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More NSW students at home over virus fears

More NSW students at home over virus fears

NFL star Terrell Owens showed up to support his alma mater Chattanooga as they took on Illinois in a first round March Madness matchup on Friday - but really got into spirit when he borrowed a cheerleader's pompoms and just started dancing.  

NFL star Terrell Owens got into the spirit when he started shaking pompoms and dancing in support of his alma mater Chattanooga Mocs against the Illinois Fighting Illini during the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 

Since defeating the Washington Nationals on June 7, Davies hasn't worked more than four innings in any of his past three starts -- all losses.

He has surrendered 18 earned runs on 21 hits in 10 2/3 innings during that stretch.

"He's a big piece of this rotation," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "I felt like Zach's stuff was better (at San Francisco), than it was the previous two and it's just about moving forward and taking steps in the right direction."

The number of homeschooled students grew by almost 2300 at the end of 2021, with Paul Martin, Chief Executive Officer of the NSW Education Standards Authority saying the government regards homeschooling "very differently" to learn-from-home education used during the pandemic.

Hard: Tina Arena (pictured) has confessed that she is 'struggling' as she homeschools her teenage son while in isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 52-year-old spoke to this week's issue of Stellar magazine and revealed Gabriel, 14, was 'traumatised'

She said: 'I'm struggling. I've got emails from teachers saying, facts about homeschooling vs public school 'Gabriel hasn't handed in this and that... But we will get there. Our kids are traumatised. They can't see their mates, it's tough.' Gabriel is pictured as a baby 

'We did originally have our two older adopted sons in public school and dealing with the public school Special Ed programs - that was time consuming. It was constantly meeting, constantly having to help them intervene on behavior and all that other stuff.

But even their current house isn't fully modified. It's 3,000 square feet with five bedrooms and four bathrooms, but they haven't changed much besides widening a few doorways and building ramps for the front and back doors.

The department also said officials were in contact with non-returning students and had formed an understanding they had mostly not come back because of health concerns, Georgina Harrisson, Education Department Secretary told budget estimates on Wednesday.

The number of parents opting to homeschool is growing every year according to NSW education department officials, who say the "vast majority" of students who did not go back to classrooms in 2022 had "underlying health conditions".

Lori said: 'We generally do big Thanksgivings and Christmases. Those are kind of over the top. Lots of food, lots of fun.' John, left, David, middle, and Luke, right are pictured at one of the Ryberg's big Christmas celebrations 

"We are making the school environment as safe as possible in the context of COVID-19 and for the vast majority of students, sadly not for all students, but for the vast majority of students, COVID-19 is a very mild illness."

The Rybergs didn't adopt their children all at once. Lori said: 'I don't ever remember making the decision like we're going to adopt a certain number of children - it never occurred that way.' The family is pictured in 1993 with John, Samuel, Lori, David, Elizabeth, Nathan and Luke

After adopting Gabe and Obie last year, the Rybergs have decided to slow down just a bit. They will continue to take in one foster child at a time. Nathan and Lori will also recruit and train foster parents

'We kind of live minute by minute and day by day and just really make the most of each day. Pretty soon, it's 27 years later and you got a bunch of kids and I'm about to retire and I didn't even notice it,' Nathan, who is now 55 years old, says, laughing. 

'We've had to finagle a way to make all the wheelchairs downstairs. But when Faith was little she was upstairs because she was real easy to carry. But now, just literally in the last year, we've moved my daughter downstairs.'

Faith has a disorder called spina bifida, a birth defect that leaves babies with a hole in their spine. In Faith's case, she uses a wheelchair full-time. John and David, who both also have spina bifida, are able to walk with leg braces but need wheelchairs if they'll be walking for too long.

'I've actually spent some time talking to them about it and they're like "But you don't understand, Lori, I would never be willing to do this" and I'm like, "Oh, you don't know what you're missing out on".

Lori homeschooled all their children, which she said is complementary to their family's busy schedule of therapies and doctor appointments. After homeschooling, four of the Ryberg children have graduated college or are in college now. Lori is pictured with Elizabeth after she graduated and Nathan

'But at the same time, they wake up every morning happy as can be. They start off the day happy. They don't always end that way… but they can't wait to see what's going to happen and that's definitely the way I like to see life.'

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