capabilities, and yet they re not in our labor force. why? because the uncertainties of the pandemic create the inability to guarantee adequate, safe, proper child care for not only our family members, but also making sure that we have teachers available to put our children in safe learning environments. i think you should always end up having an increase in the wages to keep up with inflation, the consumer price index also went up. i think until we have adequate child care provided by our government, provided by our local municipalities, we re not going to be able to adequately address these issues of care and security. yeah, you re right. you talked about teachers returning. we re going to talk about that later in the show. just to let our viewers know, for those of you who don t know, the average cost of child care for an infant is about $1,300 a month. that s some people s entire paycheck, as you know, michael, for sure. i m just curious your take.
up here. yes. well, thank you for having me, erin. the first thing i would like to do is, of course, is thank our educators currently in our schools. you know, the pandemic has not been easy on any of our educators and, you know, they have been dedicated and committed to providing the supportive and safe-learning environments that we we emphasize in oregon because this is all about our students, our kids. i also want to mention that these are frontline workers. yep. and therefore, they they put up with a lot of the challenges during this pandemic. and what we ve noticed in oregon is much like the ribest of the country, is a significant shortage in our teachers, particularly substitute teachers. now, this shortage isn t unique to just teaching. many of our districts are experiencing shortages in bus drivers, in custodial staff, in food staff. i even know of one superintendent who s had to put on aprons for a few days and help serve food. so, one of the things and that brings
The Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved a resolution scheduling a June 8th election for voters to decide on a five-year, $414 million bond proposal. Bonds have become a critical source for funding the day to day maintenance and operation to help our district create great teaching and learning experiences for every student, Board President Stacey Woolley said in a statement. Bonds provide safe and state-of-the-art classrooms, libraries, and stadiums, high-quality classroom technology, and importantly this year, support investments in building ventilation and other COVID-19 safety enhancements. Bond funds also support the purchase of buses; a wide range of classroom materials such as textbooks, microscopes, and musical instruments; and computers and networking – which has proved critical to support our students and families in our shifts to distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.