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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 […]

A man stands at a podium talking, while another man, who is wearing a mask against COVID, stands behind him. They're both wearing suits and ties.
Posted inMental Health

NC Governor announces proposal to invest $1 billion in mental health services

by Taylor Knopf March 8, 2023March 8, 2023
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 inChildren's Health

Congress passes a bill with provisions to save pandemic-era universal free school lunches

by Daily Yonder July 16, 2022July 15, 2022
shows a freckle faced boy in a mask to prevent coronavirus transmission sitting at a school desk with a notebook and pen.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – Feb. 17 Making masks for school children optional 

by Anne Blythe February 17, 2022October 25, 2022
diagram shows figures of people colored in black for unvaccinated and light blue for vaccinated to show the disparity between these groups in hospital beds
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – September 9 – More than 15,000 COVID deaths; Cases up in children

by Anne Blythe September 9, 2021October 25, 2022
shows a freckle faced boy in a mask to prevent coronavirus transmission sitting at a school desk with a notebook and pen.
Posted inEspañol

Llamadas automáticas de la escuela sobre casos de COVID-19 causan confusión a los padres

by Anne Blythe September 4, 2021September 7, 2021

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