Clark County schools look for boost in kindergarten enrollment
Published: March 11, 2021, 6:02am
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4 Photos Sifton Elementary kindergarten student Phoenix Winmil wears a hat that reads I love Kindergarten during his second day of in-person learning in September. Enrollment is what drives staffing for districts, which is why districts have one message: the sooner families enroll students, the better. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Andrea Bautista hasn’t processed the fact her daughter, Malina, will be part of the graduating Class of 2034.
Not yet, anyway. Too far ahead.
“I’m going to set that down,” the Vancouver mother said, “and pick it up when it looks a little shinier.”
Seattle teachers, district spar over safety, days before classrooms set to reopen Chris Daniels
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In negotiations that have been acrimonious, the Seattle teacher s union provided a glimmer of hope Monday that younger Seattle Public Schools (SPS) students could soon return to class.
In a Zoom call with media Monday, Seattle Education Association (SEA) President Jennifer Matter acknowledged that union and district negotiators, along with representatives from the state s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), were touring school sites to talk about mitigation, health and safety needs during the pandemic.
As of Monday afternoon, preschool students and students in special education intensive pathways are scheduled to resume in-person instruction on Thursday, March 11, despite pleas from teachers who say the schools are not ready and they re being forced to return to teach.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal says adding school staff to the current vaccine tier should boost confidence for reopening in-person.
Inslee: Washington teachers, child care workers can now get vaccinated against COVID-19 By Hal Bernton, Dahlia Bazzaz and Evan Bush, The Seattle Times
Published: March 2, 2021, 5:14pm
Share: Washington State Governor Jay Inslee speaks with special ed Pre-K teacher Michelle Ling in her classroom at Phantom Lake Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash. Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)
Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday afternoon said teachers and licensed child care workers could seek doses of COVID-19 vaccines immediately, assenting to new directions from the federal government.
“… Educators and licensed child care workers can schedule with providers right away,” Inslee said in a statement.