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January 31, 2021

Vancouver-Starting Monday, students in grades 3-5 will return to the Vancouver Public School District, marking the expansion of the third grade of elementary school to a mixed model.

Students whose parents choose to send back will have classes two days a week, group A will have classes on Monday and Tuesday, and group B will have classes on Thursday and Friday. Wednesday will be reserved for distance learning, as well as time for teachers’ in-service time.

For most schools, the hours are 8:30 am to 1:50 pm, while Lincoln and Minnehaha Elementary Schools are 9:10 am to 2:30 pm

The school district also opened classrooms for senior students who are in danger or struggling to maintain grades.

Vancouver Sheriff Steve Webb told the school board at a work meeting this week: "Our school does not have a single case of COVID-positive student transmission." "We had four incidents at the regional site. A positive case of employee communication, all four cases have been identified as adult-to-adult transmission."

According to state guidelines issued on December 18, the COVID case rate must be less than 350 per 100,000 in order to allow students in grades 6-8 to return to the classroom.

The current rate is only 401 per 100,000, but the number of cases has continued to decline in recent days.

If the rate drops to 350 or lower next week, the fastest sixth grader may return to the classroom on February 16.

The seventh and eighth grade students will return next week.

Weber said: "We hope we can transition from February to Grade 6 to Grade 8, and from March to Grade 9 to Grade 12." "Of course, it depends on countywide indicators."

Establishing a system to protect students and teachers will

Used to reach the lower grade level

This includes a health questionnaire for parents to fill out using the app, and use thermal imaging cameras and other inspection tools after students arrive at school.

Students whose temperature exceeds 99.7 will be transferred to the isolation room where they will be tested again. If they still fail, family members will need to pick them up.

In addition to meal times, masks will need to be used, and students will find signs in most corridors and stairwells to prevent them from passing each other when they move during class.

For example, in the lunch room of Discovery Middle School, a table will include multiple students, but there will be a plexiglass partition between them. They moved outside after eating to disinfect the table.

Until the case level drops below 200 per 100,000 people within two weeks, high school-level courses will not resume. The 9th grade students will return for a week before 10-12.

The principal of Columbia River High School Alex Otoupal (Alex Otoupal) said that since December, they have been working tirelessly to make plans.

Otoupal told the board: “We have invited our safety committee and employees to study our plan as transparently as possible, and invite people to join and make suggestions in the plan.” “As a process, they can identify possible problems and doubts. Or doubts so that we can resolve them as soon as possible."

Columbia River already has nearly 40 students on campus, allowing them to test some settings and figure out what works and what does not work.

Outupal said a change is trying to make better use of spaces such as gymnasiums and cafeterias to disperse students in one space.

Otoupal said: "So far, all the students I have seen who can come to campus are very sensitive to our expectations, and very sensitive to directions and expectations."

Jim Gray, the executive director of the Middle School Project in the region, warned that arranging students, especially those in advanced advanced courses, is still a delicate balancing act.

Gray explained: "The plan is based on the content area, so teachers need to have a specific grade level and content area recognition." "The plan also depends on the students' specific class elections to meet their personal needs, career path or passion field exploration ."

Gray said that many students in those grades need to move from one content area to another, which means allowing some teachers to stay remote while others are in the classroom, which is "non-scalable" and needs to be completely rebuilt Master's Program. Schedule during the scoring period.

Gray said students who are at risk from their family members may need to take the final exam remotely to make room for other students.

Students will also have the opportunity to remain fully remote or register for the Vancouver Virtual Academy through the Lieser campus.

Detailed information about the area’s evolving reopening plan is available online. 

You can view the complete board meeting on January 26

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Chris Brown worked as a reporter, editor and host for KXL News Radio and KOIN-6 in Portland, and came to Clark County today with 15 years of local news experience. In 2016, he won the Best Investigative Reporting Award for the "American Violent Youth" series issued by the Oregon Broadcasting Corporation Association. After the school shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, in 2015, he also won the Associated Press's Best Breaking News Reporting award and served as the editor of the Portland Morning News. Brown is the second-oldest of the eight home-educated children and graduated from high school two years earlier. After completing a few odd jobs, he got an internship opportunity at KXL Broadcasting Company and eventually became a full-time job. Brown has lived in Clark County all his life, and he is very excited about the opportunity now to concentrate on his backyard instead of "on the river." After a few years in Vancouver, he recently moved back to the battlefield with his wife and two young daughters. When he is not going to report the situation in Clark County, Brown likes to spend time with his family, play music, take pictures or work in the yard. He actually does like walking on the beach and watching the sunset.

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Gray. Lower 28F. At 10 to 20 miles an hour, the wind is northwest.

Gray. Lower 28F. The speed is 10 to 20 miles per hour, and the speed is northwest.

Farida Ghanizada, a MU graduate student from Afghanistan, is studying at his home in Kabul. She started the first semester of the online Fulbright Scholarship Program from her home in Kabul.

John Bonilla spends most of his time in the office of the MU professional building. Bonilla said that in Bonilla's hometown of Colombia, residents are unwilling to buy the vaccine. The main things that prevented them from happening were misinformation about vaccines and mistrust in the pharmaceutical industry. When sharing information about the vaccine, Bonilla said: "I think the best way to eliminate misinformation is straightforward."

Political science textbooks leaned against each other on the shelves of John Bonilla's office in the District of Columbia on Thursday. Bonilla is a graduate student studying for a doctorate in political science. Bonilla, who was infected with COVID-19, said that he had been busy in quarantine while reading and continuing to study, and took a break in between due to fatigue.

John Bonilla, an international student from Colombia, received COVID-19 last semester. Bonilla has severe viral symptoms, including extreme fatigue, loss of smell and taste, and high fever. "It's hell," Bonilla said.

John Bonilla is doing his homework on his desk at Columbia University on Thursday. After recovering from COVID-19, Bonilla tried to return to normal plans. Bonilla said he did not know how he was exposed to the virus and followed CDC guidelines when he tested positive.

A letter from Marina Antonova's friend Polina Savochkina, sitting on a table in her apartment in the District of Columbia on Friday. Antonova often chats with family and friends over the phone to keep in touch. Savochkina sent this letter from Khabarovsk, Russia, Antonova's hometown.

On Friday, in the living room of Marina Antonova in Colombia, a Russian flag was hung on the TV. Antonova originally planned to return to Russia last summer, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she stayed in the United States

Marina Antonova sat on the sofa in Colombia's living room on Friday. Antonova received a master's degree in special education from MU and is currently studying for a doctorate.

*The peer group consists of two other Afghan students. An earlier version of this article missed the number of students. 

When John Bonilla, a doctoral student from South America and Colombia, had a fever, he thought it was because of the change of seasons. He was ill during the Thanksgiving break, so he was not worried.

Then his roommate began to complain of sore muscles. Soon, both of them passed the COVID-19 test.

positive.

"We didn't interact with many people, it was just that there was a certain friend that day and we were sick," Bonilla recalled. "And it's very challenging... if I have to choose a word."

The outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent transition to online learning is a challenge for students all over the world. But for international students living and studying abroad,

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Liz McCune, deputy director of the MU News Bureau, said that the enrollment rate of international undergraduates in the fall of 2020 has dropped by 9% compared to the previous year.

The number is usually not finalized until the fourth week of the semester, but so far, 10 international undergraduates enrolled in the spring of 2021 have chosen to postpone, while the other 12 have decided to take classes online.

As for the graduate students who are about to graduate, about 30 have been postponed from spring to autumn 2021.

McCune said: "We are still receiving extension requests." He added that late applicants cannot obtain visas.

The epidemic has created insurmountable obstacles between students and their families on the other side of the world. Moreover, when students are sick, they have no family support-no comfort food, no first aid to the pharmacy.

"My mother is very worried about me because I can't do anything and she can't travel," said Bonilla, 34.

He did his best to keep in touch with his family and brief them on his health. Other than that, there is nothing to do in his apartment, so he tries to establish routines and keep busy. Over time, his symptoms eased, his senses of smell and taste were restored, and Bonilla was able to continue learning.

Nevertheless, this fatigue still persists, and he believes that some colleagues still remain vigilant.

He said: "I know someone has changed me." "Some students will say hello in a certain way, but I don't blame them."

After looking up the exact words in the Spanish-English dictionary to describe his feelings, he made an analogy with lice-people think this kind of lice is contagious, always exists and "never leaves your system completely."

He said: "There are still misinformation and knowledge about how to deal with (the virus)."

The lack of knowledge is known to Marina Antonova, a 27-year-old doctoral student from Russia. During the lockdown, she sought help from the MU Counseling Center, where, as part of a group of international students, she heard personal statements about xenophobia, hatred and hostility. She said that Asian students seemed to bear the brunt of abuse by the community.

Dr. Shraddha Niphadkar, a psychologist and liaison at MU International Center, directly participated in the group meeting to assist international students. She confirmed some hostile incidents against international students, especially incidents from Asian countries, but also expressed the national sentiment at the time.

Niphadkar recalled: “(students) heard what was happening across the country-there were a lot of reports about Asians being targeted, so even if they didn’t have to face it, it was not very comfortable because they knew what was happening.”

She said that because international students cannot go home during the break and feel stranded in Colombia, the isolation has led to an increase in depression and anxiety.

The consultant's words are correct for Antonova. At first, she actually enjoyed the comfort of taking classes from bed. But as time passed, isolation became more and more unbearable.

She said: "On a psychological level, it's really hard for me, just like I'm crazy."

"I have a good class right now, but I really want to go out and see the crazy Mizzou crowd," Antonova said. "At times like this, I really feel that this city is still alive."

Farida Ghanizada, a graduate student from Afghanistan, has not experienced life in the city, or the city itself. After a 1.5-year selection process for the Fulbright Scholarship Program, the 27-year-old Ganizada finally started online for the first semester from her home in Kabul, listening to pre-recorded lectures.

"I think this is the human interaction that I lack," Ganizada reflects. "What I miss most at the moment is that I cannot interact with professors, communities, and students."

She said that sitting in front of a laptop and doing work alone is not enough. "As graduate students, we need opportunities to interact with people, because this is how you develop and grow."

Ganizada also faces another challenge of balancing full-time work and study. Fortunately, her family supported her and allowed her to focus on school work instead of housework. Despite this, Ganizada found himself advancing with the times.

She said: "Imagine that in the difficult process, you have to keep up with the rest of the course and make sure to complete the course on time."

The 10.5 hour time difference between Kabul and Colombia is another complication that she cannot control. When she sends an email, her professor is likely to be sleeping.

Despite the setbacks, Ganizada does not regret the class rather than postponing them to the fall of 2021.

She said: "I have been waiting for this project for a year and a half, some of my friends-two years." "Some people completed their studies during that time, and we haven't even started."

The overwhelming feeling is uncertainty. For Antonova, the blockade meant that she could not return to Russia, and Bonilla faced and recovered from the virus, but still did not know the long-term consequences.

"As international students, we are far away from our family and isolated from the world," Bonilla said. "I don't want anyone to experience this situation far from home, because it is challenging, demanding, and makes you feel out of context."

Niphadkar said that loneliness may be the biggest impact of the pandemic.

She said: "Since the pandemic began, it has been more to stay away." "Isolated. When you are infected with the virus and are far from everyone you know, it is really lonely."

In order to control her mental health, Antonova walked a long way along the MKT trail and observed nature. She found deer and foxes, and saw how the seasons change and how trees become "jungles".

*For Ganizada, it is important for two other Afghan students to receive Fulbright scholarships in the same course at MU. They chat in groups, help each other solve problems, share resources and support words.

She said: "We have had a lot of exchanges with each other and they have always been very supportive." "If they are not there, my class will be under a lot of pressure. But I am fine...because we are a group, in this respect I will be better."

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The student-led Black Anti-Policing Coalition hosted a virtual city hall on policing and policy enforcement with Duke University representatives on Wednesday night.

In a brief introduction, the Dean of Students, John Blackshear and Mary Pat McMahon, the Associate Dean and Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs, stated that university officials have been communicating with BCAP since July. At the meeting, the organization initially released their information.

"Disclosure, divestment and dissolution".

"We appreciate the work of [students]," McMahon said. "We have to do a lot of work to make the student experience meaningfully inclusive and fair, and we aspire to do this."

Panel discussion chaired by Trey Walk, young trustee of Trinity '19, featuring Duke University Police Chief John Dailey; Deb LoBiondo, Interim Dean of Residence; Jeanna McCullers, Senior Associate Dean of Students and Student Behavior and Community Standards Office Director; Durham and Vice President of Community Affairs Stefanie Williams (Stelfanie Williams).

Daly said that DUPD is "in the student support business."

Daly said he was "disgusted" by the police brutality he observed in the summer of 2020, and that the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and others have been carried out internally discuss. He admitted that some students were surprised that DUPD officials felt unsafe, and his goal for the department was to determine the safety and security status of different personnel. 

He added that there should be an "easy way" for people to resolve their doubts, and said that in general, he thinks universities are "very open" to hearing complaints about systems that don't work. In addition, he said that sharing information with DUPD, or even sharing information anonymously, will also help the department "identify trends." He said the department receives about 44,000 calls every year.

Dailey claimed that the DUPD plays an important role on the campus and that armed forces are necessary, citing various robberies and armed personnel incidents that occurred on the campus or near Duke University Hospital. He said: "It would be great in a place where no armed personnel are needed."

When asked about his position on the abolition of the police (one of the goals listed by BCAP in its initial statement), Daly said that this was not his goal and that he opposed the abolition of the police. Although he acknowledged the need to make changes and people were treated unfairly, he emphasized the need to maintain law and order.

Daly said: "Until society is like this, people will not hurt each other, and we don't need people to solve difficult situations...There are still jobs that people like me need to do." "Of course there are others who can do different things." Type of work. I know that violent saboteurs are looking for something different in Durham. Absolutely, we should do the same, all of us should be in the meeting."

Daly said many people believe that students are safer to deal with DUPD than city police. He said that he hoped that students would better enter the Student Conduct Office instead of being sued. 

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He also said that the relationship between DUPD and Durham Police Department is "very good" and they have a strong partnership.

Daly also told the Panel that Dupat’s (DUPD) force policy is

, This is a campaign to reduce police killings. The eight policies are downgrading, formulating a clear policy on the use of weapons, prohibiting the use of main fortresses and fortresses, requiring verbal warnings before shooting, not shooting at moving vehicles, intervening in excessive force, exhausting all alternatives and conducting comprehensive report. 

Daley told the Chronicle in an e-mail in December that in the past five years, during the arrest of DUPD officers, force was used seven times, most of which were “one push and grab”. He wrote that during an arrest, a police officer used pepper spray after being bitten by the arrested person.

He said at the city hall: "Finally, we will be here to support the institution and its mission." "Duke University does not have a police station. It is used for education, research and healthcare."

He said the department has been working to increase data collection to build trust. Daly said the department currently has 160 employees, 46% of whom are people of color and 30% are women. In 2019, DUPD prevented 82 people from parking at traffic stops, of which 50% were white and 32% were black. Daly insisted that at these stops, the department would not stop black people disproportionately for "secondary" reasons, and he was "satisfied with these numbers." 

Daly wrote in December that by 2020, there will be no arrests involving the use of force. In addition, Daly wrote, the department has been using dash cams since 2005 and body cameras since 2015. 

Dailey admitted at the City Hall that armed personnel do not need to respond under certain circumstances, such as EMS calls, noise complaints and student disputes. 

McCullers said: "My transition to (as OSC director) depends largely on race, identity and fairness issues." She

Her current position is June 1st. Her goal is to improve the consistency of case judgments, re-examine the way campus partners interact with students, and be more proactive.

McCullers said that one of the shortcomings of OSC is that it "gets itself within the scope of what we believe to be student behavior," and it should first be a source of student support. She pointed out that in the 2,000 student behavior cases in the previous school year, "under five years of age" experienced a formal behavioral process. 

Instead, most students will adopt adaptive conflict resolution solutions, which involve reflection and dialogue. The most common thing is that students who mention OSC will go through the decision of teachers and students. If the solution fails or the behavior is more severe, the student will go through a formal course of behavior. 

In contrast, the latest

According to data released by OSC in 2017-18, 71% of so-called misconduct cases were handled through these informal means. Before this process even begins, the office tries to identify temporary interventions, such as providing support or taking reactive measures such as suspension or no-contact orders.

McCullers added that the proportion of colored students in OSC's aggregated data is not high, accounting for about 10% of the overall report. She said that the office will cooperate with external organizations every year to send questionnaires to students to help the office improve its policies and practices. However, McCullers admitted that OSC does not have disproportionate data on the ways in which students are affected by disciplinary measures.

McCullers emphasized that OSC is always looking for discretion in the process and "establishes checks and balances on this discretion." For example, she said OSC is considering introducing more voices and voices in the selection process of the Student Conduct Committee Ideas and increase data sharing and transparency with campus partners.

She said: "As long as there is discretion, prejudice may arise."

McCullers talked about the process of responding to hatred and prejudice, which is the same as other violations, but with other measures. When a hate incident is reported to OSC, campus entities are notified, including the Office of Institutional Rights, DUPD and HRL. 

She said one area that students can weigh is determining how to deal with systemic community harm.

She said: "I don't have to watch the event, nor do I have to experience it like everyone else."

McCullers also talked about Duke’s pickets, protests and demonstrations

In a question to the group, a student who claimed to be a student activist who wanted to improve the university was convicted. She said that OSC did not hold any students accountable under the policy during their tenure or even before.

She said: "We are fully aware of the tension between university policies in the book and what students might want to do and how they express themselves in major events in the country." "What they should know is that we are with them."

Daly added that there is a balance to be struck between allowing protesters and allowing others to access the opportunities provided by the university.

He said: "When something interrupts that thing, it will definitely happen." "What we want to happen is different degrees of control, starting with self-control, followed by peer control, administrative control, and we want The last thing we need is to get the police involved."

Daly gave an example

Among students protesting against Palantir Technologies at the 2019 TechConnect Career Fair. He said that neither self-control nor peer control works, and when the administrative response of the Student Affairs Department does not work, the police must step in "to allow the university to continue homework."

McCullers added that this semester, OSC will form a policy review committee composed of students, faculty, and faculty to "review and re-examine our policies and practices." McCullers said, wanting to protest the demonstrations, Students who weigh in the policy of protests and demonstrations should reach out to her. 

Daly said he hopes that the policy review process can make "a more satisfying response next time."

LoBiondo said that after arriving at Duke University in 1996, one of her goals was to "enhance the diversity of the housing team," and this is still one of her goals today. One of the areas that LoBiondo believes can be improved is the diversity among graduate students, resident assistants and residence coordinators. 

HRL also relies on the Cultural Fluency Committee, which is

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This is in addition to incorporating the core values ​​of communication and fairness into the housing experience, which includes introducing fair basic training for first-year students and improving the RA training model.

LoBiondo said that RA must exercise during the initial training period and throughout the semester to ensure that they have the appropriate ability to deal with various problems. This includes understanding social justice issues, white privileges and micro-aggression. 

The students expressed concern that RA can monitor the condition of other students. LoBiondo said that RA is taught to interact with students in a real way, but to avoid putting themselves in danger. She said districts and counties only contact the police when there are health and safety issues. 

She said: "We don't want our undergraduate RA to be harmed." "The police are our important partners, especially in terms of health, safety and high risk."

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LoBiondo said that this is also a means of housing equality, because it aims to reduce the "footprint" of the Brotherhood Council and the National Pan-Hellenic Conference on the Abeli ​​Quartet housing and create greater inclusiveness in the housing.

She said: "We have never rallied for our [National Pan-Hellenic Council] or [Multicultural Greek Council] groups." The Pan-Hellenic National Assembly is a historical protection organization for black brotherhoods and societies.

LoBiondo said that Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. used to have a living room, but it was missing because it was unable to add an extra bed. In contrast, the IFC and Panhel organizations always have more space.

She also briefly commented on the random roommate policy for the first year, saying that the policy was “great” but housing “is not enough to ensure that students are prepared to have real conversations with people of different backgrounds.

Williams said: “During their tenure at Duke University, students must participate and become part of Durham so that they can experience it for themselves, which is very important.” She emphasized that “in person” know Durham. And the importance of making a positive contribution to Durham.

She said: "We are residents of the Durham community, and we can share with members of the wider community with extensive experience and expertise." "The skills and understanding gained by participating in Durham will be for the rest of your life. Provide services."

She added that many of Durham's contemporary leaders are affiliated with Duke University, which demonstrates "connections and opportunities for students to contribute."

When talking about the complicated relationship between Duke University and Durham, Williams emphasized that Durham and the Department of Community Affairs are working through neighborhood partnerships to support the interests of residents in the twelve neighborhoods around the university. She said the goal is to recognize the residents' top priorities and identify resources or other ways that Duke can gather "the right people together to solve the problem." 

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