Kids return to ‘Distance Learning’ as school year begins
Merced City School District (MCSD) opened for the 2020-21 school year on Aug. 12 through its virtual program, Distance Learning, which was also in place from May 4 through the end of the 2019-20 school year due to the closure of the District’s 19 schools last March amidst the pandemic.
According to State guidelines, students cannot…
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FEATURE OP/ED: Schools Must Be Opened For Merced’s Children
The certain risk that children will suffer from sustained school closure far outweighs the minimal benefit to adults of keeping schools closed.
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Merced High School District delays start of ‘Distance Learning’
(MUHSD press release)
The Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) Board of Trustees voted on Wednesday evening to delay the start of the 2020-21 school year by one week to August 19, 2020. The decision was made to give the district time to program and distribute mobile Internet devices to all of its students.
The district will also utilize…
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Merced High School District will implement ‘distance…
(MUHSD press release)
After consultation with Merced County Department of Public Health (MDPH), Merced Union High School District (MUHSD)…
Governor, State Public Health Restrict In-Person Instruction in Merced County
(MCOE press release)
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced updated guidance from the California Department of Public Health for school reopening and set the metrics that all schools and county public health officials must use to determine whether to reopen schools to in-person instruction.
California Department of Public Health…
UC Merced welcomes Juan Sánchez Muñoz as fourth chancellor
The University of California, Merced, is nearing the completion of an unprecedented campus expansion project and raising its reputation across the…
UC professor shares thoughts on economy
Dr. Greg Wright, an assistant professor in UC Merced’s Economics program, who earned both a Master’s degree and a Ph.D in Economics from UC Davis, shared…
UC Merced grad students, alums receive NSF Research Fellowships
Two UC Merced Ph.D. students, a recent undergraduate and an alumna have each been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP).
The fellowship provides multiyear support to predoctoral students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The fellowship is highly competitive, with…
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