Colvin Center becomes drive-through for students
Seward County Community College
Most of the students who attend adult basic education courses at Seward County Community College have experienced disruption before. It comes in the form of political unrest, immigration, or other forms of upheaval. Now, coronavirus has interrupted daily life, including ESL and GED classes that were intended to help students chart a new course.
“We know the social distancing is important, and having classroom sessions works against that,” SCCC Director of Adult Basic Education Dr. Maria Fe Laguitan said. “But our students need to keep learning English and thinking of their futures. We asked, ‘What can we do?’”
The answer? Drive-through school packets, designed to keep ABE students connected to their instructors, their studies, and their dreams.
Colvin Center instructors worked to create individualized study packets for every student enrolled in the courses offered at the adult learning center. Then they created a pop-up educational station in the parking lot, where students could drive up, say hello from a distance, and receive materials.
“It was wonderful,” ESL instructor Vicky Bangs said. “They were excited because we were out class on spring break and then it was delayed another week. They wished to have a class, and we wished to have a class. When we explained why there were no more classes, they understood, but they were totally happy we could still work together.”
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Lee Hatcher puts up a shot against Great Bend earlier this season. Hatcher was named to the Al WAC Second Team as was an honorable mention All State by Sports in Kansas. L&T photo/Earl WattAll-WAC Boys Basketball
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Sterling Chapman, Campus Jr. (6A SIK POY) click for capsule
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Cougar Downing, Olathe West Jr.
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Impossible to have all needed equipment in a pandemic
L&T Publisher Earl Watt
Out of curiosity, I decided to see if I could buy an invasive ventilator machine.
As it turns out I found one. Actually, I found more than 10 for sale online.
I’m not talking about the small home non-invasive ventilators for those with asthma or chronic breathing issues.
I’m talking about the big boy industrial hospital strength kind, the kind America will be short by a projected 31,782 by the height of the coronavirus pandemic in about 10 days.
There it was — a refurbished Puritan Bennett Respiratory Ventilator. According to its product description, “It is responsive to patients and offers superior comfort, delivering sensitive, precise breaths to critically ill neonatal through adult patients. For use in providing neonate through adult patients with ventilatory support in the hospital environment.”
This refurbished model was on sale for a steal, a mere $19,635. According to the listing, there were more than 10 available at 4mdmedical.com.
If we as a nation could get this price for the 31,782 we need, it would come at a cost of $624 million.
That’s if there were 31,782 available.
Of course, there aren’t that many waiting in warehouses because there was never a need for that many before we were hit with a pandemic.
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