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Queen Anne elementary student joins Safety Patrol Hall of Fame By Laura Marie Rivera
Wolf Geide is 11 years old and just graduated from Queen Anne Elementary School. But before the annual graduation celebration, QAE had a special assembly when Wolf was inducted into Washington’s AAA Safety Patrol Hall of Fame. The Safety Patrol is made up of student patrollers from across the country- and throughout the worldwho provide an extra layer of safety and security as students go to and from their schools each day. This program is celebrating their centennial anniversary. And each year, representatives from AAA Washington, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Evergreen Safety Council, and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission come together to choose ten top patrollers for induction into the AAA Washington School Safety Patrol Hall of Fame. “Wolf has exhibited exemplary patrol behavior, knowledge and responsibility,” said School Safety Patrol Advisor, Josie
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Seattle to spend $2.24 million to train equity hires for clean energy construction
By Spencer Pauley The Center Square
Courtesy Josie Haley/ Queen Anne Elementary Teacher and Safety Patrol Advisor Wolf Geide, 11, was inducted into Washington’s AAA Safety Patrol Hall of Fame. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced $2.24 million in funding to recruit and place workers from underserved communities into construction and clean energy jobs. Plans call for the money to be used for up to 260 workers to be prepared for construction and clean energy jobs. Potential workers will be provided with pre-apprenticeship training and job preparation support from six awarded organizations: • Emerald Cities Collaborative – Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning • Pacific Northwest Ironworkers Local 86 • Emerald Cities Collaborative – Electrical Pathways • Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Employment for Women • YouthCare’s YouthBuild • Seattle Central College’s PreApprenticeship Construction Training “These investments serve two critical needs: doing everything we can as a city to respond to the climate crisis and creating new economic opportunities in clean energy for residents whose communities are the most impacted,” Harrell said in a news release. As a condition of funding, receiving organizations will have to prioritize the placement of “priority hire” individuals into construction apprenticeship programs and clean energy jobs. Priority Hire is Seattle’s designation for workers residing in underserved communities. Harrell’s office stated that the funding acts as a continued investment by Seattle toward its ambitious goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. One of the city’s recent acts was establishing a new building emissions standard last year. Seattle is subject to this standard itself as seven of the city’s buildings fit the requirements, which would in turn means spending JOBS Page 3Æ