

Purdue sports: Zach Edey skips NBA draft, will return to play with Purdue We truly believe in the new direction Purdue is taking with the business school, and we want our gift to amplify the impact it can make for the facilities, faculty and students.” When I studied engineering and business at Purdue, I received a great foundational education and then learned the skills I needed to be competitive in the world.

“I feel like Purdue has done so much for me and my family. “It’s only natural that we give back to Purdue because the university has played such a big part in our success,” Gerald Lyles said in a release. Lyles Computational Laboratory and Lyles-Porter Hall, among other contributions, according to a release. The family also helped establish the Lyles Family Ideas to Innovation Learning Laboratory, the William M. The Lyles family is familiar with giving to Purdue with their $15 million gift they provided in 2014 to name the Lyles School of Civil Engineering. − Purdue alumnus Gerald Lyles and his wife Nanette have donated $10 million to the Mitchell E. Lisa Fernandez is a reporter for KTVU. Email Lisa at call her at 51.WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. KTVU's Gasia Mikaelian contributed to this report. This story was reported in Oakland, Calif. "What a shame, these kids will never get this year back," Schaaf told KTVU on Friday. But there are some details between the district and the teachers that haven't been worked out yet. She emphasized that the school board has been very clear about wanting to reopen as soon as they can. Schaaf said the "holdup is an agreement with the teachers' union." Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf weighed in on the topic, both as the leader of the city and a parent of two public school children. "Oakland is one of the last remaining large cities without an agreement to return to in-person learning this year," the group said. Parents were hosting yet another "Zoom-in" protest on Friday in front of Oakland Technical High School, where 36,000 children have been "locked out of their classrooms for 365 days," according to a statement from the grassroots group, OUSD Parents for Transparency and Safe. Oakland Unified still does not have an exact date in mind to return to school. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf talks about reopening schools, the need for police patrols and a budget windfall from the pandemic Oakland mayor on schools, police and budget windfall The teachers union will continue voting on that agreement until Saturday. The San Francisco Unified school board on Thursday unanimously voted to approve bringing the district's youngest students back to class on April 12. Progress is even happening in San Francisco and Los Angeles, two districts where the teachers' unions had been hesitant about reopening. And school districts in other parts of the country, such as New York and Chicago, have also re-opened, at least partially.Īnd in terms of public schools, all Pleasanton students went back to class this week in a hybrid fashion, and Berkeley elementary school students will be heading back five days a week, full-time, in the next few weeks. Many private schools have already been operating in person. However, as more people get vaccinated, many of these worries should be fading.Īround the state, there has been a patchwork of schools that have opened or are poised to open.
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Some families are also worried about sending their children back to school because they live in households with older adults and they don't trust that the schools will keep their children free from the virus. Teachers' unions have expressed concerns about returning to school because they are worried there aren't enough safety measures in place.

"Schools in other states and countries have prioritized in-person learning during COVID-19 and have done so without major outbreaks. "As a father, I worry about all the learning loss occurring and the millions of kids who are falling behind, as a result of our sole reliance on remote teaching – not to mention the impacts of social isolation," Ting said at the time. In December, he introduced AB10, which would require public schools to reopen under most circumstances during the pandemic when infection rates drop.
