Emily Cox

In a class at Edgewood Junior High School, students are making sensory toys for Edgewood Primary School students with specific needs or disabilities.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana has seen a major increase in the need for volunteers to serve as mentors to local children.

Hyun Kwon, owner of O’Child Children’s Boutique, has been making and selling masks at her store. Masks were the store’s most popular item in 2020.

Jerry Gonyo’s wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2012 and died in 2019. Now he honors her by supporting dementia care.

After recent incidents at Bloomington High School South, parents want to know what preventative safety measures are in place in MCCSC.

Statewide, 81.2% of students passed the IREAD-3 test. In the MCCSC 81.4% of students passed IREAD-3 and 91.6% of R-BB students passed.

With the COVID pandemic, child care has seen increased funding and attention that has impacted providers & families in Bloomington and Monroe County.

During the annual Monroe County Childhood Conditions Summit, panelists discussed what mental health issues youth are struggling with and how to help.

Students considered close contacts in the classroom won’t have to quarantine after potential COVID-19 exposure if wearing masks, R-BB board votes.

Art students at South and North have been working on pianos that will go out into the community through the Bloomington Piano Project.

Sara Jallal-Azizi teaches fourth grade at Edgewood Intermediate School. She also now teaches Afghan children at Camp Atterbury.

When building budgets, districts consider enrollment, the investment Indiana lawmakers have made in K-12 education and impacts of the pandemic.

The Monroe County commissioners took under advisement Seven Oaks Classical School’s appeal of its citation listing a county health order violation.

Indiana lawmakers have made an investment in K-12 education, but quarantines, COVID-19 absences are a concern in getting full funding from the state.

The MCCSC board approved changes to COVID-19 procedures for returning to school, OK’d a bus technology contract and weighed its public comment rules.

Cynthia Mosca served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1967 to 1969. Now, the 76-year-old is part of the Peace Corps’ Virtual Service Pilot program.

Cardinal Stage offers another round of free virtual sessions for educators, starting with building community in the classroom

The number of forest schools has increased in the U.S. in recent years. Fairywood Forest School saw an increase in interest during the pandemic.

The state’s school COVID-19 dashboard shows new positive cases in schools. MCCSC is also reporting more specific data on its own website.

This year, the MCCSC has done away with a hybrid option and may move individual schools or classrooms learning online.