State Urges Schools To Offer Child Care For Essential Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak
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In a recent webinar, schools chief Jennifer McCormick urged education leaders across the state to consider the possibility of re-opening at least part of some school buildings to offer child care.
"We're learning from other states child care is going to become - and is already - an issue," she says.State Urges Schools To Offer Child Care For Essential Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak
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The pressing need for adequate child care access is being amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for essential workers. Now, despite schools being ordered shut until May 1, the state is asking schools to open child care centers to bridge the gap. State officials have grown increasingly voGov. Eric J. Holcomb, the Indiana State Department of Health and other state leaders will host a media briefing Friday to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana. Tune in at 2:30 p.m. to listen to the briefing live on IPR.
Within Cooper Science, 160,000 square feet will be renovated. That’s on the west side of the building, nearest the new planetarium that was added on in 2014. That leaves 130,000 square feet to be demolished on the east end.
Ball State Approves Timeline For Cooper Science Renovation, Demolition
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Ball State University trustees approved a timeline that will see an existing science building on campus both remodeled and demolished. Ball State opened a new Health Professions Building this school year and is building a new Foundational Sciences Building. The last phase of a plan put out years