St. Johns school district focuses on recruiting more minority teachers
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – St. Johns County is not known for its diversity.
According to the United States Census Bureau, an estimated 89% of its residents are white. But the fast-growing county is changing, the school district said.
“The diversity within the district continues to show changes, and we want to keep up with the diversity within our communities. We want to be able to provide students with an opportunity to see people who look like them in their community,” said Cynthia Williams, who started her role as Senior Director of Innovation and Equity with the St. Johns County School District last year.
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Show Transcript so you may have gotten a request to respond to the 2020 Census. What does the census all about anyway? Well, as the United States Census Bureau states, it counts every person living in the United States and five U. S territories. It s mandated by the Constitution gives information to lawmakers, business owners, teachers on others to provide services. It also determines how many seats each state will have in the U. S. House of Representatives. As The New York Times reports this year, the Census Bureau got thrown for a bit of a loop with the Corona virus. The virus has limited personal contact and has made it tough to count those who don t reply on their own. About 38% of households have responded
How Maryland is working to vaccinate its homeless population
By TORI BERGEL of Capital News Service April 26, 2021 GMT
On March 5, 2020, Maryland’s first three positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed.
On March 30, 2020, Gov. Larry Hogan issued a stay-at-home order, keeping residents from work or school, and setting in motion a new normal for the state of pandemic-related anxiety to which the world is still accustomed.
On Dec. 11, the Food and Drug Administration approved administration of the first coronavirus vaccine in the U.S., developed by Pfizer-BioNTech.
This month, on April 6, over a year from when the pandemic began, Hogan announced that all Marylanders over the age of 16 were now eligible to receive a vaccine.