Gov. Kate Brown, other officials defend vaccine rollout pace, priorities
(Update: Hospitals express doubts about governor s timeline)
Say they are keeping commitment to seniors, despite doses for educators
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Gov. Kate Brown and other state officials explained and defended the state’s vaccination priority and rollout during a Friday news conference, while noting the limited availability of doses here and nationwide have led to some difficult choices and public frustration.
“I’m using every single tool we have to get our children back in the classroom this school year,” Brown said, noting a recent study that shows staying in remote learning could result in substantial educational losses, especially in math, as well as the other impacts on families, working mothers and the like.
South Carolina Teacher Charged with Trafficking Meth
On 12/11/20 at 9:24 AM EST
A teacher from South Carolina has been arrested on a drug trafficking charge after police said they found 2.23 pounds of a white crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine in her car.
Sarah McKinnon, a second grade teacher at Aiken Elementary School, was detained after a series of traffic violations led officers to search her vehicle.
Local news outlet WJBF reported that she attracted attention from police after the rental vehicle she was driving ran two stop signs and made an illegal turn.
Police aided by a dog unit found a clear gallon-sized plastic bag filled with suspected methamphetamine which was placed in a cardboard box intended to hold an iron. Several more bags containing the drug were found along with another bag allegedly containing marijuana. She was detained on Saturday on drug trafficking charges and was later released.
An Aiken Elementary School teacher was charged Saturday after a traffic stop by an Aiken County Sheriff s Office deputy reportedly uncovered over 2 pounds of what is believed to be methamphetamine in a car she was driving.Â
Sarah McKinnon, 43, of North Augusta was charged with trafficking in meth or cocaine base 400 grams or more, according to jail records.
On Thursday, the Aiken County Public School District confirmed that McKinnon is currently employed at Aiken Elementary School as a teacher but is on administrative leave pending an investigation.
The school district states McKinnon has been a teacher for 21 years, serving most recently at Aiken Elementary School where she has been a second grade teacher for the past five years.Â