Claire Withycombe

Olympia

State Government Reporter at Seattle Times

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Claire Withycombe: Everett’s pending Early Learning Center closure a window into child care crisis

3 weeks ago | tri-cityherald.com | Claire Withycombe

EVERETT - Alicia Hurd-Aemmer, a lead preschool teacher at the Early Learning Center at Everett Community College, approached the mic to speak before the college's board of trustees last month about the center's future. "It takes a village," she told the board, "And our village is being butchered."In early May, the center's director told families the college would close the center, effective June 30, citing budget issues.
Everett’s pending Early Learning Center closure a window into child care crisis

3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Claire Withycombe

Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab, which is supported by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group. Learn more about Ed Lab.
Everett’s pending Early Learning Center closure a window into child care crisis

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Claire Withycombe

2 hours agoAt Eater Seattle, we have to eat out a lot — it’s right there in the website name, next to “Seattle.” Sometimes, this research shows up in the articles and maps we publish, but sometimes, we eat something so good that we have to tell everyone about it. This running monthly column is a place for us …
Central WA Head Start provider may lay off nearly 200

1 month ago | wenatcheeworld.com | Claire Withycombe

A Head Start provider in Central Washington may need to lay off nearly 200 workers at the end of June. Washington's Employment Security Department said Thursday it had received a layoff notice for EPIC. The nonprofit serves about 500 children through its Head Start programs, said EPIC Early Learning CEO Mamie Barboza. The federal government distributes grant money to organizations that provide Head Start services. Barboza said EPIC — Enterprise for Progress in the Community — is a subcontractor.
Central WA Head Start provider may lay off nearly 200

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Claire Withycombe

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. – A Head Start provider in Central Washington may need to lay off nearly 200 workers at the end of June. Washington’s Employment Security Department said Thursday it had received a layoff notice for EPIC. The nonprofit serves about 500 children through its Head Start programs, said EPIC Early Learning CEO Mamie Barboza. The federal government distributes grant money to organizations that provide Head Start services.
EPIC Head Start, con sede en Yakima, podría despedir a casi 200 trabajadores

1 month ago | elsoldeyakima.com | Claire Withycombe

Un proveedor del programa Head Start en el centro del estado de Washington podría verse obligado a despedir a casi 200 trabajadores a finales de junio. El Departamento de Seguridad en el Empleo de Washington informó el jueves que recibió una notificación de despido por parte de EPIC, una organización sin fines de lucro que atiende a comunidades en esa región del estado.
Central WA Head Start provider may lay off nearly 200

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Claire Withycombe

Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab, which is supported by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group. Learn more about Ed Lab. A Head Start provider in Central Washington may need to lay off nearly 200 workers at the end of June.
Families sent money, but at these Seattle schools, student meals were free

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Claire Withycombe

Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab, which is supported by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group. Learn more about Ed Lab. Until recently, Katie Klumpp and her husband sent their first-grader off to school with cash for lunch about once a week. They didn’t need to.
Claire Withycombe: ‘It was his dream’: Widow remembers North Cascades mountaineer

1 month ago | tri-cityherald.com | Claire Withycombe

May 16-When Alex Martynenko was a graduate student at the University of Michigan, he took a business trip to the Seattle area, visiting famous businesses including Microsoft, Amazon and Starbucks. When he came back, he told his wife, Olga, that they had to move to Washington after he graduated. "He really wanted to move here," she said. "It was his dream."Olga was shocked. She and Martynenko had come to the U.S. from their native Ukraine for his studies.
‘It was his dream’: Widow remembers North Cascades mountaineer

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Claire Withycombe

When Alex Martynenko was a graduate student at the University of Michigan, he took a business trip to the Seattle area, visiting famous businesses including Microsoft, Amazon and Starbucks. When he came back, he told his wife, Olga, that they had to move to Washington after he graduated. “He really wanted to move here,” she said. “It was his dream.”Olga was shocked. She and Martynenko had come to the U.S. from their native Ukraine for his studies.