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What Does The Law Say About Potential English Language Learners If COVID19 Has Impacted Your Home?

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                                                New York City Subway Scenery During School Hours New York -  The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released joint guidance on January 7, 2015, reminding states, school districts, and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English Learners (ELs) have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential, according to the English Learner Toolkit.   A s “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) was designed to help state and local education agencies support the attainment of English language proficiency while meeting college-and career-readiness standards.   The explanations of Civil Rights and Legal obligations were laid out to aid schools with comp...

Weather Warning! The Tri-State Weather Story Is Going To Be Stormy Today

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Creative Commons New York      Timing News -  According to the latest weather report, strong winds and heavy rain is expected today in the Tri-State area.  Expect a period of strong damaging winds and heavy rain this afternoon into the early evening.  The strongest winds are likely to blow over the Long Island and coastal Southeastern  Connecticut  area.  Possible thunderstorms will embed into heavy rain by the afternoon.   News Alert! A wind advisory is in effect for Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, and much of southern Connecticut from 10am until 7pm today. Hazard & Impacts Expect peak wind hazards to reach 25 to 35 mph with wind gusts up to 45 - 55 mph.  There will be 1 - 2 inches of rainfall that will lead to minor street flooding 

What Do You Do When Someone Is Imminently Dangerous To Another? Story In The Death Of 68 Year Old Florida Woman Named Vicki Savage

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Vicki Savage, 68, Murdered  Seminole County, Florida Press Release - The police in Florida is looking for a motive in the death of a 68 year old woman who lived alone.  According to the Seminole County Sheriff Department, Adam Savage, 37, was found in the home of his mother at the time of death when relatives arrived in response to a call for help by the suspect.  Lawrence and Lucas Lavigne, the relatives of Vicky Savage entered the home on an unknown emergency after midnight October 1, 2020, to discovered a violent Adam Savage, son of the deceased and his dead mother in her bedroom on the floor with multiple trauma impacts to the head covered in blood.   The reports and public outcry for help in this case lies on when someone imminently dangerous to another and why no one heard the violence in the neighborhood.  Does the public in Florida understand what a imminent dangerous situation is and how to address it before physical harm is reached?  Why didn't V...

Who’s Responsible For The Gun Violence In Brooklyn?

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               September 8, 2020 - Indication Media for Gentrification - Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY                        April 18, 2015 - Broken Window Policing - City of Newark, New Jersey  Brooklyn News - The segregated communities of Brooklyn have been plagued with unexplained #gunviolence #gentrification #pandemic #hatred and devastating deaths.  Brooklyn, New York once known for its #Black purpose and #Black owned businesses is now in the middle of a war to change the power of what freedom means to children.  Everyday by the hour the boiler plate headlines are flashing across cellphones about who has been injured or killed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn with the aid of a hand gun.   The psychological impacts on the New York Police Department has forced environmental and targeted racism against the African American communities who are already overwhe...

Does Writing Perspective Letters Bring Power Back To The People?

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                                                         Circle of Sisters 2015 Rhetoric  New York Press - Since the death of #GeorgeFloyd driving global unrest in America, the tone of voices in the streets were heard using adaptive media, narratives, point of view languages, letters, and conveyances.  The story or stories to drive change and force the President to respond about bringing Power back to the people created new Rhetorical Modes to move forward for Black America.  The question one must ask at a time of Global Unrest during a "Shelter In Place War" is "Who is going to pay to bring the dead back to life...after the George Floyd murder?" The creator of the #LiquidLove Movement stemming from the perspectives in 2013 - 2014, made headlines an emotional reality when the writer's story about "My Son Is Not Safe" cam...