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Volume 109, Issue 211

By Scott JacksonDaily News staff writer

The Idaho State Board of Education on Monday advanced a policy to clarify the board’s meaning when it uses the terms “diversity,” “educational equity,” and “inclusion,” in rules drafted for four-year higher education institutions in the state.

In the meeting, board mem-ber Debbie Critchfield acknowl-edged issues related to these terms are not new to the higher education landscape. However, she said the terms may have taken on a new tone in the past year as the state legislature grappled with allegations of indoctrination and the teaching of critical race theory in Idaho schools, and so it is necessary to give them a clear, uniform meaning across all higher edu-cation institutions in the state.

Critchfield stressed the board has repeatedly and publicly dis-avowed indoctrination “of any kind, in any form, at any level.”

“This is not a policy that’s intended to direct a particular teaching, or to say that faculty can or can’t talk about this or that, or that we’re trying to lead someone to an ideology,” Critchfield said. “In fact, its pur-pose is to do exactly what we’ve been talking about, which is cre-ate a safe environment where students can feel that they can come to have a free exchange of the information (and) to have a healthy, protected debate.”

To this end, the proposed policy defines diversity as “any differences in human character-istics,” including race, sex and socioeconomic status. “Inclusion” was defined as fostering an environment that recognizes the inherent worth and value of all and “educational equity” is described as the assurance each member of the education

Group discusses ‘diversity,’ ‘inclusion,’ and ‘equity’ in higher education policy

State ed board defines terms

TOO HOT TO HANDLE

By Anthony KuipersDaily News staff writer

Cities, counties and agencies are get-ting the word out about how to adapt to triple-digit temperatures as scorching heat descends upon the Palouse this week.

According to the National Weather Service, the temperature at the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport reached 102 degrees Monday. The airport experienced a record warm overnight temperature heading into Monday at 73 degrees. The previous record for June 28 was 62 degrees in 2015.

Temperatures in Pullman are forecast to reach 108 degrees today, 106 degrees Wednesday and 99 degrees Thursday and Friday. Moscow is expected to be 106

Whitman County Public Health also provides tips on staying healthy

Residents asked to conserve water, electricity

Zach Wilkinson/Daily NewsAs temperatures reach triple digits on the Palouse on Monday afternoon, Max Grauke, 11, of Moscow, sells a cup of lemonade to Silas Youmans at his lemonade stand on Moscow Mountain Road. Grauke is not new to the business as he has been setting up the stand over the last couple years during stretches of heat waves. “When it’s this hot out, it seems people need lemonade the most,” Grauke said.

By Gene Johnson and Sara ClineAssociated Press

SEATTLE — The hottest day of an unprecedented and danger-ous heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest on Monday, with tem-peratures obliterating records that had been set just the day before.

Seattle hit 108 degrees Fahrenheit by evening — well above Sunday’s all-time high of 104 F. Portland, Ore., reached 116 F after hitting records of 108 F Saturday and 112 F Sunday.

The temperatures were unheard of in a region better known for rain, and where June has historically been referred to as “Juneuary” for its cool

drizzle. Seattle’s average high tem-perature in June is around 70 F, and fewer than half of the city’s residents have air conditioning, according to U.S. Census data.

The heat forced schools and busi-nesses to close to protect workers and guests, including some places like out-door pools and ice cream shops where

people seek relief from the heat. COVID-19 testing sites and mobile vaccination units were out of service as well.

The Seattle Parks Department closed one indoor community pool after

the air inside became too hot — leav-ing Stanlie James, who relocated from Arizona three weeks ago, to search for somewhere else to cool off. She doesn’t have AC at her condo, she said.

“Part of the reason I moved here

Heat wave continues, breaking multiple records

Northwest U.S. faces hottest day

By Garrett CabezaDaily News staff writer

The sale of the Moscow police station to the University of Idaho took one step forward Monday after the Moscow City Council Public Works/Finance Committee expressed support of the proposed $975,000 sale that would allow the university to convert the space into an art gallery,

VandalStore and commu-nity space.

“It sounds like a great addition to downtown,” Councilor Maureen Laflin said.

The UI College of Art and Architecture rents space for the Prichard Art Gallery in downtown Moscow, but UI Special Assistant to the President Toni Broyles said the uni-versity is looking to buy instead of lease.

“We’ve enjoyed our stay at the current home but we think with the 9,000 square feet, we can do more as far as addi-tional gallery work and things while still having a retail presence and really using that storefront on Highway 95,” Broyles said.

The police station is on the corner of Fourth and Washington streets and is on the route drivers

take through the city as they travel on Highway 95 from the south.

Broyles said the state of Idaho is seeing an influx of people from out of state and many do not know much about the higher education insti-tutions in Idaho. She said the UI’s presence at the building would be a “prime opportunity” for the university.

“It is important to the university that we main-tain a downtown presence with our community and the police station is one of very few available build-ings with that large of

square footage for us to do a full-scale art gallery and still have some retail,” Broyles said.

Remodeling would be required if the UI does purchase the building and Broyles said it is looking at renovation costs now. She said the university wants the building to look and feel like the rest of downtown Moscow.

The full City Council will consider declaring its intent to sell the police station to the UI for the $975,000 appraised value at its next council meet-ing, July 6. If the council signals that intent, a

public hearing is expected July 19 to determine if it is in the city’s best inter-est to do so.

If approved by the council July 19, an ordi-nance would be enacted authorizing the move, and then the sale would move forward as a typical prop-erty sale.

There is no target date set for moving into the space should the purchase be finalized, according to a UI news release last week.

The Moscow Police Department is expected to

Moscow City Council committee supports selling downtown building to university, which plans to convert space into art gallery, VandalStore

University of Idaho plans for police station take step forward

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people seek relief from the heat. COVID-19 testing sites and mobile vaccination units were out of service as well.

Department closed one indoor community pool after

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