by WFIS | Aug 4, 2020 | Covid-19, Covid-19 WFIS updates, Student Safety, The Advocate, WFIS News
Watch the August 3, 2020 KOMO TV News interview HERE OLYMPIA, Wash. — Some Puget Sound independent schools say they are planning to start the academic school year with on-site learning even though many public school systems plan to start with remote learning to avoid...
by WFIS | Jul 30, 2020 | Covid-19, Covid-19 Federal & State Agency messages, Covid-19 WFIS updates, WFIS News
Tacoma News Tribune July 30, 2020 For Tacoma and Pierce County, it’s looking like another familiar tale of haves and have-nots. As public school families throughout the area gear up for the increasing likelihood of distance learning this fall, many private school...
by WFIS | May 12, 2020 | Covid-19 WFIS updates, Education News
EducationDive.com Brief: May 12, 2020 author Shawna De La Rosa Schools may face staffing shortages when they reopen as teachers at higher risk for severe illness weigh whether to return to the classroom before a coronavirus vaccine is available, Chalkbeat reports....
by WFIS | May 4, 2020 | Covid-19 Federal & State Agency messages, Covid-19 WFIS updates, Uncategorized, WFIS News
Friday May 1st Governor Inslee presented the details and thinking behind the new extensions of his Stay Home Stay Healthy order to begin on Monday May 4, 2020 referring to the shift as “starting our Careful Phase”. He outlined how WA businesses will...
by WFIS | Mar 27, 2020 | Covid-19, Covid-19 WFIS updates, Early Learning, Education News
Seattle Times March 27, 2020 Carol Gibbs started providing child care from her home in Bellevue 30 years ago. Usually she and her staff are serving 12 kids a day, doing everything from diapering infants to teaching 4-year-olds. Because of the coronavirus pandemic,...
by WFIS | Mar 24, 2020 | Covid-19 Federal & State Agency messages, Covid-19 WFIS updates, Legislation and Policy, The Advocate, Uncategorized, WFIS News
WFIS Educators and Families – your advocacy effort is needed at this time! The big “Phase 3” Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) is at a critical stage of consideration in Congress right now. Currently there is a provision allowing for...
