County Commissioner McKinney Has Tough Questions For Gov. Inslee
Yakima County finds itself in Phase Three of COVID restrictions as the Governors two week pause to reassess continues.
Governor Inslee, still with the State-Supreme-Emergency-Powers in hand is coming to Yakima today for a first hand look and conversation with health leaders.
Somehow the Governors advanced team neglected to alert Yakima County Commissioner Amanda McKinney of the Governor s visit and didn t extend an invitation to meet.
So, in what is becoming known as McKinney s direct and no nonsense style, the Commissioner took matters into her own hands and reached out to secure a personal meeting! She tells the story with a humorous twist and it is included in her interview segment below.
Yak. Commissioner McKinney Pushes For Local Control
Yakima County Commissioner Amanda McKinney continues to push the Governor s office to restore local control in the fight against the Coronavirus.
McKinney says she was convinced that Governor Inslee wouldn t roll back King County which provided a bit of a buffer for other counties on the edge. The numbers suggest to the Commissioner that Yakima County has already reached herd immunity .
She says our migrant worker population isn t factored in when the state computes our Covid status, noting that 28-thousand people whose jobs and work proximity make them more susceptible to the virus can have an affect on the outcome of Coronavirus counts but aren t included in our total population.
Will County Stay in Phase-3? Governor to Make Announcement
Yakima County officials are optimistic about Yakima staying in Phase-3 of the state s reopening plan this week. Governor Jay Inslee is expected to make an announcement on Tuesday on whether or not some counties in the state will have to move back to more restrictive measures because of rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. There s already news out that King County, the largest county in the state will likely be moved back to Phase-2 of the state s reopening plan. If the county is moved back to Phase-2 capacity at gyms, restaurants and retail outlets will go from the current 50% capacity to 25% capacity.
ESL Teachers Assist Immigrant Students To Settle In Education System
Coming to a new country at any age is challenging. With the help of ESL teachers, immigrants of any age are able to meet their learning goals in and outside of the classroom. The National Center of Education Statistics reports that as of 2017, ten percent of students around the nation are English Language Learners. Photo by Sam Balye, Unsplash
Maya Thurston, Howard University News Service
In regards to learning the language and culture, immigrants can often be left to their own devices when arriving in the United States. According to the Public Policy Institute of California , six percent of arriving immigrants of the United States speak English before they arrive. Fortunately enough, for school age immigrants put in the public school system, they are assisted by their institutions to learn English.
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