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Chickasaw citizens who are at least 15 years old can receive driving training through the Chickasaw Employment Access Driver's Education Training Program. Through training and coursework, including 10 hours of classroom instruction and six hours of behind-the-wheel instruction, program participants obtain their learner's permit and eventually a driver's license. After students finish their coursework/training and pass a test, the Chickasaw Employment Access Driver's Education Training Program...
This year, school board elections gained national attention in a way never seen before. Irate parents and citizens berating trustees and calling for their ouster became fodder for television news and social media. Ballotpedia reported that recall attempts nearly tripled in 2021. The press has examined the phenomenon, finding explanations in protests against school closures, critical race theory and mask mandates. In places where protests are highly organized, the efforts are attributed to...
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma charter school was audited for apparent mismanagement of funds. In August 2019, the state requested an investigative audit of Justice Alma Wilson Seeworth Academy for mismanagement of funds. Some of the findings showed that after the school shut down, the superintendent kept a school vehicle that took legal action to retrieve, and she also used a school debit card to make cash withdrawals that the state auditor can’t trace. https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-charter-school-audited-for-mismanage...
A middle school outside of Portland, Oregon is abruptly transitioning back to virtual learning for the next three weeks to implement new "safety protocols" as many children are lacking "socialization skills" necessary in a classroom after a year of at-home learning during the pandemic. Reynolds Middle School in Fairview, Oregon, about 14 miles east of Portland, cancelled in-person classes for the next three weeks to ensure the "necessary social-emotional supports" and "safety protocols" are in place "to provide a safe learning environment for...
(CNN) - More than 20 public school districts across the nation are extending their Thanksgiving breaks by several days to allow for mental health days for students and staff. Districts in at least six different states including Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, and Maryland have amended their schedules to include "wellness days" this school year. Missouri's Ladue School District is among at least a dozen districts in the St. Louis area that built in extra days of rest around the holiday. https://www.cnn.co...
Minnesota's unemployment rate in October 2021 is back to where it was immediately before the global pandemic was declared in March 2020 at 3.5% (revised), down two-tenths of a percentage point from September, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The decline in Minnesota's unemployment rate in October was primarily due to people moving from unemployment to employment, although the size of the labor force shrank slightly by nearly 1,000 people. Nationally, the unemployment...
TOWAOC, Colo. (November 18, 2021) – During the recent Cortez Chamber of Commerce's annual Gratitude Gala, Ute Mountain Casino Hotel Director of Security Willard Light was presented with a Mountain of Thanks award. This special recognition was presented to Light for his department's efforts to create and implement effective safety protocols during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Gratitude Gala assists in raising funds for the 100 Club of Montezuma County, which provides assistance to f...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Tribes welcomed an infusion of money in the massive infrastructure bill to expand broadband coverage, fix roads and address water and sanitation needs, but they say real change will come only with sustained investment. President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion deal earlier this week that includes about $11 billion in benefits for Indian Country, according to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. About one-third of that, $3.5 billion, will go to the Indian Health Service, the federal agency tasked with p...
