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Public health

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11.24.20 Public health 3 MIN READ

With less shelter space and more hotel rooms, PACEM adapts to COVID while planning winter homeless shelter

Every year, a roaming homeless shelter opens for the winter months in the Charlottesville area. The local group PACEM sets up temporary lodgings for a week or two at a time in various churches around the... More

Jessie Higgins
11.24.20 Public education 5 MIN READ

Walker students vote on final playground design

Should Charlottesville City Schools reopen in person fall 2021, Walker Upper Elementary School students will have a playground ready. And, best of all, the students had the chance to vote on the final design. Fifth-grader... More

Billy Jean Louis

@billyjeanlouis
11.23.20 Public education 4 MIN READ

Expecting a spike in COVID cases, Charlottesville School Board unsure how to plan for reopening

As national concern grows around the potential for another surge of COVID-19 this winter, the Charlottesville School Board is continuing to finalize its plans for in-person learning in the new year. Board members at Thursday’s meeting... More

Charlotte Rene Woods

@charlottewords
11.23.20 Public health

Soundboard: Winter is coming; COVID is here

While cases are exploding around the U.S., COVID-19 is pretty under control in central Virginia. At least for now. We talk to Charlottesville Tomorrow about what has kept COVID cases low here and how to keep them that... More

Jessie Higgins
11.19.20 Public health 4 MIN READ

CDC, governor, local health officials urge everyone — Stay home for Thanksgiving

Public health officials are urging people not to travel this Thanksgiving holiday and to avoid indoor gatherings with anyone who does not already live with you. Coronavirus cases have reached unprecedented levels in the United States... More

Jessie Higgins
11.17.20 Public health 2 MIN READ

UVA student parties pick up as semester nears its close

After several weeks of strict adherence to COVID-19 safety rules, reports of large parties held by University of Virginia students have once again made their way to the administration. On Halloween weekend, there were several off-Grounds... More

Jessie Higgins
11.12.20 Public education 6 MIN READ

Without clear details, Charlottesville parents stress deciding on January reopening was difficult

While some Charlottesville parents praised Charlottesville City Schools for its survey — or intent form for the proposed January reopening plans — some had mixed feelings about a major... More

Billy Jean Louis

@billyjeanlouis
11.12.20 Public health 6 MIN READ

Charlottesville area becomes an island of low COVID cases while the rest of Virginia surges

While coronavirus cases in the past weeks have spiked across Virginia and elsewhere in the country, the trend in the Charlottesville-area has been quietly moving in the opposite direction. The number of new cases in the... More

Jessie Higgins
11.10.20 Public education 6 MIN READ

More than 200 immigrant families identified as needing assistance with virtual learning

The 12 Charlottesville children who on a recent morning played on the playground at Friends Quaker Meeting as they took part of the facility’s learning pod all spoke different languages, including Pashto,... More

Billy Jean Louis

@billyjeanlouis
11.06.20 Public education 2 MIN READ

Here’s a highlight of Charlottesville City Schools' reopening plans

Charlottesville Superintendent Rosa Atkins on Thursday evening recommended that the School Board vote at its Nov. 19 meeting on the division’s in-person reopening plan. Atkins made a presentation to the School Board and based her recommendation on the... More

Billy Jean Louis

@billyjeanlouis
11.05.20 Public health 8 MIN READ

Internal emails show how UVA worked to sway public opinion on its decision to reopen

As universities across the country opened for the fall semester, University of Virginia administrators took notes. The week before making a final decision on whether to proceed with in-person learning on Sept. 8, administrators appeared full-steam-ahead... More

Ruth Serven Smith
10.30.20 Public health 7 MIN READ

Crisis oculta: Las familias latinas inmigrantes de Charlottesville no llegan a fin de mes

La comunidad de inmigrantes hispanohablante de Charlottesville está atravesando una crisis económica. Los trabajos que sostienen principalmente a estas familias inmigrantes son menos que antes de la pandemia de COVID-19 — y tampoco hay trabajos suficientes... More

Jessie Higgins

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