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WA is reopening but many essential workers aren’t vaccinated yet
How the state chose who to inoculate first raises questions about equity especially for restaurant, grocery and transit workers.
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A man stands amid chairs in a post-vaccination waiting area at Lumen Field Event Center s COVID-19 vaccination site on March 13, 2021. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
In early March 2020, Julee Richards remembers sitting in stunned silence with her co-workers in the breakroom. COVID-19 had just been declared a global pandemic, and panicked shoppers were starting to swarm the Fred Meyer near Tacoma where Richards works as a cashier.
Over the next few weeks, a number of employees quit out of concern for their safety, leaving Richards and those who remained to manage the crowds on their own. “We barely survived through May,” she said.
Washington schools ordered to offer students 30% of instruction in person by April
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
Washington and Oregon schools are set to reopen to any elementary student whose family wants that open during April. Unlike in Oregon, where schools can offer as little as five hours of in-person learning a week, Washington schools will be ordered to ensure 30% of instruction is face-to-face.Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald
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OLYMPIA All public schools in Washington will be required to offer students an in-person learning option starting next month, with school districts having to meet an average of at least 30% weekly in-class instruction by April 19.
Some Puget Sound parents push for full return to in-person learning
Some parents say Gov. Jay Inslee s order requiring schools meet at least 30% of average weekly instructional hours as on-campus learning isn t good enough. Author: Sebastian Robertson (KING5) Updated: 7:39 AM PDT March 14, 2021
OLYMPIA, Wash. Dozens of parents, students and community members gathered in Olympia’s Heritage Park Saturday with a unified message: They want schools fully back open and the governor isn t going far enough with his latest proclamation. I came down here to support open schools, I think it’s past time, I think the science and data is in that it can be done safely,” said Tacoma mom Jessica Ritzmann.
OLYMPIA — All public schools in Washington will be required to offer students an in-person learning option starting next month — with school districts having to meet an average of