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Md. legislators receiving COVID vaccine under ‘Continuity of Government’ provision 01/30/2021 01:58am • Sen. Arthur Ellis (D-Charles) receives a vaccine in the Miller Office Building in Annapolis. (Photo submitted to Maryland Matters) Maryland lawmakers who wanted a COVID-19 vaccine were able to get one beginning this week. They are eligible because Phase 1B of the state’s vaccination protoc Vaccine appointments to open for DC child care providers, independent schools staff 01/29/2021 11:22pm • Starting in February, staff of licensed child care providers and independent schools in D.C. will be eligible to make appointments for the coronavirus vaccine. DC Health and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education have partnered with One Medical, which will administer the vaccines. El Ahead of Monday reopening, arbiter will rule on breach-of-contract claim against DC schools 01/29/2021 03:45pm • D.C. Public Schools expects 8,000 kids to return to in-person learning on Monday, and is challenging concerns from the Washington Teachers' Union that the buildings haven't met safety metrics. Washington Teachers' Union President Elizabeth Davis said she's frustrated for parents and staff who don Loudoun Co. schools chief responds after frustrated parent's comments go viral 01/28/2021 11:55pm • The head of a Northern Virginia school system is asking for patience, grace, flexibility and comfort with the unknown amid increased media attention after a parent expressed his frustration during a school board meeting on school reopening. "Following Tuesday’s School Board meeting there ha Erasing stigma associated with mental health in Latino community 01/28/2021 08:19pm • Members of the Latino community are disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and stigma surrounding mental health means they are among those least likely to reach out for support — but a young advocate has ideas for what might help. Speaking from the experience of organizing a mental health Select Montgomery Co. students could return to school buildings by end of February 01/28/2021 07:52pm • Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland's largest school system, could see some "small groups" of special education and career and technical education students return to school buildings "for specific services" by the end of February. The final decision on when schools will open to all student Weekend mass vaccination planned for Prince William Co. teachers 01/28/2021 08:11am • More than 2,400 teachers and staff in Prince William County — the second-largest school district in Virginia — are scheduled to get their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in mass-vaccination events Saturday and Sunday, according to School Board Chairman Dr, Babur Lateef. The doses are being ma Obama administration official who ran for Montgomery Co. Council launches bid for Md. governor 01/28/2021 06:20am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Ashwani K. Jain, a former Obama administration official who ran unsuccessfully for Montgomery County Council in 2018, announced Wednesday ni Jurassic Wonder dinosaur drive-thru roars into Frederick Fairgrounds 01/28/2021 12:39am • In "Jurassic Park," Jeff Goldblum joked, "Are there dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour?" The answer is yes with the drive-thru "Jurassic Wonder" at the Frederick Fairgrounds in Maryland this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as well as the following weekend, Feb. 5 to Feb. 7. "It's surprising how Board OKs $3.5M settlement between Maryland, Jordan McNair's family 01/27/2021 02:34pm • In the final step of the settlement process, the Maryland Board of Public Works voted to approve a $3.5 million agreement between the University of Maryland and the family of Jordan McNair, a 19-year-old football player who died in June 2018 after collapsing from heat stroke during a team practice. Can schools safely reopen? Doctors weigh in 01/27/2021 01:09pm • ▶ Watch Video: Schools debate reopening as CDC finds low COVID-19 spread with precautions As the Biden administration pushes for more resources toward safely reopening schools, tensions between school districts looking to return to in-person schooling and teachers' unions across the co Pandemic fuels beach home sales in Delaware, Maryland 01/27/2021 09:50am • Home sales in the Delaware and Maryland Eastern Shore beach communities saw a huge spike in 2020, and real estate agents and buyers alike say it was largely fueled by the pandemic, with buyers, many from the D.C. area, seeking a refuge away from the city but within driving distance of home. The m Loudoun Co. school board considers plan to return some students to schools 01/27/2021 08:16am • Virginia's Loudoun County School Board will vote next Tuesday on a plan that would have prekindergarten through fifth grade students — whose parents chose hybrid learning — back in school buildings no later than Feb. 16. If approved, middle and high schoolers whose parents have already opted DC, Maryland and Virginia flunk report on restricting flavored tobacco products 01/27/2021 06:29am • D.C., Maryland and Virginia didn't make the grade in a new American Lung Association report that examined restrictions on access to flavored tobacco products and vaping among kids. In the District, there are no restrictions around flavored products, a concern Aleks Casper, director of advocacy, s Howard Co. approves phased start to hybrid in-person learning in March 01/27/2021 05:59am • Howard County, Maryland, school officials approved a phased hybrid model for the incremental return of students to in-person learning this March. The Howard County Board of Education on Tuesday voted to approve a model that will have public school students return to classrooms over four distinct