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Require hearings to ban books
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 17, 2022
Pennsylvania school districts have banned at least 459 books this school year, more than districts in every state other than Texas and Florida, accord...
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CDC elevates McKean County’s COVID risk status to high
News, Online Features
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 27, 2022
Break out the masks and the hand sanitizer, McKean County has been elevated to the high community risk status for COVID-19 — again. The CDC made the c...
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Dive deeper on school funding
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 18, 2022
In a combination of overstatement and bad timing, the Legislature’s nonpartisan Independent Fiscal Office needlessly has complicated the simple questi...
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Schools face staffing challenges
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 10, 2022
In March 2020, kids went home from school on Friday and didn’t come back for months. Some didn’t walk through the school doors in person until August ...
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Landmark trial started in Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Nov 15, 2021
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s public education system went on trial Friday. Six school districts are teaming with several parents and a few advocac...
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Area school districts address mask wearing
News
JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
Nov 12, 2021
Wednesday’s ruling by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, which voted 4-1 to overturn the mask mandate set by Acting Pennsylvania Secretary of Health...
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Fretz reports second case of COVID-19
News
JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
Aug 31, 2021
Floyd C. Fretz Middle School had a second confirmed case of COVID-19 reported Monday. The case follows Friday’s announcement of a positive case. The s...
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Debating masks in schools
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 23, 2021
How is it that a commonsense health protocol — the wearing of a mask — has become a figurative hill to die on when refusing to wear a mask actually co...
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