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From: Cindy Carter
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 10:20 AM
To: Barbara Vasquez
Subject: Fwd: CARES Dated this
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Board of County Commissioners
Grant County, Washington
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From: Barbara Vasquez <bvasquez@grantcountywa.gov>
Date: September 8, 2020 at 9:36:39 AM PDT
To: Vickey Melcher <vmelcher@misd161.org>
Cc: "Dent, Rep. Tom" <Tom.Dent@leg.wa.gov>, "Warnick, Sen. Judy"
<Judith.Wamick@leg.wa.gov>, "Ybarra, Rep. Alex" <Alex.Ybarra@leg.wa.gov>, Joshua Meek
<jmeek@misdl 61.org>
Subject: RE: CARES
Hello Ms. Melcher:
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I will forward your email to the Grant County Commissioners for review and response.
Barbara. Vasquez, CMC
Clerk of the Board
Grant County Commissioners Office
PO Box 37
35 C Street NW
Ephrata, WA 98823
509-754-2011 ext 2928
509-754-6098 (fax)
www.grantcountywa.gov
From: Vickey Melcher <vmelcher@misd161.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 12:54 PM
To: Barbara Vasquez <bvasquez@grantcountywa.gov>
Cc: Dent, Rep. Tom <tom.dent@leg.wa.gov>; Warnick, Sen. Judy <Judith.Warnick@leg.wa.gov>; Ybarra,
Rep. Alex <alex.ybarra@leg.wa.gov>; Joshua Meek <jmeek@misd161.org>
Subject: CARES
Dear Grant County Commissioners and District #13 Legislative Representatives,
The article link I have provided to you is about the Spokane County Commissioners considering
providing school districts with funds to help districts with costs related to COVID
GRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
19. Spokane County received money from the CARES Act and has a goal to provide funding for
internet, technology and day care (day camps).
As a school board director in the Moses Lake School district I would like to know if the
commissioners of Grant County have considered providing CARES funds for the school
districts of Grant County? Our students/families pay taxes and are entitled to a "free public
education", but because there is limited face to face education, there is more financial burden on
parents as well as districts. It is not the responsibility of districts to provide internet to families
and it isn't the responsibility of families to pay for something that is part of "free public
education". Likewise, parents/caregivers that still have jobs should not have the extra expense of
child care because their students are not physically in a school building.
It is my hope that our Grant County Commissioners will provide the school districts in the
county they serve funding to help cover added expenses due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
Thank you,
Vickey Melcher
Director Position #2
Legislative Representative
Moses Lake School Board
Walk by Faith
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/sep/04/county-to-consider-providing-3-million-in-covid-19/
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