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Ole Miss partially lifts mask mandate

Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 5:55 AM CST
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By Hannah Wallsmith
Face coverings will be only required on transportation networks and in healthcare settings such as University Health Services and University Counseling Center, regardless of vaccination status.

Coronavirus

Three Shelby County school districts apply for remote learning waiver

Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 5:17 PM CDT
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By Kelly Roberts
Nearly two dozen schools across Tennessee have moved to temporary remote learning since school started last month. While hybrid models including remote learning are prohibited in Tennessee, the Tennessee Department of Education has allowed districts to apply for temporary remote learning if COVID-19 has interrupted effective in-person learning.

Coronavirus

Oxford School District extends mask mandate for 2 more weeks

Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 12:27 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
The Oxford School District Board of Trustees has decided to extend the mask mandate for another two weeks.

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Shelby County Schools hosts 4th Annual Necessity Drive

Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 9:34 AM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Schools is looking to provide students with the support they need outside the classroom.

Coronavirus

Parents, pediatricians hoping to discuss masks at Desoto County Schools

Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 5:11 PM CDT
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By Kelly Roberts
There is no mask mandate at DeSoto County Schools. The largest school district in Mississippi only recommends masks in its back to school plan, but parents say too many people are getting sick and it needs to change.

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Parents protest in Nashville

Memphis parents head to Nashville to protest Tennessee COVID-19 protocols in the classroom

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Necessity Drive

Shelby County Schools hosts annual Necessity Drive

Coronavirus

In one week, number of students testing positive for COVID-19 doubles in Mississippi

In one week, number of students testing positive for COVID-19 doubles in Mississippi

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scs rumors

scs rumors

Coronavirus

Mid-South school districts confident mask mandates will reduce quarantine numbers

Mask mandate in place for Marion schools

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SCS COVID-19 testing

SCS to provide COVID-19 testing to students and staff on a voluntary basis

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Tennessee schools can request remote learning due to virus

Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 8:38 AM CDT
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By By ADRIAN SAINZ
The letter comes as some school districts in Tennessee were forced to close due to an increase in coronavirus cases and quarantines.

Coronavirus

Shelby County government wants governor’s executive order ruled invalid

Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 5:15 PM CDT
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By Kelly Roberts
The 13- page lawsuit lists three ways an executive order by Governor Bill Lee allowing parents to opt out of mask mandates in schools is invalid.

Education

Collierville school board adopts virtual learning policy for quarantined students

Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 12:52 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
School administrators will notify students who are eligible for remote instruction under the new policy.

Coronavirus

In one week, number of students testing positive for COVID-19 doubles in Mississippi

Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 9:57 PM CDT
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By C.J. LeMaster
For a week now, Mississippi’s hospitalizations from COVID have started to plateau, yet still remain dangerously high.

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Shelby County Schools offers free COVID-19 testing to thousands of students and staff

Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 5:58 AM CDT
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By Camille Connor
COVID-19 testing is available for free at SCS campuses.

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Shelby County Schools introduces new way to keep parents informed of COVID-19 cases

Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 11:07 PM CDT
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By Kelli Cook
Just before the start of a board meeting Tuesday, the district announced an online COVID-19 dashboard that will provide weekly updates of reported cases.

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Lauderdale County school board approves mask mandate

Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 9:52 AM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
The Lauderdale County Board of Education announced the approval of a district-wide mask mandate Monday night.

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Byhalia Middle School going virtual for 2 weeks due to positive COVID-19 cases

Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 12:59 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Byhalia Middle School is taking extra steps to decrease the spread of COVID-19 as classed gets back underway.

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UofM welcomes students back under latest COVID-19 guidelines

Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 10:09 AM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Some courses are remote but most will be in person and right now masks are required on campus while indoors.

Vaccine

Campus vaccination mandates look more and more likely as students prepare for Fall semester at UofM

Updated: Aug. 22, 2021 at 9:18 PM CDT
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By Parker King
With reports coming out that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to give the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine its full approval, some of the nation’s top medical officials believe more vaccine mandates are on the way for universities.

Coronavirus

Memphis school to become 1st in US with new COVID-19 filtration technology

Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:44 AM CDT
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By Shyra Sherfield
A Bluff City school will soon become the first school in the U.S. to install a new type of air filtration technology to fight airborne particles.

State

Tennessee legislation ‘will not allow’ school districts to resist executive order on masking, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally

Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 10:35 PM CDT
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By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
Two Tennessee school districts have released statements saying they will not follow the order, which allows families to opt children out of mask mandates.

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MSDH relies on recommendations, not requirements, for school districts to notify parents of COVID-19 outbreaks

Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 9:34 PM CDT
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By C.J. LeMaster
The news comes as State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers told colleagues Tuesday that more than 20,000 Mississippi students had been placed under quarantine.

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Municipal schools in Shelby County requiring permission to opt out of mask wearing

Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 2:44 AM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
Municipal schools across Shelby County are reacting Governor Bill Lee’s executive order which gives parents the right to choose if their child should mask up at school.

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Hernando High School goes virtual because of increasing COVID-19 cases

Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 2:23 PM CDT
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By Action News 5 Staff
A spokesperson for DeSoto County Schools attributes the move to increasing COVID-19 cases among students.
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