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As the harmful effects of extended pandemic school closures become more apparent, some educators and parents are questioning decisions by districts to remain online long after evidence emerged that schools weren’t superspreaders.

The response comes after learning about a form the association requires students fill out before playing sports. It includes questions about genitalia and menstrual cycles. There is concern health privacy could be violated.

The Palm Beach Post’s Katherine Kokal outlined how the move has worried some about how the private health data is stored and protected. In this interview, she discusses the issue.

The data seems to show more high school students vaping, with 14% saying they had done so recently, At least one educator says vaping in campus bathrooms and stairwells remains "a constant battle."

The arrangement with schools in Pinellas marks a foray into education for the Buccaneers' superstar and his methods — including some that have been criticized as pseudoscience.

After the disruption and trauma of the pandemic, educators say kids still need added support this year. In some schools, they're making emotional wellness part of the curriculum.

Many districts, facing hiring challenges, see tending to the educators' mental health as a way to help them help students and to retain them.

The pandemic caused some kids to fall behind on routine immunizations, and Florida has some of the lowest child COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country.

Starting practice at the hottest time of year, football players face dangers from the heat. Georgia high school heat rules have turned the state into a national model.

The teacher “testified that, consistent with his training in natural sciences, he believes it is very important to ask questions and not blindly obey, or go along with, mandates,” and disputed the effectiveness of masks.