The Arizona Democratic Party hosted a press call “on Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos’s reckless threat to force schools to reopen without a plan to keep students, families, teachers, and staff safe.” Ms. DeVos, the Secretary of Education, will be in Arizona tomorrow to attend a closed-door virtual meeting of the Federalist Society. Apparently meeting … Read more
Fellow Blog of Arizona writer Carolyn Classen first reported on this event on July 9, 2020. Yesterday (July 13, 2020) a group of school board members, including Maricopa County School Superintendent Candidate Jeanne Casteen, and health specialists took a letter to Governor Doug Ducey to recommend that he delay the reopening of in-person instruction in … Read more
At Governor Doug Ducey’s press briefing today, we had a State Chief Executive that clearly knew Arizona had rising COVID 19 cases, hospitalizations, and fatalities. He knows that hospital capacity is starting to burst at the seams and there is a greater need for additional testing and contact tracing. He, contrary to the perceptions of … Read more
Joe Biden is not happy with how Donald Trump has handled, or rather not handled, the COVID 19 Pandemic Crisis. In a recent statement put out by his campaign, the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee and former Vice President focused his ire at how the 2016 Popular Vote Loser has mishandled the situation in Arizona. Released … Read more
Everyone wants schools to reopen. Everyone agrees with the goals of the American Academy of Pediatrics which says students fare better with in-person instruction and classroom attendance. Children want to be with their friends in the classroom learning and interacting. Teachers and Principals want to serve the community and fully help children learn and succeed. … Read more