Delta variant surges as schools open
As schools open this fall, mask mandates and bans on mask mandates, as well as a push to get people vaccinated, dominate school news.
Florida
Kerfuffles over bullying, discrimination in 3 states
8 million students get racist emails in Fla.; a gay boy sues a district for not stopping bullying; access divides remote students in Calif.
Student news roundup, Florida, Sept. 1
Schools in Florida are online for the most part as the 2020-21 school year begins, with some students reporting to campus along the Space Coast.
New laws now in effect in Md., Fla.
Several laws took effect on Oct. 1, incl. an increase in the age to buy tobacco in Md, & a law that allows Fla. teachers to carry guns.
Michael splinters homes, uproots trees, upends lives
Many schools in Florida are still closed after a deadly hurricane laid a path of destruction across much of the panhandle.
Hurricane Michael: Cat. 4 in Florida
Power losses and other damage on Florida's Gulf Coast from Hurricane Michael. Schools are closed through at least Thursday.
Schools seek advice on medical marijuana use
Some states allow new medical marijuana laws to apply to schools; others don't. Either way, it's a conflict with federal law.
Hybrid vigor increases in an invasive Fla. python
Invasive pythons in Florida have increased their chances of survival by interbreeding between Indian and Burmese pythons.
Shooting at a Fla. high school leaves 17 dead
Another school shooting has occurred, this time in Florida, in the nation's 7th-largest school district: Broward Co. Public Schools.
Santas, some secret, pay off student meal balances
A growing holiday tradition is to give schools money to help them pay off past-due student lunch bills.