The Peoria Unified School District board held a special meeting Jan. 13 to discuss the use of COVID-19 metrics being used to determine in-person and virtual learning.
The board meeting was informational, with no votes by the board members, but the community weighed in through online comments.
At its Dec. 10 meeting, PUSD governing board voted unanimously to keep classrooms open after winter break âregardless of the benchmark data.â
PUSD closed 13 schools for one day Jan. 11 after a teacher âsick out.â
Peoria Unified School District was one of the few public school districts to keep classrooms open after winter break. In the first week since, COVID-19 cases in the PUSD surrounding community increased by more than 50%, nearing 1,000 per 100,000 population over seven days. (Anything over 100 cases per 100,000 is considered âsubstantial spread.â)
Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra hornists (from right): Chandler Spoon, Michael Yopp and Jenny Doersch Mary Malizia Evans
Famed musician Joe Strummer once sang, âIf you have to get the honey, then you donât go killing all the bees.â The lyrics of pro-union English punk icons like Strummer and Billy Bragg are coming back into style as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain the economy. The connection between labor and music, common themes in genres like folk and punk, is a new motif for symphonic music. An ongoing contract dispute between the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra (CSPO) and its musicians, represented in bargaining by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), will proceed to an arbitration process, according to Sarah Wilson, CSPO cellist and president of the local AFM chapter.Â
Eleven candidates seek Alan Olsen s vacant senate seat January 19 2021
Former House representative is willing to come out of retirement to bring legislative experience to Senate District 20
Eleven candidates are seeking to fill the Oregon Senate District 20 seat vacated mid-term by Alan Olsen. Among them is retired politician Bill Kennemer of Canby.
Olsen cited family concerns as the reason for his resignation and will be moving to Indiana to be closer to relatives. His resignation was effective Jan. 10, one day before the start of organizational days for the 2021 legislative session.
Now, the Oregon Republican Party will hold a convention via Zoom at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, to begin the process of finding a replacement for Olsen in the district that includes Canby, Estacada, Eagle Creek, Boring, Damascus, Gladstone and parts of Happy Valley and Oregon City.
Here For Portland campaign pushes Rose City to bounce back January 19 2021
Wheeler: We want your business to be here, we want you to be in business, we want you to thrive.
A new campaign is encouraging Portlanders to support local businesses through the winter months.
Billboards from Here for Portland have been popping up throughout downtown. A press release about it said, This special initiative calls on all Portlanders to help the Rose City bounce back from the unprecedented economic and pandemic setbacks of 2020.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, Commissioner Dan Ryan, Commissioner Mingus Mapps and Andrew Hoan, president and CEO, Portland Business Alliance, Greater Portland s Chamber of Commerce made a statement of unity during a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 19.