Since students across the state returned to classrooms nearly a month ago, Tennessee has drawn nationwide attention for skyrocketing COVID cases among children.
In turn, quarantines, too, have skyrocketed, impacting students, parents, and caretakers for weeks at a time.
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Community engagement has begun as part of the initiative, including a youth and education group that spent time in July exploring students' routes to attend several schools.
Dylan Lopez Contreras has been detained since being arrested by federal immigration agents three months ago. His asylum case comes before a judge on Monday.
A nationwide injunction means the Trump administration cannot require Head Start providers to check children’s immigration status.
Ten Jeffco schools were closed Thursday, including Evergreen High School.
The new contract provides raises for teachers but relies on state funding increases that may not materialize. The board also approved short-term borrowing amid budget uncertainty.
