March 8, 2021 By Mike Kruzman & Jon King / news@whmi.com
In the wake of allegations of racial harassment and violent threats disclosed by a Hartland High School student last week, a larger community effort is being made to examine the issues and seek change.
18-year-old Hartland Consolidated Schools student Tatayana Vanderlaan posted on Facebook about ongoing instances of racial intimidation that she said have been made against her from other students, culminating in a threat to lynch her. The Livingston County Sheriffâs Office is investigating the matter.
On Friday, representatives from all five Livingston County school districts, several charter schools, and the Livingston County Diversity Council, met to takes steps to look into why such incidents have taken place and how to prevent them in the future. Diversity Council President Nicole Matthews-Creech said they are in the beginning phase, and a good portion of their time was spent disc
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February 19, 2021 By Mike Kruzman & Jon King / news@whmi.com
Mixed support was shown largely along party lines for a new resolution introduced at the county level requesting the state change how they determine vaccine allocations.
The Board of Commissionersâ General Government and Health and Human Services Committee held a special meeting, Thursday. There they passed a resolution calling upon Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services to retract the newly-implemented Social Vulnerability Index allocation plan and replace it with a more Scientific Medical Factor Based Plan for vaccine distribution. In that, senior populations would be weighted more heavily than they are in the SVI. The SVI weighs 15 social-economic factors and is being used to rank Michiganâs 83 counties on how at-risk their populations are. Senior population is 6.25% of the equation. Livingston County rates as the least at-risk, over
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February 10, 2021 By Mike Kruzman & Jon King / news@whmi.com
Livingston County Commissioners are âappalledâ at the metric being used which allocates fewer COVID vaccines to the county than any other in Michigan.
At the Boardâs online meeting, this week, Livingston County Health Department Director Dianne McCormick updated officials on vaccination efforts. Based on her estimates, there are 41,000 local residents eligible to be vaccinated in the two open phases. Since late December, the county has received 4,300 first doses, 1,300 second doses, and is expected to have 1,100 more first doses delivered this week. If those numbers feel low, it doesnât appear that they will get much better soon.
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