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Woman holding menstrual cup and tampon
Posted inChildren's Health

Charter schools get larger share in second round of state grant for period hygiene supplies

by Jennifer Fernandez March 21, 2023April 4, 2023

By Jennifer Fernandez In the second round of a state grant aimed at helping provide students with free period supplies, charter schools got a much larger share of the funding than they did in the first round. The charters accounted for 45.7 percent of the money the state provided to pay for tampons, pads and […]

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Posted inDisabilities

Schools struggle to retain special ed teachers. Advocates say invest more in them.

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven January 26, 2023January 25, 2023
shows four young people wearing yellow to signify suicide awareness sitting around an outdoor table. They're looking at the camera and smiling.
Posted inChildren's Health

It’s the call every educator dreads. In Transylvania, it came twice within days.

by Education NC September 24, 2021September 24, 2021
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Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Aug. 13 – Pandemic snarls seasons: Sports, flu, back-to-school; Unemployment aid push and pull

by Anne Blythe August 13, 2020October 27, 2022
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Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – April 9 – Grocery store executive order, lawmakers start to write relief bills, speeding up unemployment relief  

by Editor April 9, 2020December 10, 2022
We see a scene from The Lost Colony, which will not perform this summer due to coronavirus
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – April 7 – Grocery store crowd control, childcare funds for health workers, old hospital to be repurposed

by Editor April 7, 2020December 10, 2022

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