Here’s why some elderly Virginians fear they will miss getting the coronavirus vaccine
Internet accessibility poses a major problem
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As Phase 1b of coronavirus vaccinations continues, hiccups keep arising.
Internet accessibility poses a major problem for some elderly residents at Clearview Manor Apartments in Vinton.
“Well, I don’t know where you can go to register. I don’t have a computer to get on. So I have no idea,” John Hippensteel, 68, said.
Though a bus may be able to help some people, others don’t have a method of transportation.
“A lot of people here don’t have cars or [anyone] to take them,” explained 67-year-old Shirley Thornhill.
Ending Indiana school voucher program won’t help fix teacher pay, commission says by Margaret Menge, The Center Square | December 28, 2020 03:00 PM Print this article
Indiana’s school voucher program does not cost the state money and eliminating it will not help increase teacher pay, the governor’s commission on teacher pay said in a new report.
The idea that eliminating school vouchers would allow the state to fix the problem of low teacher pay is “flawed for several reasons,” the report says, explaining the voucher program was set up to provide more funding for students in public schools than for students in private schools.