There would be no rule to preclude him from reapplying. Rittenhouse said in recent interviews he is considering studying to be a lawyer or a nurse and will likely move out of the Midwest.
The Pima County Health Department is running an ambitious program to get as many 5-to-11-year-old’s vaccinated as cases continue to rise not only among the general population but among schools too.
The number of COVID cases in southern Arizona schools is on the rise. Local school districts are working to slow the spread of the virus and make sure in-person learning can continue.
Authorities were called to an elementary school in Sierra Vista this morning after school staff was alerted of a student with a potential weapon on campus on Friday, Nov. 12.
In a letter to parents, Principal Chris Rietz said 50-percent of students were absent over the past two days after more than 40 people tested positive for the virus.
Aqua Caliente Elementary School will be closed from Wednesday, Nov. 3 through Monday, Nov. 15 due to a COVID-19 outbreak, school officials recently confirmed.
The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled the Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other measures in unrelated budget bills.
If kids get their first dose in mid-November, pediatricians say there’s no reason all kids in that age group couldn’t be fully vaccinated ahead of Christmas.
More teachers will soon be in the classroom in Arizona. At least, that’s the hope with a new $5 million grant from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. The money will be used to design, launch and expand and Arizona Teacher Residency.
The National Institute of Mental Health have given a team of experts at the University of Arizona nearly three million dollars to study how difficulties in romantic relationships affect mental health and well-being.
“I’ve had a lot of my own students who have been hospitalized for mental health reasons and it’s really frightening,” says Elizabeth Strimbu, a high school guidance counselor.
In the recording, Gina Peddy told the teachers to remember a new Texas law that requires teachers to present multiple perspectives when discussing “widely debated and currently controversial” issues. She said: “And make sure that if you have a book on the Holocaust, that you have one that has an opposing, that has other perspectives.”
“Currently there are 26 purpose built student housing complexes in Tucson, and 9 of those are University adjacent,” Chapman said. “The rents in those developments are higher costs and they primarily cater to out of state students who pay quite a bit higher tuition to attend the university and are probably more affluent.”
