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Md. school superintendents leaving the job at an accelerated rate 12/03/2021 09:30pm • During the course of the coronavirus pandemic, five Maryland school superintendents said they were stepping down when their contracts expired. This week, the head of the Anne Arundel school system said he will be leaving, too. One school administrator said it's part of a worrisome national trend. Fauci: Why the omicron variant is 'nothing to panic' about right now 12/03/2021 06:22pm • The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been reported in the U.S., including in Maryland on Friday, but Dr. Anthony Fauci said that although this latest variant is obviously of some concern, it's "nothing to panic about" right now. That's because "we don't know everything about it," said F Maryland reports 3 cases of omicron variant 12/03/2021 04:25pm • Maryland is reporting its first three cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday afternoon. All three cases are in people from the Baltimore area. Two cases involve people from the same household: a vaccinated person who recently traveled to South Africa, w DC wants to give away free rapid at-home COVID tests, but there are hurdles 12/03/2021 02:33pm • D.C. officials said Friday that they want to be able to give away free rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, but there are procurement hurdles. Patrick Ashley, with D.C. Health, told council members during a call that the District has been working toward being able to provide rapid at-home tests to the c Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown 12/03/2021 05:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Earl Montgomery Co. schools to add 3 early-release days to current school year 12/02/2021 08:12pm • Montgomery County Public Schools will add three early-release days to the current school year after a contentious vote by the board of education Thursday. The school system proposed adding the half-days on Wednesday, Jan. 12; Thursday, March 24 and Wednesday, May 18 to allow time for staff work d DC issues 'mask advisory,' but mandate will not return as of yet 12/02/2021 05:52pm • The District is issuing a "mask advisory" that recommends residents wear masks in indoor public settings, but is stopping short of reinstating its mask mandate as the omicron variant of the coronavirus has been identified in the U.S. DC Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said the advisory fall 70 children in Prince George's Co. given expired COVID-19 vaccines 12/02/2021 04:15pm • Seventy children in Prince George’s County, Maryland, received expired doses of Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, the county’s health department said Thursday. It happened Friday, Nov. 26, at the county’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover. The Prince George’s County Health D Arlington increases funding to provide fentanyl-testing strips to those struggling with addiction 12/02/2021 04:09pm • Opioid use is climbing in the D.C. region, and officials in Arlington County, Virginia, are hoping to cut down on the number of overdoses caused by fentanyl that they've seen in the past year. Arlington County data show police responded to 149 emergency calls in 2021 involving fentanyl. Now, the Anne Arundel Co. Public Schools superintendent to step down; says contract not renewed 12/02/2021 12:10pm • Anne Arundel County School Superintendent George Arlotto speaks at a news conference. (Courtesy Facebook/Anne Arundel County Police) Longtime Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent George Arlotto will step down at the end of the school year in June. Arlotto announced the move in a Prince George’s Co. to stop taking new applications for rental assistance 12/02/2021 11:09am • Maryland's Prince George's County is shuttering its Emergency Rental Assistance Program application portal at 3 p.m. on Dec. 15. The ERAP will still review and process remaining applications after the portal closes. The application portal is being closed to ensure that the county's Department Enrollment declines in DC Public Schools as more opt for charter schools, home schooling 12/02/2021 08:14am • Enrollment in D.C. Public Schools declined by 855 students this year, while charter schools and home schooling saw increases in enrollment. The decline follows what has happened nationwide as families opt for other educational options during the pandemic. According to preliminary enrollment nu Virginia labs screen previous coronavirus positive tests for omicron variant 12/01/2021 11:38pm • Pathologists believe it is likely a matter of time before the omicron variant of the coronavirus appears in the D.C. region, but labs across Virginia are scanning millions of previous positive tests for it. It all depends on the new variant's transmissibility, Dr. Amy Mathers with the University Montgomery Co. plan to pay some county managers COVID-19 hazard pay triggers fight 12/01/2021 07:57pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are asking the County Council to approve nearly $1.5 million in new funding to cover COVID-19 premium pay for county managers from earlier in the coronavirus pandemic. The request has set up a sharp battle between County Executive Marc Elrich and some mem Maryland state education officials want mask mandate policy with 'off ramp' for schools 12/01/2021 07:55pm • Maryland's current statewide mask mandate in public schools is staying in place for now. On Wednesday, the members of the State Board of Education voted 12-2 to come up with a new emergency mandate that would provide an "off ramp" for school districts. State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed