Parents Want Mask Mandates To Return. CDC Says Masks Should Be Worn. School Board Members Not Saying Anything, For Now… Did Dr. Robinson Lose Her Voice? BY: ANDREW COLTON | Editor and Publisher BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Members of the Palm Beach County School Board are not answering […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County School District now reports 1,330 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since schools reopened for “brick and mortar” learning in mid-September. The split: 736 students and 594 employees. At least 62 COVID cases have been confirmed since school resumed on Monday following the winter break. The schools with […]
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School Board Member Adds “Call To Action” Order To Agenda BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County School District added more than 100 COVID-19 cases in just five days, bringing the school district’s total to 623 as of early Tuesday morning. Among several data points revealed in the latest report: Calusa Elementary in […]
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Parents, Teachers Feared Tests In Gym Would Spread COVID. Two Weeks Later, New Cases Reported. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — School and health officials, according to tips to BocaNewsNow.com, are questioning if the PSAT’s held in the gym at Spanish River High School two weeks ago are the cause of new COVID-19 cases at the […]
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Calusa Elementary 12, Binks Forest Elementary Wellington 12, Polo Park Middle Boynton 7, Whispering Pines Elementary Boca 6 BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County School District has likely passed the 200 student infection mark Thursday morning as the school system closes in on 400 confirmed cases. The official COVID-19 list tends to […]
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Disturbing Allegation By Parents. No Denial By School District. BY: ANDREW COLTON | Editor and Publisher BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Palm Beach County School District officials knew that a first grade student in a Boca Raton elementary school class was positive for COVID-19 but didn’t tell that student’s classmates or teacher of possible exposure […]
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BOYNTON BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — A student at Citrus Cove Elementary School in Boynton Beach is the first student to test positive for COVID-19 since “in person” learning started on Monday. While it is reasonable to assume that other students in other schools are also positive for COVID-19, this student is the first reported by […]
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Teachers, Senior Leaders Say Opening Imminent, But School System Is Not Ready Mask Policy Makes “No Sense” BY: ANDREW COLTON | EDITOR AND PUBLISHER BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — “Parents should keep their kids home if possible.” That comment was made repeatedly to BocaNewsNow.com by teachers and multiple high level Palm Beach County School District […]
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Defines Fever As 100.4 Degrees, Requires Students To Provide List Of ALL Contacts If Test Positive For COVID-19 BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County School Board Wednesday unanimously approved sweeping rules and regulations for COVID-19 compliance within the school district. Among them: parents must keep children home if they show symptoms of […]
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Barring a miracle cure that eliminates COVID-19 from Palm Beach County, the 2020-2021 school year will assuredly start with distance learning only. The Palm Beach County School Board during Wednesday’s workshop agreed — pending a vote next week — that school will open with only online education. The school board […]
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