WE ARE HIRING! The Week In News

sees Capitol operations, said in a statement that he agreed with the decision.

Afternoon Coordinator

Menucha seeks a responsible, motivated, and dedicated individual to run their evening program for individuals with special needs. Responsibilities will include coordinating volunteers and activities.

Transportation

Menucha is looking for a driver to shuttle Menucha participants and volunteers to and from our afternoon program.

ASSISTANTS & JOB COACHES

Menucha seeks dedicated, caring assistants and job coaches for the Menucha Day program.

Responsibilities Include:

Guiding the participants in recreational activities and supported employment. Assistants will act as positive role models and guide the participants in appropriate social interactions. Great experience for those going into the health sciences, education or psychology.

“President Biden did the right thing and heeded my call for action,” he said. The inspector general report found that Blanton and his family had repeatedly made personal use of government-issued vehicles intended for day-to-day operations at the Capitol and official emergencies.

At the hearing last week before the administration panel, as he tried to justify the use of his government car, Blanton further infuriated lawmakers when he admitted that he was not present during the January 6 attack. He said he had been coordinating with his team over the phone and via a radio system installed in his official vehicle instead of going to the Capitol that day because he thought it would not be “prudent” to drive to work as thousands of protesters blocked access to the complex. That drew indignant responses from lawmakers in both parties. (© The New York Times)

Failing Math in Baltimore

After analyzing data from Maryland’s State Department of Education from 2022, Project Baltimore concluded that 23 public schools in Baltimore are failing their students in a major way – not one student at the institutions reached the required level in math.

There was not one student among the 2,000-strong student body was reaching the required math standard in 10 high schools, eight elementary schools, three Middle/High schools and two Elementary/Middle schools.

School funding in Baltimore has been historically low, and although its recently received a large injection of cash, results are yet to be seen.

In August last year Baltimore City Schools committed to spending $21,000 per student thanks to a huge funding increase. The change, brought about by a bill passed two years prior, made Baltimore the fourth most funded large school system in the country.

The three districts that spend more than Baltimore are New York City, Boston, and Washington, DC. All three have significantly better national test scores and double the number of students proficient in reading compared to Baltimore.

According to 2021 census data, Baltimore’s poverty rate was 20.3 percent.

Remote Work Costs Billions

New York is feeling the hit of employees working out of their home.

According to a Bloomberg analysis of a WFH Research study, it’s costing the Big Apple more than $12 billion as workers stay out of offices.

Office workers are spending $4,661 less per person in the areas near their offices than before the pandemic began.

The Big Apple has seen the largest reduction in spending across the country, with a deficit of $12.4 billion a year.

“Less spending by workers in the central areas means a lot less sales tax revenue,” Jose Maria Barrero, a professor at Mexico’s Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo and a member of the WFH Research group, noted. “If you have fewer commuters, that means less revenue.”

That figure was calculated by multiplying the annual inflation-adjust loss in spending per worker by the U.S. Census Bureau›s nearly 2.7 million commuters and residents who worked in Manhattan in 2019.

“If less income tax is being paid in New York City,” Comptroller Brad Lander told Bloomberg, “then it’s hard to figure out how to capture enough value to maintain the subways and invest in the schools and keep the city safe and clean and all the things that really matter.”

Notably, a recent Partnership for New York City survey showed just 52% of Manhattan office workers are at their place of work on an average weekday and just 9% of employees are back in the office for five days a week.