREN, Pa. -- Local response to the Pennsylvania school mask mandate announced on Tuesday has ranged from the surprised to the strongly negative. Gov. Tom Wolf announced the mandate in conjunction with the state departments of health, human services, and education. “My office has received an outpouring of messages from parents asking the administration to protect all children by requiring masks in schools,” Wolf said in a Tuesday afternoon release. “The science is clear. The Delta variant is highly transmissible and dangerous to the unvaccinated, many of whom are children too ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Some of the biggest school systems in the U.S. are taking a hard line with teachers and staff members who are not yet vaccinated against COVID-19: Get a jab or lose your job. Most teachers already are vaccinated, and national teachers’ unions have endorsed vaccine ...
The mask debate with children has only grown louder as schools are gearing up to welcome students back. New York state has announced a comprehensive plan for reopening that includeds a universal mask requirement in all schools. Under the mandate, all students, faculty and staff of public and private schools will be required to wear masks inside school buildings. Visitors also will be required to wear masks. Area parents and guardians of school children have responded with their thoughts and feelings on masking in schools going into the new school year. Many are in favor of the ...
