Last week the district superintendent allegedly strayed from the specifics of a board-approved raise while bargaining with a teachers' union over pay increases. In response, three of the five trustees — including the board president — have resigned, leaving Cascade Union without a functional board.
Local nonprofit Family Dynamics Resource Center asked the county board for a community match in order to receive $25 million dollars in funding from the state. The funds will be used to develop a 60-bed behavioral health campus for youth. Few details on how the program will operate were provided.
Knight First Amendment Institute staff attorney Jake Karr said Anderson’s new policy brings up constitutional questions, though whether the policy is actually unconstitutional or not is complicated.
After advocacy by IASCO Flight Training Operations Manager Miranda Vorhis, the Anderson city council adopted a social media policy Tuesday night. But she said there’s already been measurable harm inflicted upon the school.
The discussion comes after council member Darin Hale made numerous claims on his personal Facebook account attempting to link a local flight school to Chinese espionage. The school has called the claims unfounded and said they undermine community safety.
The council’s decision to consider creating a social media policy comes after controversial social media posts by Council member Darin Hale.
Anderson Councilmember Darin Hale has made claims on social media that IASCO Flight Training is a security risk to America due to its training of Chinese students. The school said such unfounded claims, made amid national tension over immigration enforcement, put its students at risk.
At this week’s meeting, Council member Darin Hale suggested disbanding the city’s planning commission. Plus, Anderson stands united against a partisan bill intended to provide temporary guardianship for children in the event that they are separated from their parents through deportation, and imposed new penalties for people who feed stray cats, even on private land.
Fires prompted multiple evacuations. Most have now been lifted.
