Healthy schools
Episode 6 of P.S. Weekly wades into the complicated world of New York City school bathroom policies, including the much loathed 10-5-10 rule limiting use between and during classes.
For decades, these clinics have provided a wide range of health care to students, offering vaccines, teeth cleaning, or help for mental health struggles, all at no cost.
Measles cases in Colorado are rising.
Out of the city’s roughly 1,600 schools, a whopping 80% have been identified to have asbestos and are required by federal law to be inspected every three years.
Los críticos del plan sugieren que perjudicaría el presupuesto de los distritos escolares y de las familias.
‘Responsibilities that should be on adults are on teenage kids,’ said the principal of the school.
New York City’s 2016 law requiring schools to provide free menstrual products in bathrooms was the first such legislation in the country.
“By cutting this funding, the Trump Administration is taking away healthy meals from school children,” Gov. Jared Polis said of cuts reportedly made by the USDA.
Republican lawmakers say scaling back free school meals would ensure only the students with the greatest needs get them. Critics worry about unfair burdens on schools and families.
Members of the public who visited the Cohen Children’s Medical Center last week may have been exposed to measles.
With measles cases on the rise nationally, NYC public health experts are encouraging vaccination against the disease.
The Healthy School Meals for All program that voters approved in 2022 has cost more than expected and needs new funding to continue.
The Newark Board of Education approved a new five-year agreement for nurses that provides 4.5% annual raises and aligns their workday schedules with district teachers.
More students than expected have been eating school meals, making the program more expensive than anticipated.
New Jersey has allocated nearly $2 billion for school construction projects across school districts but those funds have already been committed to emergency projects, leaving no funds for new projects, state leaders said.
With continuous glucose monitors, students with Type 1 diabetes no longer have to visit the school nurse for a finger prick. But some parents say it falls to them to keep an eye on blood sugar levels — even though they may not be able to quickly reach their child.
“¿Por qué tenemos esta tecnología que está diseñada para prevenir daños y no la utilizamos?”
Conservative states such as Tennessee and Mississippi once boasted high childhood vaccination rates. Now exemptions are on the rise amid growing skepticism and political polarization.
A nascent but growing body of research shows that a large proportion of adolescents and young adults, in the United States and abroad, feel anxious and worried about the impact of an unstable climate in their lives today and in the future.
The $16.7 million in state funding for repairs falls far short of meeting all the repairs and upgrades needed in the district.