The Hunt News Update

Image created in Canva            Today we are going to be discussing how the school districts in the larger Hunt County area are planning to re-open. To begin, how are classes going to be held?   Quinlan ISD is currently offering face to face or online classes along with Greenville ISD. This in part could be due to   Hunt County's transition as a part of the reopening phase of COVID 19. Quinlan ISD has also posted on their Facebook page informing citizens that prior to students getting on the school bus or attending class, the parents must have their child go through a COVID 19 screenings. Greenville ISD stated that they will specifically three class options. Hybrid (3rd-12th grade), in-person (Prek-K-8th) and online classes (Pre- K- 2nd grade, 3rd-12th).   With these precautionary steps being taken on the education front, what has been done to combat the lack of resources that COVID-19 has brought.   How They Have Helped      According to Brookings.edu , schools have experi

        Image created in Canva   T he presidential race is now between candidate Joe Biden for the Democratic party and President Donald Trump for the Republican party. With the upcoming 2020 General Election, what way are Hunt county citizens going to lean? A&M-Commerce political science Assistant Professor Ayal Feinberg pointed out that Hunt County will likely continue to vote red due to Hunt County political trends.      " The data doesn’t lie. In the last 20 years, over the prior five presidential elections, the Republican candidate never received less than 66% of the vote in Hunt County," Feinberg said. "Donald Trump earned 75.8% of the county’s vote in 2016, the highest of any Republican candidate ever."      He also points out that while Commerce is considered to be a part of the Dallas Fort Worth area, Hunt County is a rural community. Rural areas, particularly white working and middle-class demographics has historically offered significant support for P