CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) RESOURCES

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Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

• School Employee Vaccination Data
• COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for K–12 School Employees: Frequently Asked Questions
  
• REYKDAL: School Employee Vaccinations the Right Thing for Students
  
• Novel Coronavirus Guidance & Resources
  • See all OSPI bulletins

WSSDA

• Updates on Open Public Meetings (Updated 8/26)
  
• Active Model Resolutions Responding to COVID-19

WA State Department of Health

• Supplemental Considerations to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission in K-12 Schools
  
• COVID-19 Data Dashboard
  
• K-12 COVID-19 Requirements for Summer 2021 and 2021-2022 School Year 
• COVID-19 Outbreaks in Washington State K‐12 Schools
  
• Washington State K-12 School Testing Guidance
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccine

Office of the Governor

• Inslee announces educator vaccination requirement and statewide indoor mask mandate
  
• Governor Inslee, Supt. Chris Reykdal and Dr. Shah, the Secretary for the Department of Health, discuss efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 for the 2021–22 school year
  
• Proclamation of the Governor: High-Risk Employees – Workers’ Rights
  
• Emergency Proclamation of the Governor: Children and Youth Mental Health Crisis

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WASHINGTON NEWS

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Bellingham Herald

• Ferndale student sought after being seen with gun on campus, prompting Wednesday lockdown
  

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Inlander

• Spokane school board adds "equity" to district motto in plan funded by Gates Foundation grant
  

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Seattle Times

• At rally, Seattle students demand changes to the way sexual assault cases are treated
• Healing childhood trauma in the Seattle area with arms around the whole family
  
• Why was Michigan school-shooting suspect charged with terrorism?
• Death of bullied Utah girl draws anger over suicides, racism
  

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Spokesman-Review

• New Spokane School Board president, vice president appointed as Haynes, Ziehnert depart
  
• 'Kids are hurting right now': Forum on teen mental health in the pandemic slated for next week
  

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Sunnyside Sun

• Sunnyside Schools to test different approach with buses, railroads
  

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Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

• Superintendent questioned at Dayton School District’s community forum
  

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Yakima Herald-Republic

• Selah schools superintendent to join ESD 105 as deputy superintendent this summer
• Yakama Nation authorizes use of Warrior image for Wahluke School District
  

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More Washington Media

• Expect police presence at Woodway Campus Thursday after message found on Scriber Lake HS bathroom wall
• Racial slur repeated at school board meeting

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EVENTS

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• January 30 – 2022 WASA • WSSDA • WASBO Legislative Conference

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WSSDA NEWS

• WSSDA's 2022 Legislative Priorities
  
• Expand Your Horizons With Leadership WSSDA
  
• 2021 WSSDA Election Results
  
• Federal Way–Sticking to the Strategic Plan
  
• Student Representative Network Meetings Begin
  
• 2021 Boards of the Year are Announced

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Educational Partners

• Applying for Scholarships–Information for Students & Families
  
• Acting on the Data You Already Have
• Creating A School Of Dancers, Not Devious Lickers

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Best of the Blogs etc.

• Teaching the History of Human Rights
  
• National Special Education Day: Looking Back to Move Forward
• Will longer winter breaks boost mental health after another tough semester?
  
• Harnessing the Power of Storytelling to Support Migrant and Immigrant Students
• Schools are back in person, but quarantines, health concerns have students missing more class

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NATIONAL NEWS

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Dallas Morning News

• Gov. Abbott’s ban on school mask mandates back in effect after Appeals Court decision
  

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Education Week

• Searching for Common Ground in Angry Times
  
• Omicron or No, Schools Should Prepare for a Pandemic Winter
• School Districts Are Starting to Spend COVID Relief Funds. The Hard Part Is Deciding How
  

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New York Times

• An Integration Plan Leads a Student to a New School: ‘His Whole Life Changed’
  
• After Michigan Killings, Students Praised Shooter Drills. But Do They Really Work?
  

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NPR

• The case for free tampons and pads in schools
• 15-year-old boy charged with murder, terrorism in Michigan high school shooting
  

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Washington Post

• Maryland takes step to end school mask mandate and let school systems decide
  

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