Children held in lockdown for weeks at a time, defecating in their cells, having their medicine withheld, being put in illegal restraint holds as staffers falsified incident reports to hide the suffering. These are the claims made in a lawsuit against the Adair County Youth Detention facility.Â
Researchers interviewed 50 Kentuckians. as well as conducted surveys of more than 10,000 students across every county in Kentucky. Â
Masks, delayed bus routes, staffing shortages and more face JCPS families as the 2022-23 school year begins Wednesday.
Board members James Craig, who represents District 3, and Sarah Cole McIntosh, who represents District 7, also cited the drop in local COVID-19 caseloads as part of their support to revisit district policies regarding indoor masking, quarantining, isolations and contact tracing.
Pollio said he would base recommendations regarding indoor masking at JCPS on federal and state guidance.
The split vote follows COVID-19 guidance revisions by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kentucky Department for Public Health regarding coronavirus exposures in school settings, particularly in schools with universal masking policies.
Students who come into contact with students who test positive must quarantine.
Across Kentucky, senior care facilities have been hit hard with COVID-19.
The new appliances will help employees and volunteers with the Salvation Army keep up with laundry demands after the organization chose to add beds and staff members to the facility in late March.
"It is okay to tell yourself that this is hard," said Dr. Monalisa Tailor.
