BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) — After years of debate, the Legislature seems close to replacing Common Core-related standards first adopted in 2011, and science standards last renewed in 2018. But it’s unclear how much the move will cost. In a bipartisan vote Thursday morning, the House Education Committee endorsed new math, English language arts and science standards, […]
To the Editor:
I’m writing today to publicly acknowledge and thank our community members who have come forward to assist us with the COVID-19 pandemic response and the now very busy community vaccination clinic.
Collaboration between the hospital and local first responder agencies started early in the pandemic nearly a year ago, with Franklin County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Tim Hardy and others participating on the hospital’s incident command system meetings each week.
Now with more than 240 patients entering our facility to receive their shots each day, they are greeted by volunteers organized by Hardy, rotating through four-hour shifts. These helpers, a combination of first responders and others who have worked with EMA in the past, as well as former hospital employees who are now retired, greet patients, help direct incoming and outgoing vaccine recipients, provide assistance to the wheelchair-bound, and move cars, among other tasks to enable the clinic to