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U.Va.: Students who didn't meet vaccine mandate disenrolled 08/20/2021 12:03pm • More than 200 University of Virginia students who didn’t comply with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement have been disenrolled ahead of the fall semester. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the school disenrolled 238 students, including 49 who were enrolled in fall courses. University Delta may be slowing DC's march back to the office 08/20/2021 11:57am • Many companies have been pushing back their return-to-the-office plans, and some office workers already back may be having a change of heart. An increase in the number of COVID-19 cases because of the delta variant may be to blame. Falls Church, Virginia-based building entry security company K Some DC school leaders criticize agency's plans on handling COVID-19 this fall 08/20/2021 09:30am • During a school board meeting Wednesday night, D.C. education officials, and some parents, criticized the District Office of the State Superintendent of Education's plans to handle COVID-related situations during the school year. One guideline is that schools nurses contracted by the city and all Teachers in Alexandria will need the COVID-19 vaccine or regular testing 08/20/2021 05:56am • Most major public school systems in the D.C. region will require that their teachers receive the COVID-19 vaccine or be tested regularly, and the system in Alexandria, Virginia, can now be added to that list. The Alexandria City School Board voted Thursday to require teachers and other staff memb Member of Maryland superintendents' group on the new school year 08/19/2021 10:36pm • School districts across Maryland are committed to in-person learning for the coming school year, but administrators say the course of the coronavirus could have school systems making changes to mask and vaccination requirements. Superintendents and principals have said they expect the 2021-2022 y Fairfax Co. teachers call for public school vaccine mandate 08/19/2021 10:00pm • Public schools in Arlington, Virginia, Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, along with D.C., have already implemented vaccine requirements for teachers. Now, a group representing Fairfax County teachers wants the same. The Fairfax County Federation of Teachers said it wants a vacc IMP venues tighten vaccine policy, negative COVID-19 test no longer an option for most 08/19/2021 07:55pm • The operator of several of D.C.'s largest clubs has made their venues' vaccination requirements even stricter: negative COVID-19 tests will no longer be accepted as a means of entry for most ticketholders. I.M.P. -- which operates venues such as the 9:30 Club, Merriweather Post Pavillion, The Ant Prince George's County fines market for violating mask mandate 08/19/2021 05:41pm • Prince George's County is fining a market in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for operating in violation of its mask mandate. Signs greeting customers at the Village Dutch Market read "This is a mask free environment" and "Shop at your own risk." Most of the employees were not wearing masks on Thursd Virginia vaccination chief foresees no problems getting COVID-19 boosters 08/19/2021 04:21pm • Virginia’s vaccination coordinator, Dr. Danny Avula, said Thursday that if, as expected, a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot is recommended, residents shouldn’t have any problem getting it. “Whenever people become eligible, they will have access,” Avula said on a conference call. Federal h Prince George's Co. offering immunocompromised residents 3rd vaccine doses 08/19/2021 04:19pm • Prince George’s County, Maryland, will offer third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to immunocompromised residents beginning Friday. The vaccinations are free and no appointments are necessary. The clinic will be held at the Sports and Learning Complex in Landover. The Prince G First Latina high school principal in Montgomery County prepares for new school year 08/19/2021 03:50pm • Principal Alicia Deeny, of Richard Montgomery High School. (Courtesy MCPS) Alicia Deeny, the new Richard Montgomery High School principal, represents a couple of firsts in her new role in the Montgomery County, Maryland, school system: "I'm excited to be the first Latina high school principal; I Prince William schools release quarantine guidance, rethink cafeteria set-ups 08/19/2021 01:34pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. With its school year beginning Monday, Prince William County Public Schools has released guidance on COVID-19 quarantines, and some count Anne Arundel Co. families await decision on school mask mandate 08/19/2021 06:44am • Families in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, are still waiting to hear whether masks will be required in schools when classes begin in less than three weeks. Superintendent George Arlotto said there would be a mask mandate, but the Anne Arundel County Board of Education scheduled a Sept. 1 vote on Montgomery Co.'s plan for third COVID-19 booster doses could begin as early as this week 08/18/2021 05:25pm • Health officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they could begin providing third COVID-19 vaccine doses to some residents with severely weakened immune systems as early as this week and are already in the planning phase for providing booster shots for all vaccinated residents this fall. Duri Hogan: Md. hospital, nursing home workers must get vaccinated or submit to COVID-19 testing 08/18/2021 03:16pm • All workers in Maryland hospitals and nursing home facilities will be required to show proof of full vaccination or submit to regular COVID-19 screening and testing, Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday. Hogan said nursing homes across Maryland have an average staff vaccination rate over 70%, but that