July 22, 2020
Shifting guidance poses
challenges
On
Friday, March 13, Gov. Wolf ordered all Pa. schools closed from March 16
through March 27; Bethlehem Area School District (BASD) treated these two weeks
as an extended snow closure, with no formal education being delivered, although
skill review materials were made available. Photo: Children who participated in
YMCA childcare during the spring of 2020 were taught to make “airplane arms” to
maintain social distancing. A June 24 NPR feature by Anya Kamenetz explored the
methods YMCA childcare centers used to protect children and staff from
coronavirus transmission, including cloth face coverings for staff, daily
temperature checks, and grouping children into “pods” of nine children per
adult.
By Theresa O’Brien
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Tentative reopening plans
reviewed
The July 14 Saucon
Valley School Board meeting centered on the same challenge that districts
across the country are facing: What will school look like come fall? Before the
meeting, Superintendent Dr. Craig Butler held two virtual parent information
meetings on Zoom July 13, one in the morning and the other in the evening, on
their Summary Outline of the Health and Safety Plan. Butler indicated that the
finalized version of the plan is anticipated to be approximately 60 pages. Photo:
Saucon Valley
School Board discusses reopening plans virtually through Zoom.
By Chris Haring
Graphic commentary by Ed Courrier
SPORTS – FREEDOM ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
Mims brothers leave as
greatest hoop duo
By Peter Car
Katie Flynn a natural leader
for Pates
By Katie McDonald
FOCUS
An ‘Epiphany’
When sisters Koula
Sossiadis Kazista and Katina Sossiadis were growing up in Bethlehem, they say
their father was “always trying to shove our Greek culture down our throats.” Their
father, who emigrated from Greece to the United States at age 24, had started
taking them every year to a town in Florida that boasts the largest percentage
of Greeks in the nation.
By Kathy Laure-Williams
OTHER STORIES
Bethlehem Township: Sports may reopen soon, with limits
Hellertown: Heroes & Lifesavers event
Hellertown: Council covers fireworks, youth sports
Northampton County; Council approves pandemic plan
Saucon Valley: Tentative reopening plans reviewed
State: Wolf, legislature bolster law enforcement rules
Virus: Surge forces unpopular decisions
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