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Tag: NC Department of Public Instruction

Sec. Mandy Cohen at a COVID-19 press conference that announced the closings of K-12 schools
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Saturday, March 14 – Cooper closes schools for two weeks

by Liora Engel-Smith March 14, 2020April 14, 2021

By Liora Engel-Smith Gov. Roy Cooper announced today that all North Carolina K-12 schools will close for at least two weeks starting Monday in an attempt to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The announcement came on the heels of news that a Wake County Public Schools teacher had tested positive for the […]

photo shows national guard member leading civilian throughflood waters to a waiting truck
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Robeson County residents still reeling from two prior hurricanes

by Greg Barnes September 6, 2019September 5, 2019
Ten people sitting around a long table
Posted inNutrition

Meeting of food access minds in Charlotte

by Yen Duong March 6, 2019March 6, 2019
a little boy drinks at a water fountain that appears to be in the hallway of a school. Children are particularly vulnerable to lead exposure, and they can get it through drinking contaminated water.
Posted inChildren's Health

Lawmaker will again attempt to get lead out of water in schools, daycare centers

by Greg Barnes January 24, 2019January 23, 2019
This 2006 photograph showed a nurse in the process of administering an intramuscular vaccination to an adolescent girl whose sister, mother, and grandmother watched from the background.
Posted inChildren's Health

State Officials Push Vaccination Awareness as School Year Approaches

by Jared Weber August 8, 2018August 7, 2018
shows a smiling little girl at a table with flowers, a little boy is in the background, just out of focus. they're both at a summer school lunches program. School lunch programs were suspended because of COVID-19, but school districts across North Carolina came up with alternatives.
Posted inNutrition

Local, National Barriers Leave Millions of Child Feeding Dollars on the Table

by India Mackinson August 3, 2018August 3, 2018

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