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“50 percent of all lifetime mental illness begins at age 14,” said Councilmember Will Jawando on Tuesday, April 12, 2021. “We have always agreed that we need to invest in student supports, like wrap around services, mental health supports, and restorative justice.”

Jawando and Councilmember Craig Rice, were once on opposite sides of whether police officers should be assigned to schools.

“We now both strongly believe that the way for us to move forward is to acknowledge that we’re not going to have school police officers walking our hallways,” said Rice.

A new task force will be aimed at helping students in county schools by providing social, emotional and mental health support, based on the belief that police should not be a daily presence in schools. The task force will include students, teachers, principals, mental health professionals, parents and advocates.

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Maryland became the first state to repeal its Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights. Maryland was the first state to enact a police officers bill of rights in 1974. The Maryland legislature voted to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of police reform measures that will provide greater accountability, according to the Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability, including the ACLU of Maryland. https://www.aclu-md.org/sites/default/files/mcjpa_leobr_onepager_v2.pdf

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Two parents, guardians or guests of student athletes are allowed to watch home and away sports matches and games this spring. After a year of cancellation of high school sports because of the pandemic, sports resumed in March 2021. The rivalry between Churchill and Whitman football teams resumed last Friday, April 9, 2021. Churchill won the game, 44-7, but players, parents, guardians and coaches could all appreciate the significance of being able to play and compete again. Whitman is scheduled to play B-CC on April 16 at 7 p.m. at the same time Churchill is scheduled to play Walter Johnson.

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses that were available for use at the mass vaccination site in Germantown on Tuesday, April 13, when Montgomery County health officials halted the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Six women recipients out of 6.8 million total recipients in the U.S. developed rare episodes involving blood clots within two weeks of vaccination. “To date, we have not had any reported cases involving Montgomery County residents,” said Dr. Travis Gayles, Montgomery County health officer.

433,930

Montgomery County residents have received at least their first dose of the vaccine as of Monday, April 12, 2021. That is 41.3 percent of the population, according to the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.

24.3

Percent of Montgomery County residents who are now fully vaccinated, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Some 255,144 residents are fully vaccinated.

53.13

Percent of vaccinated residents received the Moderna vaccine in Montgomery County; 42.98 percent received the Pfizer vaccine, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The County received 7,020 doses of Pfizer this week, a decrease from last week’s delivery of 10,730 doses, according to county documents.

68,144

Total Covid cases have been reported in Montgomery County as of Monday, April 12, 2021. 102 new cases were reported Monday, April 12, 2021.

1,447

Montgomery County deaths reported due to Covid in Montgomery County as of Monday, April 12, 2021.