Claire Withycombe

Olympia

State Government Reporter at Seattle Times

Early learning reporter at the Seattle Times call/text/Signal 503-910-3821 [email protected] secure email: [email protected]

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Central WA Head Start provider may lay off nearly 200

1 week 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

2 weeks 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

2 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. 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

2 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. 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

3 weeks 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

3 weeks 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.
WA Head Start advocates sue Trump

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Claire Withycombe

The Trump administration is violating the law by delaying funds to Head Start programs, shedding federal workers and instituting vague policies barring diversity, equity and inclusion, parents and early childhood education advocates allege in a new lawsuit. “They’re trying to choke down the program through the executive branch, and they don’t have authority to do that,” said Joel Ryan, the executive director of the Washington State Association of Head Start and ECEAP.
Reanudaron clases de Head Start en Sunnyside entre incertidumbre

1 month ago | elsoldeyakima.com | Claire Withycombe

Los desayunos, libros y juegos regresaron el lunes a cuatro aulas del programa Head Start en Sunnyside tras un cierre repentino provocado por la falta de fondos federales. Después de tres días de ausencia, los niños fueron llegando poco a poco: algunos de la mano de sus padres, otros corriendo por el pasto o bajando con cautela del autobús. Maestros y personal los recibieron con sonrisas y abrazos.
Central WA Head Start classes resume under cloud of doubt

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. SUNNYSIDE, Yakima County — It was back to breakfast, books and play Monday morning at four Head Start classrooms in Sunnyside after an abrupt closure due to a lack of federal funds.
Reabrirán clases de Head Start en el valle de Yakima tras cierre repentino

1 month ago | elsoldeyakima.com | Claire Withycombe

Más de 400 niños pueden regresar a sus aulas en Head Start en el valle bajo de Yakima luego que se notificó a los Centros de Desarrollo Inspire que recibirían sus fondos federales. Inspire despidió a 72 empleados a partir del cierre el martes y cerró más de una docena de aulas de Head Start en el área de Sunnyside porque no tenía suficiente dinero para continuar sus servicios.