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NANTICOKE — Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Luzerne County, students in school districts in the Nanticoke area and staff in grade K-8 are required to wear face masks at the beginning of the grade. Start of regular monthly school board meetings on Thursday.

The upper grades have the option of wearing a mask, but it is advisable to do so. A mask is required for all grades of the school bus.

After the meeting, Grebera said last year that a vaccine for young children would soon be approved so that young students could wear masks without problems and they could get protection that could make masks optional. He said he wanted to be done.

Grebera also said that the district’s efforts to bring students from external cyber charter schools back to the district have begun to pay off, with at least 40 students returning to the district so far. He said he expects the number to increase. Over 50 by the time school starts. Most years, the district had about 80 students on an external charter, but last year it surged to about 170.

During the voting session, the board did the following:

• Allowed JHA companies to conduct additional hydrological and hydrological drainage surveys at soccer stadiums at a cost of $ 3,600. Grebera said it was part of a stadium upgrade paid with a state subsidy. There is no immediate drainage problem, but a significant amount of rainwater flows through the pipes towards the stadium. This move is intended to ensure that the system is in place to avoid potential problems.

• Accepted a quote from McGraw Hill and continued the Wonders Reading Series for eight years at a cost of $ 272,465.

• Zachary Cardone and Wesley Ravert have…

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Headlines August 20, 2021

Here are some of the top stories we’re following for Friday, August 20, 2021.

Damian Giletto, Wochit

In response to rising coronavirus case and hospitalization levels throughout the state, hospital systems in Delaware are implementing stricter visitation policies.

ChristianaCare, Delaware’s largest health system, is requiring visitors to show proof of vaccination or a negative test taken within 72 hours to enter its facilities as part of its new visitation guidelines.

The guidelines, which go into effect Monday, limit most patients to one daily visitor and require all visitors to pass a screening for COVID-19 symptoms to be admitted. All visitors must wear a mask.

In a statement, ChristianaCare Chief Operating Officer Sharon Kurfuerst said data and science guided their decision-making process and the spread of the delta variant among people who are unvaccinated has created “significant challenges.”

The delta variant, which is more transmissible than previous strains of the virus, has been the predominant strain in Delaware for several weeks. In the past month, Delaware’s daily case count has increased sixfold. For the first time since late April, Delaware on Thursday reported a seven-day average greater than 300 cases.

BOOSTER SHOTS: COVID-19 booster shots to start soon in Delaware. Here’s why the new shot is needed.

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