Grant, Douglas and Adams counties’ congressional representative, Dan Newhouse, is ‘pointing the finger’ at COVID-related school lockdowns as the primary cause of Washington’s drastic drop in student exam scores.
On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported a significant drop in test scores across Washington, and Newhouse said in a statment that proves, “It’s far-past time we put our kids back in school.” Over the last two weeks, school districts have temporarily shuttered due to a boom in Omicron coronavirus cases.
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