schooling in a pandemic

A Pennsylvania school district that openly flouted a statewide mask mandate for K-12 schools has reversed course and says it will require universal masking for students and others inside school buildings.

The Philadelphia Health Department has updated its guidance on when COVID-19 cases force classes and entire schools from in-person learning. The new guidance is dependent on the continuation of masking in classrooms. City officials also want weekly testing if possible for the unvaccinated in school communities. NBC10’s Brandon Hudson has the details.

The Philadelphia Department of Health on Wednesday announced an easing of when K-12 schools need to ease in-person learning amid positive COVID-19 tests.

The Philadelphia Health Department makes rules for pausing in-person learning amid COVID-19 cases “less strict.” Here is the new guidance.

Four schools in Philadelphia have now moved to virtual learning after COVID-19 cases forced their buildings to pause in-person instruction. This comes just weeks after many schools began in-person learning and a wave of closures. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk breaks down how the health department determines COVID-related closures.

It’s been a rough start to the new academic year for the Philadelphia School District as they deal with a bus driver shortage and the closures of some schools due to COVID outbreaks. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville has the details.

A bus driver shortage has the School District of Philadelphia offering thousands of dollars for parents and guardians to take their kids to and from school themselves. NBC10’s Stephanía Jiménez explains.

Students at Concord High School in Wilmington, Delaware, are fighting to still have their homecoming dance this year. But school administrators are pushing back, saying the event would be unsafe due to the coronavirus pandemic. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has the story.

Three Philadelphia schools have already closed and returned to virtual learning due to COVID outbreaks. NBC10’s Stephanía Jiménez has the details.

The school bus driver shortage has the Philadelphia School District upping its offer to parents willing to drive their children to school. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports on the payments being offered.

As COVID cases rise among children, schools and parents are making tough decisions about in-person learning. NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante reports.

Covid case counts are rising in parts of our area as children return to in-person learning. NBC10’s Deanna Durante reports on how the recent spike in infections is putting some schools back online.

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports on the suspension of in-person learning at Emlen Elementary School and Lindley Academy Charter School in Philadelphia after outbreaks of COVID-19 among some students. Learning is transitioning to online, for the time being.

A loophole in Pennsylvania’s new mask mandate for schools is allowing untold numbers of students to go to class without having to cover their faces amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandermic.

Pennsylvania’s school mask mandate began on Tuesday. NBC10’s Steven Fisher has mixed reactions from parents.

Children across the region are returning to in-person learning under Pennsylvania’s new mask mandate. NBC10’s Steven Fisher gets reactions from an Allentown mom.

School children in grades K-12, regardless of vaccination, are required to wear face masks starting Tuesday in Pennsylvania. The order from Governor Tom Wolf comes as the COVID-19 delta variant continues to spread in communities. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports.

The mask mandate for Pennsylvania schools is set to begin on Tuesday. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville gets reactions from parents.

Along with a new school year beginning, Pennsylvania students now have a new mask mandate to follow. The mask mandate requires all students and staff to be masked up regardless of vaccination status. NBC10’s Claudia Vargas has more from parents on the return to the classroom.

The Republican leader of the state Senate and a group of parents have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Wolf administration’s new mask mandate for Pennsylvania schools.