There’s been intense pressure for schools to ensure classroom air is safe as schools reopen. But @jones_mattryan and I found that some local districts have invested in unproven technologies that experts say may actually make air worse. pilotonline.com/news/education… I started looking into the humidifiers Norfolk is using months ago because teachers that didn’t get them were upset. But experts we talked to raised concerns about the mist of dissolved chlorine they produce, specifically how that could interact with other chemicals in the air.

Here's how things have played out at the Lee-owned St. Louis Post Dispatch: There have been furloughs, wage reductions, higher health insurance premiums and the company-paid pension was frozen: j.mp/2RyV1Z4 In 2019, Lee shutdown a Montana alt-weekly overnight: j.mp/36Dhj0e

Just got a less redacted version of these records, and NPS provided the photos initially withheld.

New version shows the acting superintendent and acting deputy supt. responded to the principal's email and said problems were being addressed.

The photos are mostly dead rats.

https://twitter.com/saragregory/status/1191398592566775815

In the first story, I wrote about how teachers said a live rat was seen eating the head of the dead rat. And either there are two cannabalistic rats at the school, or one of these newly shared photos depicts the aftermath of that.

I'm at a meeting of the Booker T. Washington task force: j.mp/2Wn6ifY. I'm not sure what the task force is, or who is on it, or what the agenda is. Beyond the vice chairman floating the idea, the board hasn't had any discussions about this committee or its purpose. So I guess we'll all see!