{"id":43905,"date":"2022-01-19T13:24:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=43905"},"modified":"2022-01-19T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T00:25:06","slug":"new-mexico-calls-in-national-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=43905","title":{"rendered":"NEW MEXICO CALLS IN NATIONAL GUARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico Gov.\u00a0Michelle Lujan Grisham\u00a0(D) on Wednesday announced a &#8220;Supporting Teachers and Families\u201d initiative to\u00a0encourage state workers and members of the National Guard\u00a0to assist at schools struck by COVID-19 outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/svblwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbvppvrm_zdfrsspmpkrlbmlpdzrm.html?a=&amp;b=46364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/svblwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbvppvrm_zdfrsspmpkrlbmlpdzrm.html?a%3D%26b%3D46364&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642724490177000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JpXZXn4H0dlRRQfdc6EQf\">press release<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday, the governor said that &#8220;extreme staffing shortages due to a surge in COVID-19 cases&#8221; prompted the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the program encourages\u00a0state workers and National Guard members to volunteer to get licensed as substitute pre-K-12 teachers or as child care workers so they can be available to help with\u00a0in-person learning and child care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur schools are a critical source of stability for our kids \u2013 we know they learn better in the classroom and thrive among their peers,\u201d Lujan Grisham said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The governor&#8217;s announcement noted that many schools in the state have been forced to move toward remote learning as staff members have either tested positive for the virus or been required to isolate due to exposure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico Gov.\u00a0Michelle Lujan Grisham\u00a0(D) on&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43906,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43905\/revisions\/43906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}