Mayo shares ACS success stories despite tough years battling COVID-19
With the challenges of a pandemic stretching into this school year, Arlington Community Schools continues to make strides forward, Superintendent Jeff Mayo said.
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With the challenges of a pandemic stretching into this school year, Arlington Community Schools continues to make strides forward, Superintendent Jeff Mayo said.
The temporary restraining order against Gov. Bill Lee requires children to mask in schools. Opting out is not allowed at this time.
Schools saw COVID-19 even when universal masking was required. The numbers from the first week of school, prior to Gov. Bill Lee’s order, provide a baseline.
Suburban districts shared the number of students opting out following Gov. Bill Lee’s order. However, most students continue to mask.
Five of the Shelby County suburban districts saw some of the top achievements in results for TCAP, the state-mandated testing.
State leaders feel the scores are the first true measure of learning regression due to the pandemic. Related story: SCS test scores show historic learning loss
Donelson Elementary School of Arlington Community Schools will be closed this week due to a COVID-19 outbreak among teachers, and Collierville Municipal Schools leaders said their duties don’t include enforcing the health department’s mask mandate.
As the start of the school year approaches, Shelby County Schools and surrounding suburban districts are releasing guidelines on how they’ll reopen safely, amid rising COVID-19 cases and uncertainty around the Delta variant.
The Arlington and Lakeland school systems are preparing for the start of a school year that they hope will look much more normal than last year.
Arlington and Bartlett school districts have announced safety protocols for the coming year even as they watch changing federal recommendations.
Jeff Mayo was rewarded with a raise, bonus and contract extension for his leadership of the district during the coronavirus pandemic.
Summer program offers more enjoyable ways for Arlington and Lakeland students to keep pace or catch up on studies after a tough academic year.
The program started after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced earlier this year the extension of waivers allowing children to continue receiving nutritious meals after schools let out for the summer.
The Arlington school board gave Superintendent Jeff Mayo high marks for his inaugural year leading the suburban district.
Beginning Monday, Collierville Schools will make masks optional for students through the end of 2021. Arlington Community Schools and Germantown Municipal School District also are loosening their masking requirement.
The available doses were initially earmarked just for school employees from the Arlington, Lakeland and Millington municipal districts. Some town employees, day care center employees and senior citizens 65 and up in the Arlington area were later added.
Suburban superintendents are wary over a plan that would hold back third-grade students based on TNReady data. The law is supposed to take effect in 2023.
Despite Tuesday’s news the Shelby County Health Department will no longer distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Arlington Community Schools doesn’t anticipate any problems for area school employees scheduled to receive their shots on Friday at the suburb’s high school.
Teachers are eligible for vaccinations in Shelby County. The suburbs are releasing plans for how it plans to give vaccinations to those teachers who want it.
Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington students will continue to learn remotely Monday as uncertainty around road conditions in the suburbs persists.
Arlington and Lakeland will be closed Wednesday as Bartlett students transition to virtual learning.
Millington Schools will remain closed, while other suburban districts plan to reopen Friday.
All six suburban districts and the University of Memphis campus are closed due to the threat of winter precipitation.
Arlington Community Schools has launched a new program called Closegap to assist students who are dealing with emotional and mental health problems.
After a semester of dealing with students during a pandemic, Arlington and Lakeland school officials hope they have enough experience to simplify things in the spring semester.