Testing is available and officials are hoping residents will take advantage of it... properly. COVID-19 testing and positivity rates are up in Warren County. There have been 808 tests administered in the past seven days and about 20 percent of them have been positive, according to data ...
The Warren County School District knew there was a teacher shortage coming. But, no one was predicting a multi-year pandemic that would result in worker shortages across just about every industry. On Monday, the personnel committee of the school board looked into some problems and some possible avenues for finding solutions. The district doesn’t have enough people with teaching certificates in the proper fields to fill all the needed positions. “We know that a lot of this is not the fault of the district,” board member Mary Passinger said. “It’s the fault of ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bill that would allow parents in Pennsylvania to exempt their children from wearing a mask at school cleared a state Senate committee on Tuesday as Republican lawmakers started making good on their pledge to counter the governor's statewide mask mandate. The legislation would hand the ultimate decision on masking at school to parents and guardians, allowing them to overrule any face-covering mandate imposed by the state Department of Health, a local health department or a school board. It would also prohibit schools from keeping unmasked students away from ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legislation that cleared a House committee on Monday would give Pennsylvania school districts the authority to decide whether student athletes must wear masks while playing. The Republican-controlled House State Government Committee approved the measure 15-10 along party lines. It would give "exclusive authority" to schools, recreational clubs, community leagues and similar groups to set masking policy for youth athletes. GOP leaders in the state House have promised to mount a legislative response to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's statewide mask mandate for ...
There have been about 270 new cases of COVID-19 in Warren County since the start of September. With another 23 cases announced by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Friday, the county is on pace to reach 476 new cases this month. September is already the month with the third most new cases in the county. If the rate of new cases continues at about 21 per day, the month will move past January into the second position.No new deaths were reported on Friday, leaving the COVID death toll in the county at 112. The statewide testing rate is high and the proportion of confirmed cases to ...
Thousands of students have requested to go mask-free in Pennsylvania schools, claiming a medical exemption amid fierce local opposition to the state’s new face-covering mandate. The order, which went into effect Sept. 7 and applies to all K-12 schools and child care facilities in Pennsylvania, requires students, staff and visitors to wear masks inside school buildings, regardless of vaccination status. But an apparent loophole has made it easier for parents in some districts to request medical exemptions for their children. Some school district officials counter that if the Wolf ...
